Blizzard Entertainment has an opening for a talented and enthusiastic lead software engineer to join our Battle.net web team!

The Battle.net web team handles Alexa™ top-ranked sites like Blizzard.com and Battle.net that attract millions of passionate fans every week.  Our forums, blogs, character profiles, leaderboards, item databases, and more, get millions of views each day.  Our account and payment infrastructure handles millions of transactions for the StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft franchises, for multiple regions around the globe.  We work with every other department within Blizzard Entertainment, to deliver a new level of engagement for our global audience.

The lead software engineer will lead a team of talented engineers, to develop scalable and high performance web sites and core platform services.  The role focuses on server-side engineering and architecture, while interfacing with front end engineering and design teams to push the boundaries of interactivity, integration, and quality for our Blizzard Entertainment products.

Requirements

• Expert programming skills, including experience with Java
• A minimum of 10 years’ professional programming experience
• Strong understanding of scalable and high-performance server architecture
• Passion for technology and video games
• Strong understanding of scalable and high-performance server architecture
• Strong security knowledge
• RDBMS development experience (MySQL, Oracle)
• Excellent communication skills and strong leadership experience
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent experience

Pluses

• Strong understanding of Linux / UNIX servers
• Knowledge of SOAP and RESTful web services
• UML diagramming experience (class, sequence)