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Blizzard Entertainment

Senior Software Engineer, Features

Members of the Overwatch team are passionate gamers at heart - driven to make the most fun and compelling experiences for our players. We spend our days collaborating and iterating on everything that goes into the game: from placing health packs to dreaming up the craziest “Play of the Game” animations. Our goal is to always surprise and delight our players. We believe in maximum transparency and communication at the team level and with the people who play our game. This philosophy, along with the Blizzard values of “Gameplay First” and “Play Nice, Play Fair,” has made Overwatch one of Blizzard's most successful games, and it has forged a bond of trust with our worldwide player community that is extremely important to us.

Our team is looking for a talented Senior Server Engineer that shares our values:

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  • We take responsibility for delivering our work.
  • We collaborate constantly, helping each other to be successful.
  • We continuously improve our knowledge, workflows and processes.
  • We communicate openly, calling out issues, opportunities, and sharing feedback.
  • We have integrity, maintain confidentiality, and share a sense of ownership in our success.
  • We have passion for the game, our players, quality work, and technology.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement and maintain server features for Overwatch
  • Work side-by-side with QA, design, production and other engineers to solve some of our most complex problems
  • Architect features to improve server reliability, performance and uptime
  • Support and improve the live service
  • Perform research to acquire new knowledge necessary to perform assigned tasks and maintain a process of technological evolution
  • Mentor and educate engineers on the team

Requirements

  • A minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience
  • Shipped at least one AAA title as a server engineer
  • Advanced understanding of C / C++
  • Extensive networking experience
  • Prior development work on distributed systems and client/server architectures
  • Knowledge of network and server security issues
  • Linux / Unix experience
  • Excellent communications skills
  • Self-motivated, strong sense of independence
  • Passion for video games, especially FPS games

Pluses

  • A degree in computer science, or a related field
  • Experience with transaction processing systems
  • Database experience (Relational or NoSQL)
  • Enthusiastic about working in a collaborative DevOps environment
  • Previous experience mentoring software engineers

Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees along with the business. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work / life balance. We’ve worked hard to foster an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Join us!

Job ID: oKy14fw7
Employment Type: Other

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