Expert Data Engineer

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Senior Data Engineer

Who we are:

Demonware is a member of the Activision family of studios. We run every part of the players’ online experience, from logging in to matchmaking to climbing the leader boards, for popular video game franchises such as Call of Duty, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Crash Bandicoot and Skylanders.

What we do

The work we do together every day impacts almost half a billion players around the world. We solve big company challenges with a small company feel. We are technology-driven with a culture of openness. This means collaborating to solve interesting challenges, enjoying the freedom to talk to anyone, and always feeling respected. We take the work seriously; ourselves, not so much.

Our mission:

Demonware's data team is responsible for creating the services and infrastructure that ingest the billions of events our games emit each day. At this scale, the challenges we face empower our engineers to flex their creative engineering muscles. When we get things right the analysts, studios and developers that interact with our systems can rapidly go from question to insight without ever having to talk to us.

The Demonware data team also works with studios to model and instrument the things that matter. We work with our customers to ship data forward applications, ensure compliance of data produced and oversee the quality throughout.

We are looking for a data engineer to join our dedicated data engineering team that’s responsible for managing our large-scale data footprint.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and support scalable and efficient data applications, tools and frameworks.
• Collaborate with internal data customers to provide optimized solutions for their data needs.
• Assist in developing solutions around our big data platforms using technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Airflow, Spark-Streaming, Flink, Beam, and others.
• Build efficient data models that allow faster data processing and transformations at scale.
• Apply data engineering expertise in solving problems around our large-scale distributed big data systems.
• Build API integrations with our internal systems and third-party data sources.

• Collaborate closely with other engineers on the data team who are responsible for managing various aspects of our data footprint including data instrumentation, ingestion, streaming, processing, transformation, and visualization.

About you:

• Comfortable with one or more computer programming languages (Python, Scala, Java, Kotlin, etc.)
• Experience with concepts of distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud computing concepts (Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud).
• Familiarity with some of the big data technologies (Kafka, PubSub, Spark, Presto, Flink, etc.).
• Familiarity with version control tools (Git commands) and basic understanding of containerization, build, and deployment processes.
• Good problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and provide optimal solutions.
• Good understanding of software development practices (preferably agile practices).
• Good communication and ability to work with partners independently.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with CI/CD, unit and integration testing, orchestration and containerization tools e.g. GitHub, Jenkins, Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Experience in solving complex data engineering problems at a really large scale.

What Demonware Offers:

Relocation Support, generous paid vacation, RRSP matching program and top-tier medical, dental and life insurance coverage for you and your dependents and perks.

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.

Activision 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.