Senior Staff Backend Engineer | Activision Blizzard Media

King • San Francisco, CA

14d

About The Position

Do you want to build amazing high scale backend systems for Advertising using the latest technologies? Are you an excellent communicator who enjoys working with people from several different business units? Can you translate business needs into technical requirements and implementation? If you answered yes, then our Senior Staff Backend Engineer role on our ads engineering team may be the right role for you! We are an impactful team of problem solvers that are constantly reviewing how and why we do things and learning from each other. We are experimental, trying out new tech and ideas and willing to do things differently to drive the entire industry forward. We are sociable and fun, and we like to hang out together. We are passionate, some might even say quirky, and while we love what we do, our lives are about more than work. We love games, and are obsessed with creating the best player experience! About Activision Blizzard Media 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. We are seeking a Senior Staff Backend Engineer in our Ads Engineering team, empowering groundbreaking advertising technologies to create the next generation of our Publisher Ads Platform.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability leading the development of highly performing services in Java
• Experience in designing overall architecture and design for large-scale distributed systems
• Experience with NoSQL systems e.g., Bigtable, Cassandra, Elastic
• Expert knowledge in System Design, Schema & Data Modeling and Performance Analysis
• Experience working with Multi-threading, Asynchronous, Streaming/Messaging technologies (e.g. Kafka, RabitMQ)
• Great interpersonal skills and a consistent record to work in a collaborative team environment
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
• Experience working in a cloud-based environment with Google Cloud Platform or AWS
• Knowledge and experience in CI/CD, test automation, Jenkins, Gradle, and related technologies
• Experience with open source technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Google BigQuery
• Passionate about usability, maintainability and quality, building for the long term

Nice To Haves

• Experience with distributed computing frameworks (Apache Spark, Flink)
• Experience with AdTech platforms preferred like Ads Monetization, Serving, Demand Side Platform, etc.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly scalable, available and reliable Ads & Monetization platform that handles billions of requests per day
• Partner with architects, senior engineers and cross team members to build high volume backend systems
• Take complete ownership and manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise
• Work with the product team to understand the business needs and translate them into development/design tasks
• Provide technical directions and mentorship to other engineers
• Be a role model in engineering best practices and design/coding standards for delivering high quality products

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees