Senior Software Engineer | Data Platform

Team Name:

Battle.net & Online Products

Job Title:Senior Software Engineer | Data Platform

Requisition ID:R024577

Job Description:

The Battle.net Data Team builds and maintains an extensive Big Data Platform for all of Blizzard Entertainment's games, tools, and operations. As a member of this welcoming and encouraging Data Team, you'll chip into 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 striving to be a world leader in Big Data.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help research, implement, and maintain components that glue the data pipeline together and integrate with 3rd party and open-source systems such as Kafka and Elasticsearch as well as Cloud technologies such as Pub/Sub and Dataflow. From building micro-services that support the platform's use cases to crafting highly scalable 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 every single day.

This role is anticipated to be either an on-site or hybrid position. The work location for this role is Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and integrate components of the Data Platform.

• Research, implement, and maintain data pipeline components.

• Integrate with third-party and open-source systems such as Kafka and Elasticsearch.

• Utilize Cloud technologies like Pub/Sub and Dataflow.

• Build micro-services to support platform use cases.

• Develop and maintain highly scalable data pipelines for streaming/batch workloads.

• Collaborate with a team of engineers to handle billions of messages daily.

• Maintain Observability tooling used to operate our games.

• Contribute to the migration to Azure for cost efficiency and improved security.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.

• Skilled in Java, Scala, or C#.

• Experience leading or designing major features.

• Proven debugging skills across the stack in production.

• Strong communication, analytical, and teamwork abilities.

Bonus:

• Experience building highly scalable distributed software/services in the cloud.

• Experience with Elasticsearch.

• Experience with stream processing frameworks (Flink, Spark, or Apache Beam).

• Experience working with SRE/DevOps teams to achieve operational excellence.

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Cloud Build).

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment.  We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

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.

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/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $101,000.00 - $186,754.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.