CONTRACT - Associate Engineer (NTD)

Nintendo • Redmond, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Nintendo Technology Development, based in Redmond, Washington, creates future hardware/software technology and researches North American-based technologies. Nintendo is an equal opportunity employer. We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment in service to one another, our products, the diverse consumers we represent, and the communities we call home. We do all of this with kindness, empathy and respect for each other.

Requirements

• Experience and/or knowledge of Quality Assurance, test methodologies, and testing strategies
• Strong programming skills, primarily in C/C++, with additional experience in Python and C#
• Experience with source control tools such as Git or Perforce
• Knowledge of Linux environments, system‑level concepts, and low‑level debugging
• Familiarity with operating system fundamentals such as processes, threading, memory management, and performance characteristics
• Experience working with system APIs, command‑line tooling, or platform‑level interfaces
• Ability to debug complex system‑level issues using various tools and techniques
• Knowledge, skills, and experience in testing, test techniques, QA processes, and test automation
• Familiarity with ticket‑tracking systems such as Jira
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience with OpenNebula, OpenStack, VMware, or similar cloud infrastructure platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop test automation frameworks, QA tools, and supporting systems to improve product quality and testing efficiency
• Design test strategies and test plans to ensure features and products are released with a consistently high quality bar
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage across key areas such as performance testing, compatibility testing, regression testing, functional testing, and other critical quality dimensions
• Innovate and build new tooling or automation systems to enhance QA workflows
• Work with productivity and development tools such as Jira, Git, and TeamCity
• Perform risk assessments to identify critical code paths and develop corresponding automated test cases
• Implement test automation using multiple programming languages
• Identify defects, document them clearly, and drive them through resolution and verification

Benefits

• medical insurance
• employee assistance program
• paid sick leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees