Blizzard Entertainment · 4 hours ago
Design Quality Analyst, World of Warcraft | Irvine, CA or Austin, TX
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$19.23/hr - $35.58/hr
3+ years expBlizzard Entertainment is known for its iconic video game franchises and is seeking a Design Quality Analyst for their Quality Assurance team. The role involves enhancing the quality of the development process and product through designing test approaches, identifying defects, and collaborating with various teams to ensure product quality.
MMO GamesSoftwareVideo Games
Responsibilities
Participate in gameplay assessment testing and associated feedback sessions
Provide high quality written and verbal feedback to development stakeholders
Deliver test design, test execution, test analysis, and test closure results through both manual and automated Gray-box test approaches
Develop test plans with a strategic selection of test methodologies, including data validation, disruption testing, user acceptance testing, and performance testing
Develop creative exploratory testing that disrupts the intended design of our products
Partner with Designers in the creation of requirements to prevent quality risks
Responsible for adhering to department service level agreements (SLAs) and adhering to established metrics
Ensure product deployment stability across test environments
Utilize software development tools as needed with the goal of increasing test accuracy and test coverage
Use appropriate measures and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to validate and report on software quality
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Minimum 3 years software QA experience
High School diploma or equivalent required
Demonstrated a high level of product expertise
High-level gaming knowledge and/or skill
Proven ability to analyze, interpret, and act on data sets and complex workflows
Ability to troubleshoot using root cause analysis and provide creative approaches to detect and report on software defects promptly
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Thorough understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), specifically QA processes in agile, spiral and waterfall development environments
Preferred
Experience working with a global test team structure preferred
Bachelor's Degree in a related field preferred
Must have extensive and current WoW Raiding experience/knowledge (preferably Mythic difficulty from latest 3 expansions)
Mythic+ Dungeon experience/knowledge
Experience testing massive multiplayer online games (MMO's)
White box testing experience
Experience providing iterative feedback on game features and systems
ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL), ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL) or equivalent
Coding Knowledge: Lua, XML / HTML, JavaScript, Python, Java, C / C++ / C#, SQL
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
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment develops and publishes gaming software and computer games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and StarCraft.
1001-5000 employees
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Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Walter Kong
SVP, Head of Development, Live Games/Mobile
Jamie Ortiz
Associate Production Manager, Creative Development
Recent News
2026-01-22
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