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Senior Software Engineer, LiveOps - Diablo
1 year ago
Team Name:
Diablo IIIJob Title:
Senior Software Engineer, LiveOps - DiabloRequisition ID:
R016905Job Description:
We Need You
The minions of Hell are growing stronger...
Do you love improving legacy systems and building great workflows? Blizzard is seeking a passionate Tools Engineer to help take our games to the next level. As part of a small, dedicated group of engineers, you will work to develop, maintain and improve the tooling and systems used in building and delivering our games.
If you thrive in an agile environment and have the desire to constantly increase quality and efficiency, we’d love to talk more about how you can help us navigate toward a smarter, more efficient future for Diablo Legacy (Diablo 2 & Diablo 3).
Responsibilities
- Write and extend our tooling infrastructure to help developers reach ambitious goals whilst supporting live AAA games.
- Extend, improve, and create system-level solutions to maximize team efficiency while minimizing development downtime.
- Work closely with game teams to drive automation, provide development services, and help eliminate technical debt.
- Identify and resolve production pipeline issues and discover opportunities for process improvement.
- Maintain current live systems/services, including legacy tooling and physical hardware.
- Be a 'force multiplier' to the team by making the development process faster, safer, and easier than it's ever been before.
Requirements
- +5 years of experience in delivering production-level code in a professional environment
- Comfortable diagnosing issues on Windows, Linux, and OSX
- Practical experience with Jenkins and Jenkins Pipeline
- Experience in C#, .NET
- Familiar with Git, SVN, and Perforce
- Familiar writing Python, Lua, Perl, or other interpreted languages
- Commitment to code quality, documentation, and testing
Pluses
- Familiarity with web frameworks (e.g. Angular and/or React)
- Relational database experience (MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL, etc.)
- Experience in C++
- Experience with game development pipelines
- Experience with Docker, Ansible, and/or Puppet
- Familiarity with Diablo 2 and Diablo 3, at least at a casual player level
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Albany, NY or Irvine, CA. However, we understand each person’s circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore other possible options, including remote work arrangements.
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 opportunities 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!
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
- If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .
In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $101,000.00 - $186,754.00 Annual. This base pay range is for the U.S. and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.
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