Who We Are
Second Dinner is an award-winning independent game development studio that is here to make the most fun games in the world. Not super fun games. Not SUPER DUPER fun games. We mean the MOST fun games. In fact, our game MARVEL SNAP has earned multiple Mobile Game of the Year Awards (Game Awards, DICE), Best Strategy Game (IGN), and the Apple Design Award for Innovation!
Second Dinner is a remote-first studio, so while we are headquartered in Irvine, California, most of our team is fully remote across the United States. We want the most talented teammates wherever they call home. A diverse team with varied perspectives makes us a better company and will help us make better games. If you can bring something new to the table and expand our point of view, that's a huge upside.
Our Engineering Team:
At Second Dinner, we believe that great people in a great work environment will lead us to great games and player experiences. In engineering, we empower our team to build and innovate with best in class tools in ways they haven't been used before. Our goal is to simplify the game development process and redefine what is possible in game development.
Your Role:
As a core member of our automation and testing initiatives, you’ll own the direction, evolution and integration of them within the larger MARVEL SNAP team. You will report to the Lead Engineer of the Tools and Client Platform team and collaborate with analysts, engineers, and artists to create test suites, build pipelines, and develop tools to ensure we deliver the highest quality games possible to our players! If you’re passionate about testing, automation, validation, and continuous integration, then we'd love to hear from you!
**Please attach your cover letter AND resume as one document**
What You’ll Do:
As an automation superhero, you’ll identify, design, and deliver technical solutions (frameworks, tests, API hooks, tools) that increase test effectiveness, coverage, and overall development velocity
Build and enhance continuous integration and delivery pipelines to support game design teams across MARVEL SNAP
Ownership of the long term development and roadmapping.
Implement metrics, analyze test data to identify patterns, and report on risk status to help enhance software quality
Help optimize the existing manual testing efforts and develop new opportunities using automation that will empower the QA team to be more effective and efficient
Automate everything; from command lines to operating systems, simple to complex processes and anything else you can think of to improve the player experience
What You’ll Need:
To be able to work independently charting the course for the company in test and automation
Passion for empowering teams with best in class automated testing tools, frameworks, and test harnesses to improve operations
Knowledge of industry’s best testing practices, including regression, acceptance, functional, and load testing
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipeline solutions and continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines
Experience with GitHub and GitHub Action
Experience leading testing automation initiatives
High levels of empathy and support for team members
An agile mindset, a desire for constant improvement of tooling, automation and process to improve the quality of our products and the lives of our teammates
Ability to navigate projects in a start up environment with some level of uncertainty and a seek and solve mindset
Experience with test automation in Unity
Passion for playing and making great games
Nice to Have, But Not Necessary:
The total compensation for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $130,000 to $170,000 USD + equity + comprehensive benefits + potential for discretionary performance bonuses.
Individual pay within this salary range may span multiple levels within the discipline and is determined by assessed job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training. It also factors in market demands and business needs. The disclosed range is not adjusted based on location and may be subject to change or modification based on business needs in the future. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process.
An overview of the benefits and perks at Second Dinner:
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans with Second Dinner paying 100% of premiums for employees and 75% for dependents for many plans
401(k) contribution with no waiting period
16 weeks paid parental leave with no waiting period
Home office improvement bonus
Paid Vacation & Sick time
Up to 10 BetterHelp sessions covered each benefits plan year
Remote-first with core overlap hours between 10AM and 4PM PT
Company Winter Holiday shutdown (Dec 25-Jan 1)
Company Summer Holiday shutdown (week of July 4)
Company Events - In-person Summer all-hands gathering, in-person holiday party, and virtual events throughout the year
We are an equal opportunity employer that places high value on diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, disability status, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military status, or veteran status.
You must be eligible to work in the United States to be considered for this position.