Activision Looking for Engineering Manager at Vancouver, BC Full Time

Engineering Manager, DB Tech

R018881

Demonware is an independently-run part of Activision. 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, Crash Bandicoot and Skylanders.

Our services impact almost half a billion players, we tackle big company challenges with a small company feel.

Do you love engineering, online/multiplayer technology, games, and working with senior technical staff? Then we’d love to hear from you!

• 5 Million concurrent online gamers
• 100+ games launched
• 300,000 requests per second at peak

Want to be responsible for the exciting gaming experience of hundreds of millions of players? How about working on the technology that drives world-renowned games?

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to head the team that crafts, builds, and evolves our Database Platform for the Call of Duty franchise and other Activision titles.

Our databases need to be low-latency and large-scale, handling operations from millions of concurrently connected users, meaning you will have a large impact on the online and multiplayer experience for AAA multiplayer games.

• Provide direction and strategy for our database platform. Understand what the big picture is and how to get there.
• Be the product owner for our database products. The team provides product-ized database technologies to the rest of the company.
• Own the relationship with our internal customers, who build and run backend services. Understand their needs and provide an outstanding service personally and through your team.
• Manage goals, performance, and career advancement for direct reports. Holding reports accountable to their encouraged contribution for their level.
• Provide career direction for reports, helping them establish a personal career path and continuously develop themselves.
• Collaborate with the project manager to map out and deliver team objectives and priorities for the year based on company goals and studios’ requirements.
• Prioritize and coordinate team members to effectively work on features together and with other teams in Demonware.
• Ensure the technology produced by the team achieves the quality bar we expect for our products
• Collaborate with HR and recruitment on various people and recruitment needs

• 2+ years of experience in similar leadership role (other combinations of technical skills and experience may be considered)
• Ability to engage, develop, and retain high-performing engineers.
• Willingness to travel and accommodate a flexible work schedule that includes being on-call.
• Previous experience building and leading high-performing software development or operational teams.
• Previous experience operating MySQL, Redis or Cassandra is a plus (but not required).
• Experience working in a game studio or providing online services to game studios is a plus (but not required).
• Expertise in effective project management processes, software development methodologies, and their application.
• Experience developing high performance services at scale.

Relocation Support, generous paid vacation, pension and top-tier medical, dental and life insurance coverage for you and your dependants.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply,