Software Engineer, Server - of Warcraft | Irvine, CA

Overview

Team Name: World of Warcraft
Job Title: Software Engineer, Server - World of Warcraft
Location: Irvine, CA (hybrid on-site and work-from-home; potential home studio in Irvine, CA)

The World of Warcraft team is seeking an engineer to join the server team as a reliability engineer. In this role, you will work with engineers, producers, quality assurance (QA), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and designers to bring online or update all content for World of Warcraft globally, as well as writing and improving existing code. You will investigate service issues, review changes for reliability, and contribute to code in the WoW codebase.

If you are passionate about solving technical issues, we’d love to see your application.

Responsibilities:

• Propose, design, implement and maintain custom tools, as well as WoW C++ code.

• Shepherd code and data hotfixes from development to live to delight players, in partnership with QA, all WoW engineering, production, design, and more.

• Review, build, and deploy server software in a live environment.

• Diagnose software problems occurring within the World of Warcraft server code and environments.

• Partner with SRE for hardware issues and data center needs.

• Promote, contribute to, and participate in a culture of inclusion and collaboration.

Minimum Requirements:

• 3+ years in a software engineering role or equivalent.

• Fluency in C++ and Python, or other similar scripting and native languages.

• Strong communication skills.

• Strong debugging skills, particularly native code.

• A tenacious curiosity for diagnosing exactly why something went wrong and how to improve it.

• Familiarity with networking and distributed systems.

Bonus Points:

• Strong preference for experience working with Linux and/or databases.

• A reliability geared mindset, to be able to look at the architecture of a system and help predict how changes might impact customers and infrastructure.

• Experience and understanding of current WoW flavors, systems and game mechanics, or other MMOs.

• Experience applying automation to help reduce toil and/or increase development velocity.

• Experience solving problems that were tricky and technical, particularly that required collaboration with partners.

• Passion and desire to improve yourself, your peers, and the product.

• A growth mindset; a learn-it-all approach; an open, curious mindset.

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and Star Craft. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard engages tens of millions of players worldwide with titles available on PC via , Xbox, Play Station, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world’s largest interactive entertainment companies, home to franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Candy Crush, and Bubble Witch. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We offer benefits to promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for “Every World.”

The videogame industry and our business are fast-paced and evolving. Duties may change as directed by the Company to support business needs.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all backgrounds. If you require accommodation to apply, please email accommodation re We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for “Every World.” Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare 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, compassionate and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs;
• Relocation assistance if required.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part-time and temporary roles. For more information, visit the benefits site.