Senior Software Engineer, Tools - World of Warcraft

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The World of Warcraft (WoW) team is looking for someone to help us develop the internal services and support tools. In this role, you’ll improve existing tools and create new tools that will empower some of the most talented designers and artists in the world to work their magic and apply their craft freely and directly.

The WoW team is built on a culture of collaboration, intense creativity, and problem solving. As a group, we are committed to pushing our exploration of Azeroth to the fullest, and in doing so creating a gaming experience like no other. As an engineer on the tools team, the work you do will live at the very heart of this philosophy.

We’re looking for an engineer with qualities above and beyond engineering. We want a person who enjoys working in a group setting; who embraces their inner geek; and whose experience in creative environments has reinforced the value of communications, empathy, and collaboration.

What you will do...

• Design and implement development tools for game designers, world builders, artists, audio designers, and other engineers
• Partner with other development teams to evolve our current tools
• Maintain tools for performance, stability, and error-free operation
• Identify and resolve development and process issues and discover opportunities for improvement
• Participate in and contribute to a culture of inclusion and diversity

To succeed, you must have…

• Passion for tools development and user experience
• Strong, proven programming skills in C# and/or C++
• Experience excelling in a mid-level software development role or equivalent
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities with non-technical users, including artists and designers
• Strong debugging skills

We’re also interested in hearing stories you may have about…

• Experience developing game engine and/or world building tools
• Experience with SQL databases, including database schema and query design and programming language bindings
• Working with game content pipelines and tools
• Experience with GUI frameworks (e.g. WPF, ImGui)
• Playing World of Warcraft

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all the 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! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com . General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

Our World
At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Hard work, iteration, and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.

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.

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, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

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/ .