2025 Summer Internship - Software Engineer/Developer Intern (C++/Java)

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Developer Intern – Summer 2025 

We are looking for extraordinarily skilled Developer Interns from a variety of backgrounds and interests to join our Kingdom this Summer! 

Your Role Within the Kingdom 

With titles like Candy Crush and Farm Heroes, our code runs on hundreds of millions of devices across the world. As a Developer Intern at King, you can either get involved with the making of the games, where you together with your colleagues take part in the process of specifying, designing, building and implementing existing and new game features. Or join our teams working behind the scenes with our engines, systems and platforms instead. A game that looks good on paper is nice, but a game that plays brilliantly across all digital platforms is better. Help us do just that. 

Our backend platform teams provide back-end framework and tools to run King’s games at scale on Google Cloud infrastructure. You will be involved in development of core backend functionality for King games and other backend services as part of an autonomous team collaborating with other platform teams and game teams. You will be part of the team process in design, planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups and retrospectives. You will also be part of the development process like code reviews, pair- and mob-programming and DevOps practices. As a backend developer intern, you’ll design APIs, solve scalability challenges & write clean code for game functionalities. You will also help solve scalability challenges to support the growth of King games. You bring solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms, you are familiar with Java and understand client-server architecture. Knowledge of developing applications in GCP would be a bonus. 

Skills to create thrills 

You will ideally have an interest in games, and you should have the ability to work in a flexible and fluid environment, where the job will evolve over time.   

Tasty Bonus Skills: 

• You should be a current student or recently completed your studies 

• Excellent communication skills in English and great organization skills 

• Creative problem-solving skills 

• The ability to work well, both autonomously, and as part of a larger team 

• Attention to detail and accuracy 

• Proactive, enthusiastic, and results driven with an openness to feedback 

• Ability to use own initiative and motivation to meet deadlines and set priorities 

• Passionate about building technology and games 

• Proficiency in Java 

The skills listed above are intended to portray the range of roles we have available; you do not need to possess all of these skills to apply! We will look at your own individual skill set and determine which team you would be best suited to. 

The brilliant experience we give our players comes from the diversity and experience of our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes. That’s why we hire all sorts of talent. 

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! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply. 

Want to join our Kingdom? 

Apply now! Positions are available in Barcelona, applications need to be in English. Our internships will last for 3 months, beginning in June 2025 and ending in September 2025. Please note: our application deadline is 17th February, however we recruit on an ongoing basis, so early application is advised to avoid disappointment. 

 We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest 

About King

At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren't just crushing it with candies, we're also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft.