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Software Engineer, DevOps - Hearthstone

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Pull up a chair and join us! Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a talented and enthusiastic software engineer to join the Hearthstone team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for improving Hearthstone by creating and maintaining a software delivery pipeline that enables the development team to deliver more and better features to our players. Blizzard offers a fun, creative, and technically challenging environment with excellent compensation and a full range of benefits.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and operate software and systems that increase the rate and quality of Hearthstone features. Examples include:
  • Build and artifact delivery automation
  • Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery systems
  • Development workflow automation (merging, branching, etc.)
  • Deployment automation
  • Crash monitoring
  • Performance analysis
  • Telemetry
• Work with Tools, Client, Automation, QA, and SRE teams to understand, improve, and connect their processes
• Help make improvements to the team’s ability to develop and test the game, especially on mobile platforms
• Maintain familiarity with Hearthstone’s design
• Champion Blizzard’s core values, especially “Gameplay First”

Requirements

• Strong, proven programming skills in C# and Python
• High comfort level extending and improving an established code base
• Ability to communicate effectively with artists, designers, and other engineers
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Travis CI
• Experience with source control systems such as Perforce and Git
• Experience with artifact repositories such as Artifactory
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Chef or Puppet
• Experience with Docker
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in delivering production-grade code in a professional environment
• Familiarity with Hearthstone, at least at a casual player level

Pluses

• Avid Hearthstone player
• Experience with performance analysis and code optimization
• Experience with orchestration systems such as Kubernetes or Nomad
• iOS or Android development experience
• Previous experience shipping game titles or other software
• Experience with Unity 2018.x or newer
• Database development experience (MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL, etc.)
• Experience supporting a live service
• Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related degree
• Familiarity with other Blizzard Entertainment products