R023607
Reporting To: Senior Manager, Engineering - Experience Optimization Org
Department: Experience Optimization Org
Location: Santa Monica, CA
As a Senior Software Engineer at Activision, you will work within the Experience Optimization Org to build innovative and impactful player optimization and personalization platforms and products that help to build loyalty and drive engagement for Activision’s industry leading games. Candidates should have development and implementation experience of large-scale applications. Key responsibilities include:
- Build scalable, high-volume, high-availability systems, with a focus on delivering player value.
- Contribute to evolve system architecture to deliver business needs.
- Participate in development of new features and defect resolution on existing applications, as well as assist with scoping and designing new product initiatives.
- Work with large volumes of data in both relational and NoSQL data stores.
- Working closely with our Data, Game and other development teams.
- Participate in software development standard methodologies and patterns. Player Profile
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of proven experience in software engineering/development and design of large-scale distributed systems
- Strong programming skills with proficiency in Java
- Proficiency in Spring Boot, Kafka, Cassandra, GCP, Redis, Protobuf, and Junit
- Hands-on experience with high-volume consumer-facing APIs
- Analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Strong capability in working with Cassandra NoSQL database
- Experience with data pipelines such as Kafka
- Self-starter who is excited about learning new technologies
- Ability to work independently, learn quickly, and be proactive
- Experience with GCP and Databricks is a plus
We’re headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many subject areas 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 unrivaled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.
At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We're driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together! We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.
We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.
We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up!
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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 $101,000.00 - $186,754.00 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.
