Intern - Fullstack Tools Developer

Job Description

Start Date: June 2023

New graduates are encouraged to apply.

Big company challenges, small company culture

''I got to design, implement and deploy features part of a large system. There is also a lot of exposure to complex problems where you get to see how experienced engineers approach and solve them'' - Matthew Taggart 2022

The Role
• Helping develop tooling for game studios to integrate multiplayer features into the next 'Call of Duty'.
• Developing plugins and extending our automation framework.
• Developing core features for our tooling systems.
• Evolving, scaling, productizing and supporting our Kubernetes platform.
• Performing root cause analyses and proposing and/or implementing appropriate engineering solutions to prevent or mitigate recurring incidents.
• Participating in design and code reviews.
• Creating tools to automate all the things!

The internship duration will be 6 months-12 months

Requirements
• Excellent programming skills.
• A good grasp of web application fundamentals
• Familiarity with source control (git preferred).
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills.
• Can identify complex problems and find simple solutions.
• Can clearly communicate technical concepts in plain English.
• Be able to commit to a 6-8 month+ internship

Nice-to-haves
• Understanding of React and/or Python programming languages
• Understanding of SQL−based databases (MySQL preferred).
• Experience with Linux.
• Experience with security and scalability.
• Experience developing REST web services.
• Experience with Kubernete.

Please list any additional experience you have with Linux at home, any programming-related hobbies and resulting projects, any interesting school assignments you worked on, any open source involvement and a link to your code repository and/or blog.

The skills listed above are intended to portray the range of roles we have available; you do not need to possess all of these skills to apply! We will look at your own individual skill set and determine which team you would be best suited to.

Joel Spolsky advocates for interns who are ''smart, and get things done''. For that reason, we welcome your application even if your work experience is limited and you haven't yet built up a mile-long resume. We are not looking for experience but transferable skills and what you can bring to the team

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! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Perks
• City-center office location
• Paid annual leave
• Competitive pay
• Free games
• Intern Team Events

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and a member of the recruitment team will be in touch with you shortly.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gk556q-3-137-185-180-42 in your application.