Senior Staff Software Engineer (Data) - Activision Blizzard Media

Job Title:

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Data) - Activision Blizzard Media

Requisition ID:

R023566

Job Description:

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 Staff Software Engineer (Data) role on our ads engineering team may be the right role for you!

We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer (Data) in our Ads Engineering team, crafting groundbreaking mobile advertising technologies to build the next generation of our Ads Platform.

We are an impactful team of problem solvers who 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.

Responsibilities

• Design and build Data Pipelines to collect, transform, store, analyze, explore and visualize.

• Craft and build cloud-based data lakes and data warehouses.

• Work with the product team to understand data sources, use cases and data models.

• Choose the right technology stack to align with those use cases with scalability.

• Collaborate with the other team members across different teams.

• Develop alert & monitoring systems and procedures for faster disaster recovery. 

• Build and contribute to data products with focus on data Quality and data Governance. 

Leadership and Communication

• Proven ability to lead and mentor engineers in a collaborative environment.

• Excellent at articulating complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.

• Experienced in driving technical strategy and making impactful decisions.

Skills to Create Thrills

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, plus 9+ years of relevant professional experience (13+ years total).

• Strong experience in Software Development in Java or Python.

• Working experience in building data warehouses and data lakes.

• Demonstrated ability working with relational databases such as MySQL, Postgres etc.

• Experience in NoSQL databases like Bigtable, Cassandra, HBase etc.

• Expert level SQL skills and database performance concepts.

• Extensive experience in relational and dimensional data modeling.

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

• Understanding of distributed computing frameworks like Apache Spark and Flink.

• Should be able to communicate and articulate their thought process optimally with team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building data warehouse, data lake and data pipeline using Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Experience with large scale distributed systems with large datasets.

• Experience in distributed computing framework – Hadoop, Spark, Flink or Storm. 

• Experience with messaging systems like Kafka and RabbitMQ.

• 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