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Software Engineer

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The Battle.net Data Team builds and maintains a massive Big Data Platform for all of Blizzard Entertainment's games, tools, and operations. As a member of the Data Team, you'll contribute to one of the world's largest and most robust data pipelines to collect global information that powers analytics, operations, discovery, and machine learning throughout Blizzard's products and services. From real-time operational awareness to machine learning systems for epic gameplay experiences- Blizzard is aiming to be a world leader in Big Data.

This position is focused on the development and integration of the Data Platform. You'll help implement and maintain components that glue the pipeline together and integrate with 3rd party and open source systems such as Kafka, Elasticsearch, and Apache Beam as well as Cloud technologies such as Pub/Sub, Dataflow, and Big Query. From building micro-services that support the platform's use-cases to creating epic data pipelines to accomplish streaming/batch workloads- you'll work with a team of engineers to develop and maintain massively scaled systems that handle billions of messages each day.

If you can imagine yourself in the center of the data revolution at the most epic company ever, and you want to help shape the future of Big Data platforms- this may be the job for you!

Covid-19 Hiring Update: We’ve transitioned to a work-from-home model and we’re continuing to interview and hire during this time. This role is expected to begin as a remote position. We understand each person’s circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore possible interim options.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience in Java, Scala, or another JVM based language
• Knowledge of private or public cloud infrastructure (OpenStack / AWS / GCP / Azure)
• Proven and demonstrable ability to rapidly learn and work on growth opportunities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

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• Experience with Elasticsearch
• Experience with Kafka
• Experience with Go
• Experience with distributed NoSQL stores (HBase, Cassandra)
• Experience with large scale data processing frameworks (Spark, Hive, Presto)
• Experience with stream processing frameworks (Flink, Apache Beam)

Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work / life balance. We’ve worked hard to champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed.

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, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Join us!