Associate Quality Engineering Manager | Irvine, CA or Austin, TX jobs in United States
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Activision · 18 hours ago

Associate Quality Engineering Manager | Irvine, CA or Austin, TX

Blizzard Entertainment is a leading video game developer known for iconic franchises like Warcraft and Overwatch. The Associate Quality Engineering Manager will support the Quality Assurance team in enhancing product quality and ensuring that applications meet performance standards through effective testing and automation practices.

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Responsibilities

Support and assist in championing QA programs, services, communication, and initiatives across QA and cross-functional teams and stakeholders, contributing to the quality of all deliverables, workflows, and relationships across various platforms and products
Assist in the development and enhancement of automated test suites using prevalent coding languages under the guidance of senior leadership
Contribute to the utilization of existing automation framework(s) to design, develop, modify, and execute automated testing, and analyze or debug outcomes
Participate in efforts to improve the functionality and user-friendliness of automation frameworks through collaboration and requirement solicitation
Assist in executing Performance Testing tasks, including reviewing plans, scripting, executing tests, and interpreting results
Contribute to the establishment of automation standards incorporating learned Key Performance Indicators to assess and report on software quality across diverse platforms
Assist in researching, advocating, and implementing productivity tools and strategies to enhance quality workflows
Collaborate in upholding quality across all domains, ensuring requirements and risks are consistently addressed throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Support projects and initiatives with regional teams, cross-functional partners, and QA teams. Assist in ensuring project tracking tools and documentation adhere to team standards and remain current
Provide support and leadership to the assigned team, ensuring their performance is managed effectively and fostering a productive, positive, collaborative work culture
Embrace and implement best practices, frameworks, and methodologies to ensure software quality, reliability, and availability
Stay informed of the latest trends and advancements in data engineering, actively participating in professional development opportunities
Provide support to the quality engineering team, assisting in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and learning
Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Quality EngineeringTest AutomationPerformance TestingAutomation FrameworksAgile PracticesDevOps PracticesC#Cloud ExperienceCollaborationCommunication SkillsTime Management

Required

Minimum 6 years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, or related role
Minimum 2 years in a managerial or leadership position
Experience using tools/frameworks to maintain and execute: Automation for APIs and websites / Performance and Load Testing
High School diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred
Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative team environment
Basic familiarity with automation testing tools such as JEST, Cypress, or Puppeteer
Exposure to end-to-end test automation across Backend, UI, and Mobile Applications is a plus
Familiarity with Agile and DevOps practices, as well as continuous integration and deployment pipelines
Ability to own and handle multiple projects simultaneously and produce tangible results
Excellent written and verbal communication, planning, organization, and time management skills

Preferred

Experience with C#, C++
Cloud Experience (AWS/GCP/Azure)
Experience with Linux, VMs, Docker containers and bash/shell scripts
Passion for Blizzard's line of products and services

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance

Company

Activision

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Activision develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment, and leisure products. It is a sub-organization of Activision Blizzard.

H1B Sponsorship

Activision has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2020 (49)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Natalya Tatarchuk
Chief Technology Officer
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Alex Summers
Director
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