Platform & Technology Division has numerous teams dedicated to safeguarding positive gameplay experience and leveling the playing field to ensure fairness is the core responsibility of Blizzard’s Game Security Engineering Team. We want world-class heroes like YOU to join us in helping us accomplish our mission to combat cheating.

As a proven software engineer, you will shape the technology that protects our games and player experiences, demonstrating significant impact to teams across Blizzard! We work with all games and software platforms produced by Blizzard and are exposed to a mind-boggling array of technologies. The Team works on solutions involving everything from client/server communications to graphics engines and compilers to artificial intelligence. The world of anti-cheat services is ever-changing and necessitates our incorporation of the latest solutions to stay ahead in the game of cat-and-mouse.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities:

Work with a small and talented team to develop scalable, highly performant platform services
Implement new features and services to support the needs of multiple teams
Participate in the ongoing effort to improve our platform infrastructure, with the goal of achieving ever increasing service availability
Develop unit and integration test code to validate service reliability

Requirements:

A degree in computer science, or a related field
A minimum of 3 year of relevant work experience
Ability to work in a collaborative environment
Good communication skills
Solid understanding of C++
Solid data-structure, logic, and algorithm skills
Experience with protocol and API design
Database development experience in one or more of the following: MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra, etc.
Self-motivated and able to break down complex tasks
A desire to help make the service the best that it can be for our players

Pluses:

Proficient in at least one scripting language such as Python
Familiarity with public cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure)
Linux development experience (server applications, gdb debugging, etc.)
Experience with cloud/virtualization/containerization technologies and infrastructure
Enthusiastic about supporting a live service
Familiarity with Blizzard Entertainment games and features, at least at a casual player level

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order t

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Software Engineer - Game Security