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Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

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Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush™, esports opportunities like the Call of Duty® and Overwatch® Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming franchises such as World of Warcraft®, Call of Duty®, and StarCraft®.

The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences.

Your role within Activision Blizzard Media

• Partner with Architects, Product Managers and other engineers to build one of the world’s largest mobile game advertising platforms

• Evaluate and choose the right technology stack and build the Ads & Monetization platform to handle billions of requests per day and tens of thousands of requests per second

• Own the overall goals of uptime and scalability of the platform

• Genuine interest in working with and mentoring junior engineers

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience leading the development of highly performing, highly available and highly reliable production services

• Expert knowledge in Java, JMeter and performance engineering

• Experience with streaming technologies e.g. Kafka, Kinesis and Flink

• Experience with NoSQL systems e.g. DynamoDB, Cassandra, HBase

• Experience working in a cloud-based environment with Google Cloud Platform or AWS

• Experience in designing overall architecture of frontend and backend solutions so that they work cohesively together

• Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to work in a collaborative team environment

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in CI/CD, test automation, Jenkins, Gradle and related technologies

• Experience with open source technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Google BigQuery

• Focused on usability, maintainability and quality, building for the long term