Senior Software Engineer, Production Technology

Team Name:
Battle.net & Online Products

Job Title:
Senior Software Engineer, Production Technology

Requisition ID:
R027475

Job Description:

Blizzard's game teams thrive when they can ride the wave of what's next: new platforms, new capabilities, and the services and features our shared technology provides to unlock them. Staying ahead of that curve takes legendary effort: scouting what's coming, adapting our durable shared services to deliver new capabilities, and making sure teams can adopt them without losing momentum. We're looking for a seasoned specialist with a multi-class mindset to join a small, high-impact team and help our teams keep pace as the world changes.

Whether it's battling the Zerg in the Koprulu sector or outplaying your opponents in the Nexus, great adventures are forged when the right foundations hold strong. Our teams need a versatile champion to maintain, shape, and advance shared services by evolving the features teams depend on, introducing new capabilities, and ensuring it all works reliably at scale. You should be spec'd into engineering talents, armed with a hunger to build sustainable solutions, and ready to take on challenges whose victories ripple across many teams at once.

So, if you like merging technology with player experience, working with a small team, and tackling problems where early exploration becomes long-term wins for the studio, 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 home studio for this role is Irvine, CA. However, we understand each person's circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore other possible options, including remote work arrangements.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering shared platform capabilities that scale across multiple game teams, increasing leverage while minimizing duplicated engineering effort
• Evaluating partner teams' technical challenges and leading through design, architecture, tradeoff analysis, and clear documentation to ship solutions that unlock new capabilities and accelerate adoption
• Mentoring engineers through design reviews, technical guidance, and constructive feedback-raising the bar while continuing to learn from teammates
• Upholding a high-trust, high-craft engineering culture that makes the team a top-tier destination for dedicated engineers
• Communicating technical concepts and shared solutions clearly across partner teams to drive understanding and adoption
• Partnering with stakeholders across teams to iteratively refine shared solutions through clear rationale, structured feedback, and well-framed technical tradeoffs
• Diving deep into existing game codebases to uncover new opportunities, unlock new capabilities, and help both classic and modern Blizzard games continue to evolve

Requirements:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience using C++
• 2+ years' of professional Linux development experience
• Professional experience working with relational databases
• Strong organization skills, product sense and ability to execute at a high level
• Experience with designing, developing and maintaining highly available, distributed, live, real-time services
• Experience with owning a tech stack from continuing development to live operation

Bonus:

• Experience with other languages such as Go, C#, Java, Python, and Typescript/JavaScript
• Can self-assess the needs of a system, codebase, or team, and make a case to prioritize that work
• Passion for the uptime of always-on, always-available live global services
• Experience developing on MacOS, iOS, Android, and consoles.
• Developing in a context where many dependent services are owned by other teams
• Experience with mature legacy codebases
• Developing software that is used globally in compliance with local regulations
• Comfort working around CI/CD pipelines, including running builds, understanding pipeline behavior, and making thoughtful changes as part of broader system work

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), 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 industry's 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 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, 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' - we've 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 accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. 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' - we've 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 https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $101,000.00 - $186,754.00 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 role's 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.