Nintendo Technology Development

The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Nintendo Switch^â„¢ system and the Nintendo 3DS^â„¢ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System^â„¢, Nintendo has sold more than 4.7 billion video games and more than 740 million hardware units globally, including Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, as well as the Game Boy^â„¢, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS^â„¢ family of systems, Super NES^â„¢, Nintendo 64^â„¢, Nintendo GameCube^â„¢, Wii^â„¢ and Wii U^â„¢ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names, such as Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Zelda and Pokémon.  A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo Technology Development, based in Redmond, Washington, creates future hardware/software technology and researches North American-based technologies.

Nintendo is an equal opportunity employer. We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment in service to one another, our products, the diverse consumers we represent, and the communities we call home. We do all of this with kindness, empathy and respect for each other.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Innovate and develop test automation frameworks, QA tools, and supporting systems to improve product quality and testing efficiency
• Design test strategies and test plans to ensure features and products are released with a consistently high quality bar
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage across key areas such as performance testing, compatibility testing, regression testing, functional testing, and other critical quality dimensions
• Work with productivity and development tools such as Jira, Git, and TeamCity
• Perform risk assessments to identify critical code paths and develop corresponding automated test cases
• Implement test automation using multiple programming languages
• Identify defects, document them clearly, and drive them through resolution and verification

SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS

• Experience and/or knowledge of Quality Assurance, test methodologies, and testing strategies
• Strong knowledge of debugging fundamentals, debugging workflows, and debuggers (LLDB, GDB, DAP)
• Strong programming skills, primarily in C/C++ and C# with additional experience in Python and PowerShell
• Proficiency with Microsoft Visual Studio IDE
• Experience testing debuggers and/or IDE extensions
• Experience with source control tools such as Git or Perforce
• Experience working with system APIs, command‑line tooling, or platform‑level interfaces
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines; TeamCity is a plus
• Experience working and testing in cross-platform environments
• Ability to develop test designs that can respond to quickly shifting requirements
• Ability to review and provide feedback to peer code
• Strong communication skills for regular collaboration with the development team to drive testability
• Familiarity with operating system fundamentals such as processes, threading, memory management, and performance characteristics
• Knowledge of Linux environments, system‑level concepts, and low‑level debugging is a plus
• 3+ years experience in a similar role
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be considered. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

This position is onsite in Redmond, WA, and not open to remote status at this time.