Lead Back End Engineer

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, C++, C Programming, SQL, Cloud computing, Scala Programming, Machine learning techniques, Data science techniques, MATLAB Programming, PyTorch, TensorFlow, R Programming

Job Description

As a Lead Back End Engineer at Activision, you will work within the Experience 
Optimization group to build innovative and impactful applications and tools that help build loyalty and drive engagement across Activision game titles. You should have development and implementation experience of large-scale personalization systems.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead a team of 2-5 engineers that build A/B testing tools that empower different business verticals with their experimentations.
• Develop and maintain a critical large scale A/B testing service that is used by multiple games.
• Meet with many different A/B platform customers and work with our PMs to prioritize work.
• Work in a collaborative environment with some pretty cool people, and HUGE amounts of data.

Player Profile

• Experience in software engineering/developmentwithin Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) and Data Driven environment.
• Strong Object Oriented Programming skills.
• Experience with Java, Spring boot, and JSPs. Python is a plus.
• Experience with producer/consumer technologies such as Kafka a plus.
• Experience with high-volume consumer facing software systems, including developing highly scalable distributed systems.
• Solid CS background including concurrent programming, system architecture principles, and data structures.
• Experience working in agile environment.
• Experience working in test driven development.
• Experience with CI/CD workflows.
• Familiarity with Machine Learning is a plus.

Your Platform

We’re headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many disciplines of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivalled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.

Our World

Great Games Start with Great People! This is an exciting time to join us!