Senior Software Engineer, Data Activation & Products

Activision is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Data Activation & Products team to build production-grade applications and data platform integration capabilities onsite in Santa Monica.

Responsibilities

• Lead through hands-on development, thoughtful code reviews, and discipline leading while making robust design, automated testing, CI/CD, and clear documentation part of everyday delivery
• Design and build production-grade internal applications, web tools, and backend services
• Create robust integration layers and consumers connecting diverse services and data systems, including Kafka streams, relational databases, NoSQL stores, cloud storage, and internal platform APIs
• Manage application state and data access across mixed storage technologies such as PostgreSQL, Redis, and Bigtable, with a focus on low latency and data integrity
• Partner with product, design, engineers, analysts, and marketing to translate loosely defined needs into useful software; deliver iteratively as priorities change
• Own what is built in production, troubleshoot issues, and improve performance, availability, and reliability over time
• Use modern tooling to accelerate prototyping, implementation, testing, and debugging while maintaining accountability for production software quality

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of engineering and product work
• Strong backend programming proficiency with Python as the primary language
• Proven experience in API design, integration, and performance tuning
• Strong SQL skills with hands-on experience across relational and NoSQL databases
• Practical experience integrating with streaming architecture including Kafka and Pub/Sub
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (GCP or Azure) and container workflows (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid foundation in standard software engineering practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, and system monitoring
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools effectively, with technical judgment to evaluate, test, and challenge outputs
• Curious self-starter with strong analytical problem-solving skills, ability to work independently, learn quickly, and collaborate across teams

Technologies

• Python, Kafka, Pub/Sub
• PostgreSQL, Redis, Bigtable
• Docker, Kubernetes
• GCP, Azure
• React, TypeScript, Django, FastAPI
• Spring Boot, Databricks
• SQL, CI/CD

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building full-stack internal tooling using modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, TypeScript)
• Hands-on experience with Django, FastAPI, or Spring Boot
• Knowledge of Databricks
• Genuine curiosity and desire to stay abreast of modern technology changes

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care 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, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and other voluntary benefit programs (including supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and more)
• Relocation assistance (if required to move geographic locations for the job)

Location & Schedule

• Onsite in Santa Monica, California, United States of America
• Work schedule: Monday through Thursday (onsite)

Salary range: USD 102,800 - 190,204 per year

Requisition ID: R028337