QA Engineering Specialist

Job Description

QUALITY ASSURANCE

What We Do

The Quality Assurance team owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of all products and functions across Epic. Our team works closely with developers and production to ensure the best possible user experience for our community and customers.

What You'll Do

We're looking for a QA Engineering Specialist with the responsibility of guiding quality and contributing to the automation and tool creation for our Fortnite Player Ecosystem space.This position works closely with our UI, Monetization, Store and Quest teams. In this role, you'll help develop tooling needed for testing, work with SDETs and Engineers on automated testing solutions, engage with Development partners on feature ownership and utilizing data to validate systems, Create test plans, encourage best practices in shared systems, and help test features through code and whitebox efforts. As a QA Engineering Specialist you will leverage your quality assurance, data analysis, and technical skills to drive appropriate testing techniques early on in development through release cycles and beyond.

In this role, you will
• Contribute automated test cases within a framework.
• Create simple tools to assist testing efforts.
• Assists SDETs and Engineers to investigate and design proposals for automated solutions.
• Responsible for feature level test planning and test execution of individual features.
• Conduct whitebox functional testing as well as technical testing including performance tests, defect exploration and verifications.
• Generate analysis of outstanding defect load and recommend new areas of testing and areas to prioritize for fixes.
• Escalates quality concerns deemed unsolvable with given constraints.
• Proactively manage incoming defects and work autonomously on highest value tasks, be it test writing or test execution.

What we're looking for
• Ability to adapt and respond to an ever changing landscape.
• 2+ years of experience in scripting or object oriented programming languages: Java, C++, C#, Python.
• Working knowledge of relational databases, cloud computing technologies and CI/CD tools.
• Software and/or games testing experience in a fast paced environment.
• Technical understanding of web, mobile, XR, or game technologies, including automation, functional, qualitative, and performance against consistently iterative development.
• Past experience testing frontend and backend services, console and mobile platforms, and creating detailed test plans and test cases for them.
• Experience using tools such as Charles, Postman, RestAssured, and other testing tools to help facilitate troubleshooting and testing.
• Problem-solving experience especially in technical environments utilizing debugging tools to investigate and report on results (eg. Visual Studio, Chrome Debug tools, Firebug, etc).
• Familiarity and willingness to learn new technical frameworks, concepts, and tools.
• Ability to prioritize and work independently, as well as in a team environment.
• Experience with cross-platform or cross-browser testing.
• Ability to thrive while working in a fast-paced working environment, with the ability to juggle multiple projects.
• Proven track record of successful contributions to the release of high-quality products.

This role is open to multiple locations (including CA and WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren't limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic's generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

California Base Pay Range

$117,186 - $195,310 USD

Washington Base Pay Range

$125,177 - $208,628 USD

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

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