Senior Software Developer in Test (Sr. SDET)

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Position Overview

The Zynga Direct to Consumer team is looking for a Senior Software Developer in Test (SDET) to join our growing team of D2C experts and help champion software quality for our game store solutions. The Senior SDET will collaborate closely with the QA and Engineering teams to extend our automation platform across our suite of technologies and expand our automation coverage across our growing pool of supported game stores.

What Youll Do:

• Partner engineering leadership to establish end-to-end test strategies comprehensive test plans that align with business goals.
• Architect and integrate automated testing suites into the CI/CD pipeline ensuring seamless deployment.
• Define track and report on quality and risk metrics to provide partners with clear insights into product health and release readiness.
• Design technical solutions to increase testing efficiency and coverage reducing the overall cost of quality through automation and process efficiency.
• Collaborate with SRE and Engineering teams to diagnose live issues and carry out root cause analysis and feedback into regression testing.
• Design develop and maintain automated end-to-end test suites for iOS and Android platforms using Appium ensuring high-quality mobile releases and rapid regression feedback.
• Lead and mentor other SDETs supporting their career and technical development.
• Build a culture obsessed with quality of gamer experience.

What You Bring:

• 5 years building large-scale automation systems for Desktop (Win/Mac/Linux) and distributed services.
• Expertise in automating UI/UX for single-page applications (SPAs). Proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript and frameworks like React
• Deep experience with modern web automation tools such as Playwright Cypress or Selenium.
• Strong grasp of networked applications performance testing and static code analysis tools.
• Proven track record to support live services and define rigorous bug-tracking procedures.
• A collaborative thoughtful engineer who enjoys helping others and driving cross-team initiatives
• BA/MS in Computer Science or a related field.

Bonus Points:

• Advanced knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for handling scalable test environments.
• Experience with coaching junior SDETs performing thorough code reviews of test code and advocating for a Quality-First culture among the product and art teams.
• Zynga is known for its data-driven culture its entrepreneurial mindset and its fast-paced challenging work environment where each individual can make a difference. We value strong analytical skills problem-solving and quantitative experience. We look for great communicators leaders and team players.

What We Offer You:

Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits visit the Zynga Benefits site

The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between 108900 and 152500 per year. However base pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates such as job-related knowledge skills experience and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Regular full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company including: medical dental vision and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Companys discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts cultures and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability objective qualifications and work ethic not an individuals race creed color religion sex or gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin or ancestry alienage or citizenship status physical or mental disability pregnancy age genetic information veteran status marital status status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses reproductive health decision or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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