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Tech Lead – Commerce

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Would you be excited about leading technical execution on a team that builds reliable and scalable online services and features, for millions of players around the world?

We are an independently-run part of Activision with a small company feel. We run every part of the player's online experience, from logging in to matchmaking to partying up with your friends to unlocking the best attachments, for popular video game franchises such as Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot and Tony Hawk.

If you’re excited about working with game studios, large scale systems, and online multiplayer technology in a collaborative environment then we’d love to hear from you!

That sounds amazing, but what kind of impact will I have?

We’re looking for a tech lead to join our team in the Commerce department, focused on providing technical leadership for one of the teams delivering online services for Call of Duty titles.

Demonware has some of the biggest entertainment launches in the world with player counts going from zero to millions of players on day one and our services make that possible.

Awesome, what will my “day-to-day” look like?

In this role, you will work side by side with game studios at Activision like Treyarch, Infinity Ward, and Sledgehammer Games to make ground-breaking game designs a reality at substantial scale.

You’ll be hands-on in leading the architecture, design, and delivery of services that directly enable game features alongside other engineers both at Demonware and across Activision studios.

Our teams own the services we build in production; you’ll be a key part of operating and driving improvements to our tech stack, focusing on scalability and reliability.

You will be responsible for the technical execution of the team, collaborating with the manager and project manager to map out the team’s objectives and create project plans based on the team’s priorities, company goals and studio requirements. Your focus will be primarily on engineering execution - distributing and guiding work across the team.

You will provide technical mentorship to team members, and evolve team processes to drive engineering excellence. You’ll be a key contributor to design and code reviews. Your actions will help engage, develop, and retain impactful engineers.

On the whole, you can expect to spend roughly half your time on engineering work, with the other half split between project planning and technical mentorship.

What would you like to see in my background?

• Expertise in architecting, delivering, and supporting scalable services in production
• Expertise in at least one programming language, preferably Python and C++
• Experience ensuring the software produced by your team is of top-notch quality
• Experience owning the day-to-day fundamentals of engineering projects and steering their technical direction with minimal supervision
• An interest in adapting your team's software development processes to ensure they are effective based on the needs and pace of a project

Bonus XP:

• Understanding of large scale distributed systems (up to millions of concurrent users)
• Experience in MySQL, Cassandra or Redis is a plus
• Experience with load testing and performance optimization processes
• Experience working with Docker, Kubernetes, and VMs
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies
• Experience in a customer-facing role

What Demonware Offers:

Generous paid vacation, RRSP matching program, top-tier medical, dental, life insurance coverage for you and your dependents and perks.

About us:

Demonware is an independently-run part of Activision Blizzard. We run every part of the players’ online experience, from logging in to matchmaking to climbing the leaderboards, for popular video game franchises such as Call of Duty, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Crash Bandicoot and Skylanders.

The work we do together every day impacts almost half a billion players around the world. We solve big company challenges with a small company feel. We are technology-driven with a culture of openness. This means collaborating to solve interesting challenges, enjoying the freedom to talk to anyone, and always feeling respected. We take the work seriously; ourselves, not so much.

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.

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.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all 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.

This role is anticipated to be assigned to work on-site at an Activision Blizzard office. However, we understand each person’s circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore possible interim options.

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/ .