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Lead technical direction and engineering outcomes for large-scale advertising platforms. Design and operate reliable distributed backend systems, guide architecture and risk management, establish organization-wide engineering standards, and align technical priorities with business goals. Mentor senior engineers and emerging technical leaders while improving delivery, reliability, and engineering leverage across multiple teams. The role requires deep backend expertise, organizational influence, and experience operating high-reliability systems at scale.

Leads business operations, organizational health, communications, and strategic programs for the Digital Gaming third-party platforms team. Establishes operating rhythms, coordinates planning and leadership meetings, supports budgeting and headcount management, drives process improvements, develops executive communications, and manages cross-functional initiatives. The role partners with Finance, HR, Microsoft organizations, and gaming stakeholders while supporting events, business reviews, integration efforts, and team engagement.

Lead the creation and implementation of real-time visual effects and particle systems for AAA console and PC games. Collaborate with artists, designers, and programmers to deliver high-quality effects, optimize performance, improve tools, and maintain consistent visual standards. Mentor and manage VFX artists, provide feedback, delegate work, communicate risks, and support team development.

Designs, builds, automates, and operates security capabilities across Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments. Responsibilities include Python automation, AI/LLM security workflows, infrastructure as code, cloud and network security, threat modeling, vulnerability remediation, security tool integration, documentation, troubleshooting, incident improvement, and on-call support. The role owns security services through production, collaborates across engineering teams, and mentors peers.

Manages at least two engineering pods for a video game development team. Responsibilities include sprint planning, backlog grooming, task assignment, feature and technology delivery, risk and blocker resolution, cross-functional coordination, status reporting, onboarding, documentation, process improvement, and Agile production practices. The role is a one-year hybrid contract based in San Mateo, California, supporting engineering teams across multiple global studios.

Designs and evolves player-facing multiplayer systems for Call of Duty: Warzone, including game modes, progression, economies, rewards, monetization, and engagement features. Owns systems from concept through live operation, using telemetry, experiments, research, and player feedback to guide decisions. Collaborates with engineering, analytics, product, UX, production, marketing, and partner studios; documents designs, mentors designers, and ensures quality, accessibility, usability, and long-term player engagement.

Creates gameplay footage, screenshots, cinematics, and other visual marketing assets for Activision. Plans shots, directs scenes, uses game engines and proprietary capture tools, edits sequences in Adobe Premiere Pro, troubleshoots technical issues, and collaborates with creative and production teams. The role requires strong cinematography, visual storytelling, game capture, and video production skills, with independent ownership of smaller assignments and support for complex campaigns.

Performs quality assurance testing for pre-release video games, including functionality, performance, usability, compatibility, compliance, and regression testing. Documents defects clearly in a bug tracking database, helps development teams reproduce and resolve issues, and follows project test plans under QA leadership. The role requires familiarity with gaming platforms, consoles, PC hardware and software, strong communication, attention to detail, and a passion for video games.

Leads technical accounting for gaming operations, ensuring US GAAP compliance, revenue recognition, SEC reporting, and SOX adherence. Reviews complex transactions, contracts, product launches, and new accounting standards; partners with FP&A, Legal, business units, and accounting teams. Supports financial close, policy development, training, system implementations, process improvements, and M&A due diligence. Requires strong technical accounting research, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Operate and improve the reliability, observability, and deployment safety of cloud, Kubernetes, application, and data-platform environments. Responsibilities include incident response, troubleshooting Databricks and Spark workloads, maintaining dashboards and alerts, supporting streaming and orchestration systems, automating operational tasks, improving release processes, and partnering with engineering teams on platform modernization and post-incident corrective actions.