Integration Technician

Job Title:
Integration Technician
- Requisition ID:
R015525
- Job Description:
**Job title: Integration Technician**

Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Melbourne, Australia, Toronto, Canada and Guildford, UK - Sledgehammer Games is the videogame development team behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty®: WWII, and Call of Duty®: Vanguard. Since our founding in 2009, our greatest passion has been making AAA games. The strength of our team makes us not only excellent at what we do, but also how we do it. We firmly believe in supporting our passionate employees to be the best they can be. Here at Sledgehammer Games, everyone is a game maker.

We are constantly evolving and innovating - which are some of the most rewarding aspects of game development. With our extraordinary audio, design, engineering, and art teams, we’ve been able to achieve some of the highest-quality game execution of any studio in the industry. We love making games and we work hard to make sure that each new game we make is even better than the last. Creativity is key, and we’re looking for dedicated game developers for our exciting upcoming projects.

**Key responsibilities**
- Test internally developed and commercial toolsets, both as freestanding, and integrated components
- Test specific areas of game runtime, validating use for the dev team
- Build and maintain daily regression/smoke test framework & suites
- Identify areas of opportunity and contribute towards further automated in testing plans
- Continually review processes and procedures in order to improve test effectiveness and find efficiencies
- Work closely with developers to ensure stability for all platforms, liaising with programming across multiple studios and time zones.
- Ongoing active involvement and contributions within the QA
chapter/community

**Experience and knowledge**
- Strong knowledge in QA process and Methodologies
- Ability to learn on the job and adapt to new challenges quickly
- Good understanding of multiple aspects of the content creation pipeline
- Previous experience with automated software test tools and scripting.
- Systems integration, verification, and validation experience.
- Experience with ALM tools such as Jira, Confluence, Testrail
- Experience with source control software (Perforce, Git, etc.)
- Ability to prepare and present reports, both written and oral.
- Basic working knowledge of one or more programming/scripting languages

**Extra Points**
- Multiple years of game industry related experience.
- Technical Art, Technical Design, or Computer Science background
- Experience working on a CI/CD platform

**Our World**:
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including _Call of Duty_®, _World of Warcraft®_, _Overwatch_®, _Diablo_®, _Candy Crush_ and _Bubble Witch_. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered
- The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners._

Sledgehammer Games is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.