Senior Staff Backend Engineer

ActivisionSan Francisco, United Stateslast year

140000USD - 265000USD

We are seeking a Senior Staff Backend Engineer in our Ads Engineering team, empowering groundbreaking mobile advertising technologies to create the next generation of our Publisher Ads Platform.

Your role within the Kingdom

Do 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?

Responsibilities

Design and develop a highly scalable, available, and reliable Ads & Monetization platform that handles billions of requests per day
Partner with architects, senior engineers, and cross-team members to build high-volume backend systems
Take complete ownership and manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with your technical expertise
Work with the product team to understand the business needs and translate them into development/design tasks
Provide technical directions and mentorship to other engineers
Be a role model in engineering best practices and design/coding standards for delivering high-quality products.

Knowledge & Skills

Demonstrated ability leading the development of highly performing services in Java
Experience in designing overall architecture and design for large-scale distributed systems
Experience with AdTech platforms, such as Ads Monetization, Serving, and Demand Side Platform, is preferred.
Experience with NoSQL systems, e.g., Bigtable, Elastic
Expert knowledge in Java, System Design, and Performance Analysis
Experience working with Multi-threading, Asynchronous, and Streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka)
Excellent interpersonal skills and a consistent record of working in a collaborative team environment
BA/BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience

Key Attributes

Experience working in a cloud-based environment with Google Cloud Platform or AWS
Knowledge and experience in CI/CD, test automation, Jenkins, Gradle, and related technologies
Experience with open source technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Google BigQuery
Passionate about usability, maintainability, and quality, building for the long term

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Is the Senior Staff Backend Engineer position at Activision remote?: Yes. This role was posted on Remote Frontend Jobs, a job board that lists exclusively fully remote positions.
What is the salary for the Senior Staff Backend Engineer role?: The posted salary range for this position is 140000USD - 265000USD.
When was this Senior Staff Backend Engineer job posted?: This listing was posted on June 11, 2025 and is still open for applications.
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