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Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., Lead Software Development Engineer in Test

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TITLE: Lead Software Development Engineer in Test

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or foreign equivalency and 2 years of experience in the job or 2 years of experience as a Software Development Engineer, or a related occupation.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Any suitable combination of education, training, &/or experience is acceptable.

JOB DUTIES: Collaborate with company online game teams to develop test plans, understand risk-based testing, and establish quality goals. Identify, design, and deliver technical solutions (frameworks, tests, API hooks, tools) increasing test effectiveness and coverage, while reducing the cost of test execution. Implement metrics, analyze test data and results to identify patterns, report on risk status to development partners, and influence software quality. Mentor engineers and analysts to provide technical guidance to individuals and teams. Share insights, solutions, and best practices within the team and across the company. Champion company’s core values, especially “Commit to Quality”.

Salary range: $180,000/year to $218,810/year

CONTACT: Please send resume ref#24037/contact K. Finnsson for an appointment.
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
1 Blizzard Way
Irvine, CA 92618

Jobsite: Austin, TX (Full-time position)

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Activision Publishing, Inc., Software Engineer

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TITLE: Software Engineer

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or foreign equivalency and 6 months of experience in the job or 6 months of experience as an Engineer, or in a related occupation.

JOB DUTIES: Contribute to the design of our gameplay systems. Develop, modify, and debug gameplay software in script and C/C+. Deploy, optimize and test gameplay software on PC and console platforms. Collaborate with other internal departments (art, design, audio, QA, etc.). Document software and features for internal and external teams. Participate in the code review process.

Salary range: $93,496/year to $112,500/year

CONTACT: Please send resume ref#24062/contact K. Finnsson for an appointment.
Activision Publishing, Inc.
2701 Olympic Blvd., Bldg. B
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Jobsite: Middleton, WI (Full-time position)

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Blizzard Entertainment Inc., Senior Software Engineer

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TITLE: Senior Software Engineer

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or foreign equivalency and 2 years of experience in the job or 2 years of experience as a Software Engineer, or in a related occupation.

JOB DUTIES: Design and build advanced applications using the C++ language. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. Work with outside data sources and APIs. Work on bug fixing and improving application performance. Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability. Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency. Own end-to-end responsibility on projects of increasing complexity, from technical design through completion and deployment. Participate in full application lifecycle (concept, design, build, deploy, test, and release management). Write clean, correct code incorporating feedback from code reviews; consistently follow and enforce best practices. Leading and/or mentoring other developers; helping them improve their coding skills, work habits, and team collaboration. Collaborate on API contracts which are documented and agreed upon by multiple stakeholders. Investigate and Prototype new technologies. Foresee future changes, lead the feature team to provide expandable and scalable solutions. Participate in cross-team engineering efforts such as improving code review system, build pipeline, monitoring, etc.

Salary range: $150,000/year to $201,880/year

CONTACT: Please send resume ref#24011/contact K. Finnsson for an appointment.
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
1 Blizzard Way
Irvine, CA 92618

Jobsite: Irvine, CA (Full-time position)