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Technical Team Lead, Social

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Who we are:

Demonware is a member of the Activision family of studios. 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.

What we do:

We are looking for a Technical Team Lead to join the Social team at Demonware. We are based out of the Vancouver office. You’ll work closely with the game studios to improve, maintain or deliver new features that will connect players with each other in meaningful ways. This role will have a direct impact on the online services for AAA multiplayer games, including Call of Duty®.

Your responsibilities:

• You will work side by side with internal teams and game studios at Activision to make radical game designs a reality at massive scale.
• You will guide and facilitate design and decision making around Demonware’s online services and tech stack.
• You will collaborate with the project manager to map out and deliver team objectives and priorities for the year based on company goals and product roadmap.
• You will organize and coordinate the work of the team to effectively work on features together and with other teams in Demonware.
• Keep a player first mindset when delivering solutions; the ability to put yourself in the shoes of our players is essential
• Solve hard problems
• Participate in all stages of development process on a cross-disciplinary team
• Teach & mentor more junior members of the team

Your Profile:

• 6+ years of experience in a similar technical leadership role (other combinations of technical skills and experience will be considered)
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting scalable services in production
• Experience ensuring the software produced by your team achieves the quality bar expected
• Experience ensuring your team's software development process works effectively and supports the pace and needs of the project
• Interest in analyzing requirements and making corresponding design decisions
• Interest to own the day-to-day fundamentals of engineering projects and steer their technical direction with minimal supervision
• Experience with continuous integration and agile methodologies
• Interest in travel to assist on-site integration at game studios and able to accommodate a flexible work schedule that includes being on-call
• Experience with SQL and database design, specifically MySQL
• Interest in networking technologies and their security and scalability, e.g. TCP, UDP
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent program

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• Experience with problems of large scale, and handling millions of connections
• Experience in Python, MySQL or Cassandra
• Experience with load testing and performance optimization
• Experience with social networks
• Experience with multi-platform development, including PC, Xbox, and Playstation
• Interest in large scale services (up to millions of concurrent users)
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Experience in container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience as a scrum product owner desirable
• Ownership of initiatives from inception through deployment and sustainment
• Excellence in proactive, open-minded collaboration across teams

What Demonware Offers:

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