Automation & Data Engineer, Scalable Game Testing

ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC.; Santa Monica (CA); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Mental health & wellbeing programs

Relocation assistance (where eligible)

Job summary

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer, Automation & Data to build scalable automation platforms and data solutions supporting game development. You will design internal tools, automation frameworks, and telemetry systems for testing at scale.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years with Python and C++/C#, strong SQL, and experience in distributed systems within gaming. This hybrid role is based in Santa Monica, CA, with collaboration across global studios and QA teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of programming experience with Python and C++ or C#.
• Proficiency programming with SQL.
• Experience developing test frameworks.
• Proficiency in data engineering and analytics.
• Experience working in a distributed systems environment.
• Experience working within gaming.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with automation and data engineers to design and build scalable automation platforms and testing infrastructure.
• Improve internal tools, automation frameworks, and developer workflows for efficient test development, data analysis, and debugging.
• Support Activision studios globally by developing automation solutions and engineering tools that help identify product defects.
• Analyze results, increase automated coverage, and build scalable infrastructure for performance, stability, and data integrity.
• Create engineering tools and automation services that improve development and QA productivity while partnering with engineering leadership to evolve automation capabilities.

Skills

Python

C++

C#

SQL

Test frameworks

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, related field, or equivalent experience

Tools

Git

Puppet

Grafana

Perforce

Linux

Flask

Job description

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer, Automation & Data to build scalable automation platforms and data solutions supporting game development. You will design internal tools, automation frameworks, and telemetry systems for testing at scale.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years with Python and C++/C#, strong SQL, and experience in distributed systems within gaming. This hybrid role is based in Santa Monica, CA, with collaboration across global studios and QA teams.