Activision Blizzard

Senior Software Engineer, Client - Demonware - Vancouver, BC

Vancouver · Senior · Part-time

Sponsorship not specified$92k-$194kDetected 27 days ago

C++Backend DevelopmentCode ReviewCI/CDJenkinsRESTWiresharkEpicResearchCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

This role is based in our Vancouver, BC office and follows an onsite work schedule of four days per week.
Work arrangements may change at the company's discretion to meet business needs.
We have launched well over 100 games, and our services connect multiple millions of players each day into epic entertainment experiences.

Own our build pipelines for the Client Code SDK:
Maintain and improve Windows and console builds to accelerate developer feedback loops.
Design and implement new features in our C++ client libraries.
Collaborate with game teams to integrate SDK features, review usage patterns, and promote best practices.
Write and review technical designs, perform code reviews, and help define coding standards for the team.
Contribute to internal tooling (build systems, test harnesses, diagnostics tools) that make online features easier to test, validate, and ship.
Comfortable operating in live-service or service-oriented environments with shared ownership, operational responsibilities, and on-call/support rotations where appropriate.
Experience building headless clients, bots, or load-test clients for multiplayer or online features.

8+ years of professional software engineering experience with C++ within games, engines, SDKs, or other performance-sensitive systems.
Strong expertise in modern C++
Experience with C++ build systems e.g. CMake
Experience with building effective backwards compatible APIs or libraries.
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals such as TCP/UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, and REST APIs.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, e.g. Jenkins or TeamCity.
Proven ability to analyze and resolve complex cross-functional problems spanning client applications, backend systems, and infrastructure.
Experience integrating online services SDKs into games or other client applications.
Familiarity with console development environments (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, etc.).

Extended health plan, including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, for employees and their dependents, as well as disability insurance;
RRSP with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other benefit programs like supplemental life & critical illness, legal service, and others;

Strong communication and collaboration skills with experience working directly with stakeholders, customers, and distributed engineering teams.

This listing is sourced directly from Activision Blizzard's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.