Blizzard Entertainment is looking to enhance the quality of their development process and products for World of Warcraft by hiring a Design Quality Analyst. This role will focus on designing test approaches, identifying defects, and collaborating with development teams to ensure high-quality game experiences.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years software QA experience.
- Practical experience with game engines, bug and task tracking systems, content and asset editors, and shared technologies.
- Proven ability to analyze, interpret, and act on data sets and complex workflows.
- Ability to troubleshoot using root cause analysis and provide creative approaches to detect and report on software defects promptly.
- Thorough understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), specifically QA processes in agile, spiral and waterfall development environments.
- White box testing experience.
- Coding Knowledge: Lua, XML / HTML, JavaScript, Python, Java, C / C++ / C, SQL.
Responsibilities
- Deliver test design, test execution, test analysis, and test closure results through both manual and automated Gray-box test approaches
- Develop test plans with a strategic selection of test methodologies, including data validation, disruption testing, user acceptance testing, and performance testing.
- Develop creative exploratory testing that disrupts the intended design of our products.
- Utilize software development tools as needed with the goal of increasing test accuracy and test coverage.
- Use appropriate measures and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to validate and report on software quality.
- Execute tests, analyze test results, manage test libraries, and analyze the quality of the development process to suggest improvements.
- Assist in tool-assisted test design
Other
- Participate in gameplay assessment testing and associated feedback sessions.
- Provide high quality written and verbal feedback to development stakeholders.
- Partner with Designers in the creation of requirements to prevent quality risks.
- Responsible for adhering to department service level agreements (SLAs) and adhering to established metrics.
- High-level gaming knowledge and/or skill.
