Web Engineer - Versailles, France - VISA - Blizzard Entertainment
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Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a talented web engineer to join its digital marketing team in Europe. This person will have experience creating animated, interactive web designs using HTML and CSS, and is an expert in both JavaScript and one or more server-side languages. The ideal candidate will have a well-rounded background in web and mobile and a good understanding of integration and design. They can efficiently integrate the graphical layouts created by the web designers into our websites used my millions of players worldwide while still keeping an eye towards aesthetics.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Web development: coding and optimizing Blizzard Entertainment websites, social media apps, animated experiences, and web-based applications.
- Responsible for the architecture of large scale web projects both on a European and Global scale.
- Responsible for meeting and contributing to key web project milestones.
- Participate in the deployment of technical updates and upgrades in cooperation with quality assurance, web administrators, and the US-based web development team.
- Coach and mentor fellow web engineers.
REQUIREMENTS
- A minimum of 5 years’ work experience in web engineering or other relevant fields
- Strong skills in creating websites using HTML and CSS with a focus on aesthetics
- Solid understanding of JavaScript and related frameworks, and / or libraries
- Solid understanding of one or more server-side languages and related frameworks, and / or libraries
- Strong communication skills
- Fluent in English
PLUSES
- Passion for gaming and in-depth knowledge of Blizzard Entertainment games
- Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
- Knowledge of project management software such as Jira or equivalent
- Experience working and communicating within international teams
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