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Lead Software Engineer, Server

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft team is seeking an experienced server programmer. This individual will lead the development of server architecture, implementation, and will lead a group of programmers to accomplish various server programming tasks. Other areas of focus include network communication, player interaction across server boundaries, security countermeasures, maintenance, and development of server technology.

Responsibilities:

• Work with production staff and other leads to establish engineering tasks and subsequent schedule requirements.
• Manage the server team to meet all established goals and requirements.
• Ensure that the server team adheres to established coding standards and maintains efficient coding practices.
• Evaluate and mentor programmers on the server team.
• Serve as an active partner in the team’s leadership.
• Perform research to acquire new knowledge necessary to perform assigned tasks and maintain the technological evolution of the game.
• Interface with members of external teams on inter-departmental assignments, and ensure that all technology interests and policies are properly represented and maintained through the course of development.

Requirements:

• Must currently hold a senior software engineer position or higher
• Expert C/C++ programmer
• Distributed systems experience
• Familiarity with implementing client/server architecture
• Knowledge of network and server security issues
• Experience with code optimization
• Need to have leadership potential or previous leadership experience
• Linux and Oracle experience.

Pluses:

• MMO gaming experience