Software Development Internship- Fall 2023

Job Title:

Software Development Internship- Fall 2023

Requisition ID:

R020671

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Software Development Internship

Demonware (Activision), Vancouver

September 2023

Interns will be required to be onsite at the Demonware Vancouver office following the team's work schedule (hybrid, 3 days a week), a relocation package may be offered depending on eligibility.

The Company

Demonware is a member of the Activision family of studios. We work alongside engineers and creatives at our AAA partner studios and deliver the online and data services required by our franchises. We craft, develop, and host services for some of the worlds biggest video game franchises, including Call of Duty and Crash Bandicoot.

We are a technology company and dedicated to openness. This means collaborating to tackle problems, the freedom to talk to anyone, and the best idea wins. We take the work seriously; ourselves, not so much!

TO BE CONSIDERED,

Please complete our Codility assessment: https://app.codility.com/public-link/Demonware-Demonware-Internship-2023/

Were open to work terms of 8+ months. If you just graduated, we still want to hear from you!

Big Company Challenges, Small Company Culture

Demonware hosts millions of concurrently connected users. Some of the technologies we use are Python, Linux, MySQL, C++, and Erlang. We solve tough problems on a day-to-day basis, and interns have a huge impact on what we do. Weve had interns produce code and have it running in production within the first three days of joining.

The Role

• Developing core features for our allocation and provisioning systems
• Performing root cause analyses and proposing and/or implementing appropriate engineering solutions to prevent or mitigate recurring incidents.
• Participating in design and code reviews.
• Helping game studios integrate multiplayer features into the next Call of Duty
• Deploying and maintaining multiple Kubernetes clusters across multiple DCs with hundreds of nodes
• Developing plugins and extending our automation framework
• Evolving, scaling, productizing and supporting our Kubernetes platform
• Crafting tools to automate all the things
• Crafting and implementing tools and automations running on distributed systems

Requirements

• Familiarity with source control (git preferred)
• Excellent programming skills
• A good grasp of fundamental algorithms and data structures
• Familiarity with Linux
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills
• Can identify sophisticated problems and find simple solutions
• Can clearly communicate technical concepts in plain English

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with multiplatform software development
• Understanding of SQLbased databases (MySQL preferred)
• Experience with security and scalability
• Experience with Kubernetes and golang
• Knowledge of networking technologies, e.g. TCP, UDP
• Experience developing REST web services

Please list any additional experience you have with Linux at home, any programming-related hobbies and resulting projects, any exciting school assignments you worked on, any open-source involvement and a link to your code repository and/or blog.

Perks

• Free games
• BBQs and Lunch & Learns
• Competitive pay
• Vacation allowance
• Complimentary breakfast, lunch, and drinks from a fully stocked kitchen
• City-center office location

How To Apply

You can apply directly through your Coop office or directly apply at demonware.net

If you are not applying through your school program, please submit your resume, cover letter (optional but preferred) and a copy of your most recent school transcripts.

As part of the application process, the first step is to complete an online coding challenge.

Once you have completed the challenge, our hiring teams will review your results and your application documents.

Below you will find the link to the Codility website where the challenge is hosted. You will need a full 130 minutes of uninterrupted time to complete the challenge.

Demonware Internship Challenge 2023:

https://app.codility.com/public-link/Demonware-Demonware-Internship-2023/

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! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply