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Job Description:
Want to create the world’s best mobile games?
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Kingdom. Our games are adored by hundreds of millions of people around the world, and you’ll be helping build the systems, features, and technology that make them play brilliantly on any platform.
If you want to create amazing user experiences and entertainment for millions of players on the go, this is the right job for you.
Within Candy Crush Soda Saga, we’re hiring Senior Software Engineer for team that works with player-facing gameplay features and experiences.
The team focuses on building engaging player-facing systems and experiences that sit on top of the core gameplay loop, including:
- Competitions
- Progression systems
- Social and collaborative features
- Live game experiences
This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy feature development, product impact, and creating experiences directly used by millions of players.
You’ll work in a creative, collaborative environment where your ideas are valued as much as your technical expertise.
Your responsibilities will include
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining new systems and game features
- Building high-quality, maintainable, and scalable C++ solutions
- Working with large and complex codebases
- Improving existing systems, architecture, and technical foundations
- Taking ownership of features and systems from concept through production
- Collaborating closely with engineers, technical leaders, designers, and product teams
- Optimizing performance, scalability, and maintainability
- Contributing to technical strategy and best practices
- Coaching and mentoring other engineers
Skills to create thrills
We equally value a passion for making great games, strong hands-on coding experience, technical ownership, and collaborative problem solving.
Are you a passionate and creative teammate? You are:
- Highly proficient in C++, with experience working in large codebases
- Comfortable taking ownership of systems or features end-to-end
- Passionate about building high-quality, polished solutions
- Skilled at breaking down complex technical challenges into manageable tasks
- Collaborative and proactive, with strong communication skills
Bonus points
- Experience in the games industry
- Experience with Android or iOS development
- Experience working with memory/performance-critical applications
- Experience working with large-scale or legacy systems
- Experience with graphics programming, rendering, or optimization
- Experience building tools or frameworks
- Experience with scripting languages
About King
With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile titles such as Farm Heroes Saga. Around 200 million people play a King game every month. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn and @lifeatking on Instagram.
Skills Required
- Highly proficient in C++
- Experience working in large codebases
- Ability to take ownership of systems or features end-to-end
- Experience building high-quality, polished solutions
- Ability to break down complex technical challenges into manageable tasks
- Collaborative and proactive communication skills
- Experience in the games industry
- Experience with Android or iOS development
- Experience with memory- and performance-critical applications
- Experience with large-scale or legacy systems
- Experience with graphics programming, rendering, or optimization
- Experience building tools or frameworks
- Experience with scripting languages
King Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about King and has not been reviewed or approved by King.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, floating holidays, sick time, a winter holiday break, and substantial paid leaves for life events are part of the package. Offerings are localized by country while maintaining generous time-away support.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options, preventive care coverage, company HSA/HRA contributions, and mental‑health resources are highlighted. Access is tailored to local systems and includes fitness program options.
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Parental & Family Support — Enhanced leave for all parents and family‑building support such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement are emphasized. Additional paid compassion and bereavement leaves extend support for caregiving needs.
King Insights
What We Do
King is a leading interactive entertainment company in the mobile world. We create unforgettable games that are played around the world every single day, like Candy Crush, our sweet phenomenon. King is an independent unit of Activision Blizzard Inc. which acquired King in February 2016.
