Staff Software Engineer (Data) - Activision Blizzard Media

Key Skills

Apache Cassandra, AWS, Azure, Data pipelines, Google Bigtable, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Infrastructure as code, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MySQL, NoSQL, Postgres

Job Description

Within the first year, your vision will have championed a culture of innovation with measurable achievements in system optimization and performance improvements. You will be recognized for groundbreaking sophisticated, scalable data systems that elevate our market position and set new standards for excellence. Join us and become part of an ambitious journey at a company that celebrates creativity, values your growth, and is determined to redefine the digital frontier. Your leadership will not just influence our trajectory but catapult us there.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior engineers, architects, and product owners to build scalable data pipelines and services.
• Work with the product team to understand the business requirements and translate them into the development/design tasks.
• Be a role model in engineering proven techniques and design/coding standards.
• Choose the right technology stack to align with the use cases and scalability.
• Collaborate across different teams.
• Provide technical directions and mentor other engineers.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in software design and development.
• Crafting large scale distributed systems and data processing experience
• Advanced level expertise in Java Development and System Design.
• 2+ years experience working with relational databases such as MySQL, Postgres etc.
• 2+ years of experience in NoSQL databases like Bigtable, Cassandra, HBase etc.
• Experience with schema design and data modeling.
• Experience with developing extract-transform-load (ETL).
• Working knowledge with distributed messaging systems like Kafka/Pub-sub/Service Bus
• Solid understanding and experience working with distributed computing frameworks like Apache Spark and Flink.
• Ability to communicate and articulate thought process effectively with the other team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience in ML-Infra
• Knowledge of advertising platforms.

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 $121,500.00 - $224,880.00 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.