Senior QA Engineer, Zynga
Echtra Games
$80.2-118.7k
Salary applicable to California, other locations may vary
Social game developer
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Social game developer
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$80.2-118.7k
Salary applicable to California, other locations may vary
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- You have previous experience as a QA Engineer (or SDET or similar) on a game or large software project
- You’re an excellent communicator, making complex information clear and concise
- You have experience with one or more of C, C++, C#, and familiarity with compiler/build environments
- You’re deeply knowledgeable about
- Industry standard automation tools
- Game development and QA practices and terminology
- Tools like bug databases (we use JIRA) and test management systems
Desirable
- Experience in game testing on multiple platforms, especially console platforms
- Experience with Python
- A love and passion for gaming!
What the job involves
- Echtra Games is searching for a Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to help us craft the future of our studio as we build a new cross-platform Action RPG
- Have you built systems that enable automated testing of game features
- Then come join us at Echtra Games
- We’re looking for a great QA engineer to help us build out our automated testing systems so we can ship the best game possible
- Work with developers to add features in support of testing & automation within our existing codebase
- Work with build engineers to ensure test automation is an integral part of our development pipeline
- Ensure a holistic approach to test coverage
- Function as a developer advocate for testing at all phases of the development process
Our take
Zynga is a games developer that rode Facebook's platform to success back in the late noughties and early 2010's. It is now one of the biggest casual game producers globally, with a presence across 175 countries and regions and over 80 million monthly active users.
Though the company hit a number of roadblocks after its initial success - such as falling stock prices, and numerous calls it was copying other games - its subsequent resurgence is proof of its staying power. It continues to use social media as a distribution channel, and boasts titles such as FarmVille, Merge Dragons! and Words With Friends.
Future success will lie in the company's continued investment in building viral games that people love. It will also need to attune to the social media waves and keep track of where users can be found, as the landscape has become more mobile. Notable recent activity includes a collaboration with BBC Earth ahead of 2024's Earth day, and grant to develop actionable push notifications that enable gameplay without entering the application.
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Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2011
$490m
SERIES C
Oct 2010
$6.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $865.5m
Company benefits
- COMPENSATION - Performance bonuses, opportunities for equity participation & retirement/pension savings support
- HEALTH - Medical, dental & vision covered for employees, with participation for employees eligible dependents, plus disability and life insurance program
- FAMILY - Generous parental leave for birth parents, partners and adoptive families, plus Infertility support, emergency child care and flexible time-off policies
- WELLNESS - Gym benefits, wellness programs, employee assistance programs and generous time-off policies
- FOOD - Food and snacks made in-house or delivered, healthy snack kitchens with drinks and treats, coffee bars, regular social gatherings and happy hours
- WORK & LIFE - Flexible time-off policies (DTO), office rest areas, gaming spaces, employee discounts and more
- TRANSIT BENEFITS - Shuttle service in select locations, commuter/parking benefits, secure bicycle storage, business travel assistance
- RESOURCE GROUPS - Women at Zynga (WAZ), zCares charitable giving, zParents, zEndurance adventure club, BZU, zPride LGBTQ+ inclusion and belonging
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Mark Pincus
(Chairman)Previously founder and CEO of Freeloader, Supportsoft and Tribe.net, an early social network
Michael Luxton
(Co-founder)Previously an engineer at NetApp
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