<b>Team Name:</b><br>Battle.net & Online Products<br><br><strong>Job Title:</strong><br>Technical Lead (Remote Work Eligible)<br><br><strong>Requisition ID:</strong><br>R025605<br><br><strong>Job Description:</strong><br><br>As a Technical Lead on the Battle.net, Checkout Team, you will architect and lead the development of our in-game and web checkout systems. You will own and evolve the complete purchase flow-from game and product discovery through secure transactions and real-time entitlement delivery. <br><br>Your mission is to ensure fast, reliable, and seamless digital transactions for millions of players worldwide. You'll partner across engineering, product, security, finance, and game-studio teams to deliver a world-class ecommerce experience. <br><br>This position has been approved for fully remote work with the potential for some light travel. We also welcome candidate who would like to work in a hybrid capacity based out of Albany, NY, Irvine, CA or Austin, TX. <br><br><b>Responsibilities:</b> <br><br><ul><li>Lead technical strategy for the checkout roadmap, defining architecture for web, desktop, and in-game purchasing.</li><li>Hands-on development, including design, implementation, and ownership of high-throughput, low-latency transaction services.</li><li>Mentor & grow a team of engineers, guiding coding best practices, architecture reviews, and personal development.</li><li>Champion culture for the team and the larger department, embodying our mission and values through your everyday interactions.</li><li>Cross-functional collaboration with Product, Design, Game Studios, and other stakeholders to ensure feature delivery aligned with business and user-experience goals.</li><li>Ownership of checkout systems, including one-time purchases and recurring billing/subscription flows, working in tandem with other Commerce teams.</li><li>Drive performance, scalability & reliability, ensuring global uptime with resiliency.</li><li>Operational excellence: contribute to and oversee scale testing, manage CI/CD pipelines, ingestion of real-time metrics, incident response, and blameless retrospectives.</li><li>Architectural vision: evolve and maintain clean, extensible service-oriented or microservice architectures.</li><li>Documentation & knowledge sharing: create technical docs, onboarding guides, and SDKs/tools for internal checkout integration.</li></ul><br><br><b>Requirements:</b> <br><br><ul><li>8+ years of software engineering experience (Java, C#, or C++), with 3+ years in technical or team leadership roles.</li><li>Strong backend and API design experience; familiarity with HTTP, services at global scale, and transaction processing.</li><li>Skilled in cloud architecture, microservices, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to mentor others, conduct architecture reviews, and help the team grow.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable navigating ambiguous, cross-team initiatives.</li></ul><br><br><b>Pluses:</b><br><br><ul><li>Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or equivalent experience.</li><li>Experience with high-volume, low-latency systems (checkout, subscriptions, gaming services).</li><li>Proven experience in ecommerce or payments systems, including purchase experiences, transactional integrity, subscriptions, and payment-provider integrations.</li><li>Direct experience with React and NextJS</li><li>Knowledge of financial compliance standards, PCI-DSS, data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPA).</li><li>Familiarity with payment platforms (Stripe, Adyen, PayPal) and fraud prevention.</li><li>Experience in security best practices (OAuth, encryption, secure coding).</li><li>Previous experience building high-scale applications in Azure.</li><li>Passion for gaming and delighting players through world-class digital experiences.</li></ul><br><br><b>Your Platform </b> <br><br>Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry's most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. <br><br><b>Our World </b> <br><br>Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet! <br><br>Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! <br><br>The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners. <br><br>We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply. <br><br>We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.<br><br>We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics. <br><br><b>Rewards</b><br><br>We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:<br><ul><li>Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;</li><li>401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;</li><li>Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;</li><li>Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;</li><li>If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.</li></ul><br><br>Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.<br><br>In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $121,500.00 - $224,880.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role's range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.
