Senior Data Engineer | Activision Blizzard Media

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Your Role Within the Kingdom

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 Data Engineer role on our ads engineering team may be the right role for you!

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer in our Ads Engineering team empowering groundbreaking mobile advertising technologies to create the next generation of our Publisher Ads Platform.

Youre an excellent communicator happy to work with people from several different business can translate business needs into technical requirements and implementation. We are problem solvers 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 take risks 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.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable data pipelines and services.

• Understand the business requirements and translate them into the development/design tasks.

• Follow engineering best practices and design/coding standards.

• Collaborate with the other team members across different teams.

Skills to Create Thrills

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field plus 4 years of relevant professional experience (8 years total) - preferably in software design and development.

• Strong in Python and/or Java Development and object-oriented design principles.

• 2 years of experience in working with relational databases such as MySQL Postgres etc.

• Experience in NoSQL databases like Bigtable Cassandra HBase etc.

• Experience with schema design and data modeling.

• Strong understanding of large-scale distributed data processing.

• Experience with developing extract-transform-load (ETL).

• Experience with distributed messaging systems like Kafka and RabitMQ

• Experience with distributed computing frameworks like Apache Spark and Flink.

• Should be able to communicate and articulate his/her thought process effectively with the other team members.

Bonus Points

• Experience working with AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Experience in building a data warehouse and data lake.

• Knowledge of advertising platforms.

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 veterans 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.

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.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity equity and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation and that change only happens when we all come together. Its our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people players and community.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is our mission its the thread that connects our people our players and our passion for our games. Lets face it who doesnt love a bit of fun

Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. But our players arent the only ones that can level-up. Were always looking for ways to champion each other and make whats already great even better.

So if this feels like a fun way to spend your days and you share our passion our values and our hunger to shape the future join us in Making the World Playful.

Applications needs to be in English.

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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 $101000.00 - $186754.00 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 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.