Activision-posted 3 months ago
$77,500 - $143,376/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Santa Monica, CA
5,001-10,000 employees
Publishing Industries

Activision Central Technology is seeking a passionate Automation Data Engineer to help us take our cutting-edge games to the next level. Automated tests are an essential technique we use to detect and report defects in our products. This enables developers to efficiently collaborate and iterate on compelling and exciting gameplay, while unburdening our QA team and increasing overall coverage. We run a multitude of online services that need highly scalable infrastructure, and we need help with building new features and productionizing our internal products. If you are passionate about writing tests and tools, instrumenting telemetry, and analyzing the resulting reams of data, this opportunity will allow you to have an impact on a game played by millions of fans across the globe. As an Automation Data Engineer, you will work closely with Quality Assurance and Engineering leadership to realize our vision for automated tests. You'll write and maintain tools and develop stress tests, collect and visualize data, analyze and report results. Effective communication skills will be used to build relationships with and influence developers across the organization.

  • Collaborate with automation and data engineers to enhance, evaluate, and scale automated testing features.
  • Improve tools and workflows for efficient test development, data analysis, and debugging.
  • Support Activision studios globally in designing automation strategies and developing automated tests to identify defects.
  • Analyze results, increase automated coverage, and maintain infrastructure for performance, stability, and data integrity.
  • Create tools to boost QA productivity, research new techniques, and work with QA leadership to plan and evolve processes.
  • A minimum of 3 years' relevant work experience
  • Experience developing test frameworks
  • Proficiency in data engineering and analytics
  • Experience working in a collaborative team environment
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Advanced understanding of Python, C/C++, and SQL
  • Knowledge of online services, devops, and cloud infrastructure
  • Deep grasp of computer architecture, networks, and operating systems
  • Experience developing console games
  • Experience in a management or leadership position
  • Familiarity with QA methodologies
  • Knowledge of Git, Puppet, Grafana, Perforce, Linux, Flask
  • Passion for video games, especially FPS games
  • Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
  • 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
  • Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
  • Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
  • Relocation assistance if required to move geographic locations for the job
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