We’re looking for a Python Web Service expert to join our team. You will design and implement our critical path services, develop game client code and work with studios to integrate these into the latest titles. Demonware has some of the biggest entertainment launches in the world with player counts going from zero to millions of players on day one and Storage services make that possible.
You will lead technical direction and standards with fellow senior engineers on the Storage team and across Demonware. Contribute to our product vision and architectural roadmap and help guide our customers plans for the future.
The Storage teams Python services are built on top of Kubernetes, Cassandra DB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka and typically deployed to our own on premises hardware using Ansible, Puppet or git workflows. Knowledge of some of these technologies would be a huge plus.
All our services are accessed from C++ clients which are integrated into Activision’s bespoke game engines. Integrating our features will be required but don’t worry if you don’t know C++ yet, if you want to learn this is the perfect opportunity!
7+ years relevant work experience, including in a high-volume or critical production service environment
Love to code. Excellent Python knowledge
Excellent distributed systems expertise
A strong ability and desire to influence the overall direction and outcomes of your team
A proven ability to analyze requirements and make corresponding design decisions
Experience with at least one major database MySQL, Cassandra, Hadoop, etc.
A strong background with open source and Linux environments
Delegate, coach and mentor other team members
Experience working at scale - hundreds or thousands of servers
5 weeks of vacation
Pension matching and contributions
Top-tier medical, dental, and life insurance coverage
Lots of little perks like free snacks, games room and foosball
