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Network Software Engineering Apprenticeship - Vicarious Visions

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Your Mission

You will be joining a new 2-year training program to build network software engineering skills. You will spend roughly a third of your time building your networking competency and the rest as a member of our development team.

As a Junior Network Engineer, your mission will be to learn and grown in the network engineering space and to collaborate with team members to deliver AAA-quality code. In the spirit of inclusion, we encourage all to apply!

This is a Full-Time position at our studio in Albany, New York.

You will be responsible for:

• Learning about network engineering via instruction, self-directed study, and practical coding.
• Contributing to and improving the training program.
• Utilizing your technical skills, you will collaborate with game designers, visual artists, audio designers, and other specialists to design and propel AAA game development.
• Exemplify and promote standards for code, design, development, debugging, optimization, review, testing, and documentation
• Establish mutual trust and respect among your teammates, and celebrating in each other’s success

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements:

• You have an interest in learning about network engineering. Prior knowledge is a plus.
• No experience required. Prior professional experience in related fields is a plus.

• You possess a deep understanding of object-oriented programming in a variety of languages including C++

• You have experience with working on PC and console platforms.
• You excel in working as part of a team
• You possess a real passion for developing high-quality games
• You have earned a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience

Your Platform

As a game studio that’s been around for 3 decades, Vicarious Visions has a vibrantly colorful and prestigiously successful past of guitar-playing, pro-skating, and Wumpa fruit-hoarding. As a new member of the Blizzard family, we also have an exhilarating future ahead of us. We are more excited than ever to join in the making of Blizzard franchises that are known and treasured around the world.

Our studio, located in beautiful upstate New York, provides developers a safe, warm environment to hone their skills and become leaders of their craft. Creativity and innovation are cornerstones of our practice, and we nurture new ideas from all of our people. Crucially, we are a family of uniquely individual voices, and we have fostered a culture of diversity and inclusivity. We thrive on collaboration, respect, and fun. Join us!

Vicarious Visions is wholly owned by Activision Blizzard. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at www.vvisions.com and @VvisionsStudio on Twitter

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty ®, World of Warcraft® , Overwatch ®, Diablo ®, Candy Crush ™ and Bubble Witch ™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

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.

Vicarious Visions 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.