Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, Second Dinner Studios
Contract, MARVEL SNAP
$72 – $82 per hour
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Independent game development studio
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Independent game development studio
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$72 – $82 per hour
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make the most entertaining games in the world.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re passionate about testing, automation, validation, and continuous integration, then we'd love to hear from you!
- Demonstrated ability designing and owning scalable automated testing solutions, including test frameworks, test infrastructure, and execution pipelines
- Proficiency in unit and integration test frameworks in C#/.NET or other object-oriented programming language
- Experience integrating test pipelines into CI/CD workflows such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
- Knowledge of industry best testing practices, including unit, integration, end-to-end, acceptance, functional, and performance testing
- Ability to work independently, charting the course for the company in test automation
- Passion for empowering teams with best-in-class automated testing tools, frameworks, and test harnesses to improve operations
- An agile mindset, a desire for constant improvement of tooling, automation, and process to improve the quality of our products and the lives of our teammates
- High levels of empathy and support for team members, both technical and non-technical
- Passion for playing and making great games
Desirable
- Experience with test automation in Unity, such as Unity Test Runner
- Experience with mobile, web, or game automation frameworks such as Appium, Selenium, Playwright, or GameDriver
- Experience developing on-device automated test pipelines for either physical hardware devices or using platforms such as AWS Device Farm or Kobiton
- Experience with test case management systems such as TestRail or qTest
What the job involves
- This is a 6-month contract role to start (with possible extension), but if it's a great mutual fit, it could evolve into a full-time position
- You will own and drive Marvel Snap’s Test Automation initiative, as well as perform various DevOps duties. You will report to the Lead Engineer of the Live Stability team and collaborate with QA analysts, engineers, and artists to create test suites, build pipelines, and develop tools to ensure we deliver the highest quality games possible to our players!
- As an automation superhero, you’ll identify, design, and deliver technical solutions (frameworks, tests, API hooks, tools) that increase test effectiveness, coverage, and overall development velocity
- Build and enhance continuous integration and delivery pipelines to support development teams across MARVEL SNAP
- Own the long-term development and roadmap of test automation
- Implement metrics, analyze test data to identify patterns, and report on risk status to help enhance software quality
- Optimize testing efforts and develop new opportunities using automation that will empower the QA team to be more effective and efficient
- Automate everything: from command lines to complex workflows, find opportunities to improve how we build and test the game, ultimately to improve the player experience
Our take
For a long time, the gaming industry was dominated by a small number of studios. In recent years, however, the prevalence of small, independent studios has risen. Second Dinner Studios is one of a crop of new game studios looking to disrupt this ever-growing market.
Second Dinner was founded by a team of former directors, producers and artists from Blizzard Entertainment, one of the biggest names in gaming. This combined expertise, which covers every aspect of the game creation process, has helped the company to gain a solid foothold in the market. In 2022, Second Dinner launched its first game, Marvel SNAP, the end product of a high-value partnership with entertainment giant Disney.
The gaming market is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world, and Second Dinner's partnership with Marvel, the world's most recognisable franchise, has helped set it apart from the crowd. However, the company has faced pushback over its in-game monetization features. Nonetheless, Second Dinner was quick to remedy these features, displaying impressive agility.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2024
$100m
SERIES B
Jan 2019
$30m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $130m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans with Second Dinner paying 100% of premiums for employees and 75% for dependents for many plans
- 401(k) contribution with no waiting period
- 16 weeks paid parental leave with no waiting period
- Home office improvement bonus
- Paid Vacation & Sick time
- Up to 10 BetterHelp sessions covered each benefits plan year
- Company Winter Holiday shutdown (Dec 25-Jan 1)
- Company Summer Holiday shutdown (week of July 4)
- Company Events - In-person Summer all-hands gathering, in-person holiday party, and virtual events throughout the year
Company HQ
Irvine, CA
Leadership
Hamilton Chu
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded the PFN Group, and was SVP and Executive Producer at Blizzard Entertainment.
Ben Brode
(Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer)Previously worked as Principal Game Designer and Game Director for Blizzard game Hearthstone.
Jomaro Kindred
(Co-Founder & Art Director)Previously a Senior Concept Artist at Nerve Software, before joining Blizzard Entertainment as a Senior Concept Artist.
Yong Woo
(Co-Founder & Chief Production Officer)Previously a Senior Associate at Sapient and Director of Mobile Products at Where LLC. Then served as Production Director for Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone.
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