.Craft:Technology & DevelopmentJob Description:Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush, esports opportunities like the Call of Duty and Overwatch Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming franchises such as World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and StarCraft.The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences.We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in our Ads Engineering team, empowering groundbreaking mobile advertising technologies to create the next generation of our Ads Platform.Your role within KingDo you want to build amazing high scale backend systems for Advertising using the latest technologies? Are you an excellent communicator who enjoys working with people from several different business units? Can you translate business needs into technical requirements and implementation? If you answered yes, then our Senior Backend Engineer role on our ads engineering team may be the right role for you!Your role within Activision Blizzard MediaYour role involves designing and developing a highly scalable, available, and reliable Ads & Monetization platform capable of handling billions of requests daily. You collaborate with architects and fellow engineers to craft backend systems while working closely with product and peer engineering teams on cross-functional projects. In addition, you partner with DevOps engineers to ensure operational excellence and exhibit a genuine curiosity for mentoring junior engineers.ResponsibilitiesDesign and develop a highly scalable, highly available, and highly reliable Advertising & Monetization platform handling billions of requests per day.Understand the business requirements and translate them into the development/design tasks.Collaborate with architects and engineers to craft and architect backend systems.Partner with Product and peer engineering teams on multi-functional projects.Work with DevOps engineers to ensure operational excellence.Mentor and support junior engineers with a genuine interest in their development.Choose the right technology stack to align with those use cases with scalability.Develop alert & monitoring systems and procedures for faster disaster recovery.Provide technical directions and mentor other specialists and engineers.QualificationsBA/BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.7+ years of experience leading the development of high-performance microservices in Java.Strong understanding of large-scale distributed backend systems.Experience with AdTech platforms (e.G., AdServing, Demand Side Platform).Proficiency in NoSQL systems (e.G., DynamoDB, Cassandra, HBase).Experience in a cloud-based environment with GCP, Azure or AWS