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QA Automation Engineer
3 years ago
As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re on the hunt for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
PERKS & BENEFITS
Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days & Holidays
100% Employee Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Plan Base Plan
Life Insurance, 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Benefits & More
Catered Lunches & Well-stocked Kitchens
Yoga & Wellness Activities
Happy Hours
Company Events
Dog Friendly
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for an exceptional QA Automation Engineer to join our Los Angeles Platform Engineering team! You will have the opportunity to work with a team of talented game devs, as we optimize our production processes to create a one of a kind experience for our players!
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide automated end to end tests for a web based liveOps platform, used by various game studios within the company, that can be run as part of the normal CI and deployment process.
- Gather metrics and perform analysis around defects found.
- Enhance existing release testing with a series of automated smoke tests.
- Work with the product owners, development team, and manual testers to come up with a comprehensive test plan for new features.
- Help provide quality assurance for all releases of the liveOps platform as part of the deployment process.
- Work closely with developers in an Agile Scrum environment to communicate the types of tests associated with a feature to reduce the amount of defect cycles between development and test.
- Advocating for testing best practices within the team.
- Communicating bugs, impacts, and workarounds with the product owner to facilitate product decisions.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Familiarity with JavaScript, Java, Python or any other language used within a testing framework.
- Experience with Selenium, Cypress, Puppeteer, Taiko, or other automated end to end testing frameworks.
- Ability to create suites of automated regression tests to ensure quality of releases.
- Understanding of the various levels of the testing pyramid and how each level contributes to the overall test coverage.
- Experience building test plans and disseminating the plans to the developers on the team.
NICE TO HAVE
- NoSQL data store validation knowledge, API testing automation (Postman, scripting, etc).
ABOUT JAM CITY
Jam City is an award-winning mobile entertainment studio providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to a broad, global audience.
Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date.
The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018.
Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto.
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