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Activision has been changing the way people play for the past 40 years—as the leading developer and publisher of video games, our teams have created some of the world's biggest, most ground-breaking, and beloved entertainment franchises in the industry. Ask anyone who works at Activision what their favorite thing about it is, and they’ll tell you it’s the people. We have world class brands, infrastructure, and resources, but our success comes from people producing greatness together. We are nothing without our employee’s brilliance.
Activision is more than just the leading developer and publisher of video games; we are the creators of some of the world’s biggest, most ground-breaking titles in the industry. Our current portfolio includes Call of Duty®, Skylanders®, and Crash Bandicoot™. Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), headquartered in Santa Monica, California with locations
across the globe, is one of the largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies in the world. Sitting at the intersection of media, technology, and entertainment, our employees are some of the best and brightest across engineering, entertainment, media, and technology.
A member of the S&P 500 Activision Blizzard is proud to be included as one of FORTUNE's «100 Best Companies To Work For®,» «World's Best Employers,» as well as «Most Admired Companies.» In 2019 we were honored to receive a perfect score on our entry to the Corporate Equality Index as a Best Workplace for LGBTQ professionals and once again made Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies in Gaming.
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Your Mission
As a Senior Software Engineer at Activision, you will work within the Experience Optimization Org to
build innovative and impactful player optimization and personalization platforms and products that help
to build loyalty and drive engagement for Activision’s industry leading games. Candidates should have
development and implementation experience of large-scale applications
Key responsibilities Key responsibilities include:
Build scalable, high-volume, high-availability systems, with a focus on delivering player value.
Contribute, maintain and grow our in-game A/B testing platform.
Participate in development of new features and defect resolution on existing applications, as well as assist with scoping and designing new product initiatives.
Working closely with our Data Scientist group, Game teams and other development teams.
Participate in software development best practices and patterns.
Coach and mentor junior developers.
Ideal experience Player Profile
Proven experience in a software engineering/development and design of large scale distributed systems.
Strong Programming skills and proficiency in Python and C++.
Hands-on experience with high-volume consumer facing API.
Analytical problem solving and decision-making skills.
Strong capability in working with NoSQL databases (Bigquery, Cassandra, or similar)
Self-starter who is excited about learning new technologies. Ability to work independently, learn quickly and be proactive
Experience with GCP, Data Bricks a plus.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
