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Game Security Build Engineer, Platform Security
1 year ago
Team Name:
Battle.net & Online ProductsJob Title:
Game Security Build Engineer, Platform SecurityRequisition ID:
R012713Job Description:
One of Blizzard Entertainment’s core values is “Play Nice, Play Fair” – we believe that epic gaming experiences begin with a level playing field. Because of that, we passionately do everything we can to combat cheating in our games. We want YOU to join us!
As an experienced software engineer, you can shape the technology that protects our games and have an impact across the whole company! We work with all games and software platforms produced by Blizzard, so we get exposed to a mind-boggling array of technologies – not only client and server security technologies, but graphics engines, machine learning, compilers, operating systems, etc. It’s an incredible place for passionate software engineers who love technology and games that also have an interest in software protections!
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and deliver automation, tools, and services that increase the velocity of the Game Security Engineering team
- Design, build, test, and deliver tools and systems to improve game security quality (reliability and performance) through crash monitoring, performance analysis, etc.)
- Create an excellent experience for all anti-cheat engineers as they contribute source code, build artifacts, manage branches, and deploy internal tools and game components
- Advance game security into new territory through projects that support PC, Mac, mobile, and console platforms – protecting ALL Blizzard games!
Within 1 month, you will:
- Complete Blizzard new employee orientation
- Learn about game security history, projects, and company impact
- Design and implement code that directly reduces game cheating!
Within 3 months, you will:
- Select and tackle larger tasks based on your abilities. Opportunities include:
- Create automation surrounding critical anti-cheat products
- Extending and improving scalable SDKs for game protection
- Build automation that supports the creation of features for code and data obfuscation on our core products
- Creating tools and automation to find cheaters in a massive data set
- And more!
Within 1 year, you will:
- Personally make an impact on game cheating
- Learn about a wide range of technologies and grow professionally
- Work on projects and tools that you are most passionate about
Qualifications
- 2+ years of professional development experience
- Programming proficiency in Python, C#, Docker, & Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Travis CI
- The ability to write clean code, apply refactoring techniques, and use software engineering best practices
- Familiarity with source control management
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to learn and grow!
Pluses
- Interest in games, security, or anti-cheat
- Familiarity with microservices
- Experience with commercial protection and anti-tamper software
- Systems programming concepts (e.g. virtual memory management)
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees along with the business. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work / life balance. We’ve worked hard to foster an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Join us!
We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply !
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