Principal Software Engineer leading automation and CI/CD initiatives for Diablo franchise at Blizzard. Shaping technical direction and mentoring teams in a hybrid work environment.
Responsibilities
Define and evolve the long-term technical direction for automation, CI/CD, and build infrastructure across multiple Diablo projects
Serve as a principal-level technical advisor to engineering, production, and partner teams, guiding decisions around scalability, risk, and sustainability
Make architectural trade-offs that balance reliability, performance, cost, and developer experience
Architect and evolve a comprehensive automation ecosystem covering builds, verification, performance, stress testing, and platform-ready delivery
Modernize and operate large-scale hybrid cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and predictable outcomes for live services
Improve signal quality, test coverage, and observability through data-driven automation and operational best practices
Act as a force multiplier by enabling teams to ship faster and safer through strong platforms, tooling, and standards
Mentor engineers across levels and teams, raising the bar for system design, code quality, and technical rigor
Lead cross-team alignment through design reviews, technical guidance, and clear ownership models
Requirements
12+ years of professional software engineering experience, including shipped products
Demonstrated impact as a senior technical leader, influencing architecture and strategy beyond your immediate team
Deep expertise in C# and C++, plus strong proficiency in at least one scripting or interpreted language (e.g., Python, Groovy, Perl)
Proven experience designing and operating large-scale automation, CI/CD, or build systems
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, or equivalent) and hybrid infrastructure models
Strong system-level thinking, with the ability to reason about complex, distributed environments
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to align technical and non-technical stakeholders
A passion for automation, validation, and building durable engineering systems with a service-oriented mindset
Ownership or stewardship of production build systems (e.g., Jenkins) supporting live operations
Strong working knowledge of Windows and Linux environments
Experience with SQL databases, telemetry, or data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau)
Version control system integration and large-repo workflows
Experience automating workflows for video game consoles
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
A variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance
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