
Associate Quality Engineering Manager
Blizzard Entertainment
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Irvine • California • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $31 - $57 per hour
About the role
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
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
- Relocation assistance may be available if required to move geographic locations for the job
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Quality EngineeringTest AutomationAutomation for APIsPerformance TestingLoad TestingAutomation TestingEnd-to-End Test AutomationAgileDevOpsContinuous Integration
Soft Skills
collaborative team environmentleadershipplanningorganizationtime managementcommunicationproblem-solvingfostering a positive work culturecontinuous improvementproject management
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s Degree in Engineeringrelated field degree