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Senior Software Engineer

Blizzard Entertainment
Santa Monica, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/10/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/5/2025

Responsibilities :

  • Design and develop software applications using GO, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability.
  • Conduct thorough code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and implement best practices for software development to ensure code quality and maintainability.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for the software components and systems developed
  • Be on the lookout for operational issues related to our products and support end users.
  • Proactively analyze and resolve complex technical issues promptly, ensuring minimal disruption to the development process.
  • Mentor less experienced developers, fostering a collaborative and productive team environment.
  • Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices, continuously improving the development processes and tools used.

Minimum Requirements :

  • 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Proficiency in GO programming, with a deep understanding of its paradigms, constructs, and best practices.
  • Familiarity with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Expertise in version control systems, particularly Git.
  • Experience building highly scalable distributed software / services in the cloud.
  • Experience leading or designing major features.
  • Proven debugging skills across the stack in production.
  • Effective communication, analytical, and teamwork abilities.
  • Bonus :

  • Experience with HashiCorp tools : Vault, Nomad, Consul
  • Experience with frontend development frameworks and tools : Vue.js, Nuxt, Figma
  • Experience working with SRE / DevOps teams to achieve operational excellence.
  • Familiarity with CI / CD tools : GitHub Actions, Jenkins.
  • Your Platform

    Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (), a division of Activision Blizzard, which wasacquiredby 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, witha track recordthat 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,technologyand 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 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 thrivein order toconnect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical,emotionaland financial well-being for Every World -wevegot our employees covered!

    Thevideogameindustry 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 allqualifications? 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 reasonableassistanceto 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;
  • 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.
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