Software Engineer U App Platform

Job Description

Who we are:

Demonware is a member of the Activision family of studios. We run every part of the players' online experience, from logging in to matchmaking to climbing the leaderboards, for popular video game franchises such as Call of Duty, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Crash Bandicoot and Skylanders.

The work we do together every day impacts almost half a billion players around the world. We solve big company challenges with a small company feel. We are technology-driven with a culture of openness. This means collaborating to solve interesting challenges, enjoying the freedom to talk to anyone, and always feeling respected. We take the work seriously; ourselves, not so much.

About This Role:

We're looking for a Software Engineer for our Application Platform team, who are responsible for the libraries, services and tools with which other teams build game-facing products and services. We deal with the difficult challenge of making online service development easier for our colleagues and customers in Demonware and elsewhere in Activision.
Our technology is always evolving to support more users, be more efficient and make life easier for other Demonware engineers who build services and game features. You would be evolving it for the future.

The day to day of a software engineer:
• Develop, maintain and evolve the libraries, services and tools offered by the App Platform team
• Seek, apply, integrate and promote the best practices of the language, frameworks and domain
• Ensure all components are highly performant, scalable and maintainable
• Contribute to and review designs and code from other team members
• Support our customer-facing teams as they roll-out new features to game-studio partners, and provide support and consultancy to our colleagues around the world
• Partner with other engineers to troubleshoot problems with our technology, and provide an excellent customer experience

About you:
• Relevant work experience, including in a high-volume or critical production service environment
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Demonstrated excellence in communicating within and across teams
• Love to code. Excellent development skills and knowledge of multiple languages, including Python.
• Experience working with container orchestration e.g. Kubernetes
• Previous experience designing and building tooling for use by other engineers. Can understand and explain what makes a well-designed API/tool.
• A good understanding of networking protocols: TCP, HTTP, TLS, etc.
• Ability to analyze requirements and make corresponding design decisions
• Demonstrable capacity for an investigative approach and keen to learn new technologies
• Ability to complete complex tasks with minimal supervision

Bonus:
• Experience with game development or game engines
• Experience with continuous integration and agile methodologies
• Experience with building backend services, including skills in:

○ RESTful APIs

○ Linux & open-source technologies

○ Developing large scale services (up to millions of concurrent users)

○ Observability, monitoring, alerting & dashboarding

What Demonware Offers:

Relocation support, 25 days of vacation and 3 bonus days in December, free Activision games, flexible working practices, pension, top-tier medical, dental and life insurance coverage for you and your dependents. To read more: https://demonware.net/careers

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g34q1x-18-191-223-123-42 in your application.