Lead Software Engineer, Production Technology
Lead Software Engineer, Production Technology
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Lead Software Engineer Production TechnologyRequisition ID:
R025445Job Description:
Blizzard prides itself on continuing to support the historic games that made us who we are today. Keeping these games running as technology marches forward takes effort and we need a hero to own and direct that effort.
Whether its battling the Zerg in the Koprulu sector or defeating your opponents in the Nexus these treasured classics need a versatile champion to maintain shape and advance the technology underpinning these games. You should be specd into engineering talents with a passion for leadership and planning and armed with a hunger to use modern technology to create sustainable solutions.
So if you like merging technology with player experience working with a small team and look forward to challenges that will create millions of new adventures for our players we would love to hear from you.
This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine CA.
As a Lead Software Engineer in the Prod Tech org at Blizzard you may find yourself
Demonstrating your technical experience to coordinate and improve impact across several groups of cross-disciplined engineers while minimizing duplicated efforts
Evaluating the technical challenges of our partner teams and applying your experience to help lead the assembled team(s) to provide strong value-driven solutions.
Mentoring developing and inspiring as well as learning from the engineers that report to you
Continuously working with Prod Tech leadership as well as the business as a whole to make our team a top-tier destination for the most dedicated engineers in the industry
Sharing ideas and technology to partner teams throughout Blizzard in a clear and effective way
Working with stakeholders to drive a blameless culture around incident management
Minimum Requirements:
3 years of managing direct reports
10 years of professional software engineering experience
Love to solve novel and exciting problems
Thrive on making big-picture impact and continuously looking for exciting positive change
Measure and demonstrate improving service state and champion quality of team deliverables
Take pride in your team and succeeding through others
Are driven to nurture and develop highly effective engineers
Strive to be better more hard-working and faster tomorrow than you are today
Seek to identify and prioritize tasks for maximum impact on sustainability and resilience of code and infrastructure
Possess the technical knowledge to understand the challenges facing the team
Like to collaborate with others to solve problems share knowledge and provide feedback
Can self-assess the needs of a system codebase or team and make a case to prioritize that work
Enjoy maintaining the uptime of always-on always-available live global services
Know when and how to say No
The Lead Software Engineer of Prod Tech will be expected to have extensive knowledge in the following areas:
Programming background with C
Low-level networking fundamentals
Experience with eBPF/XDP
Experience developing on multiple platforms - Windows Mac Linux
Owning a tech stack from continuing development to live operation
Developing and operating highly available distributed live real-time services
Developing in a context where many dependent services are owned by other teams
Ability to lead and develop other engineers
Ability to prioritize in ambiguous situations
Working with mature legacy codebases
Developing software that is used globally in compliance with local regulations
CI/CD
Familiarity with Go programming
Your Platform
Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft Overwatch Diablo and StarCraft Blizzard Entertainment Inc. () 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 industrys 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 Xbox PlayStation Nintendo Switch iOS and Android.
Our World
Activision Blizzard Inc. is one of the worlds 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 - weve 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.
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 . General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.
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.
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial well-being for Every World - weve 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 the U.S. the standard base pay range for this role is $121500.00 - $224880.00 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 roles 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
