Game Engine Developer (C++)

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Technology & Development

Job Description:

Game Engine Developer

We are looking for an experienced C++ game engine developer to join our custom cross platform mobile game engine team. Our engine and toolchain is used by hundreds of developers inside of King and is used to deliver some of the biggest games in the world. Our team is looking to grow with experienced developers with good customer focused mindsets.

Your role within our Kingdom

Our engine team needs an experienced C++ engine developer to work on improving and maintaining our cross platform mobile engine, editor and tool chain. You will be responsible for developing and refining new and existing features on behalf of our dozens of live production game teams.

You should have a keen understanding of the challenges faced by artists, coders and designers, and create the technology that helps them to continuously deliver their projects.

Skills to create thrills

• Experienced C++ developer
• Experience working on a game engine and supporting game developers
• Knowledgeable about programming and technology in general
• Happy to work in an agile development environment with team members
• Knows how to produce high quality, maintainable scalable code and systems
• Excellent communicator in English
• Passionate about games, even better if you’ve worked as a game developer before too
• Deliver high quality and well-structured code
• Experience in working with memory / performance critical applications
• Experience in Test Driven Development

Bonus skills

• Experience writing asset pipelines
• Experience with Python
• Experience with UI frameworks
• Experience with Test Automation Frameworks

About King

With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company 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 game hits such as Farm Heroes Saga. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. 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, @lifeatking on Instagram, or @kinggames on X.

About Us

We bring moments of magic to hundreds of millions of people every single day. We create unforgettable games that are loved around the world.

We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other, and love for our players.

Who we are

King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games, including franchises such as Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch. We have 249 million monthly active users as of fourth quarter 2019 across web, social and mobile platforms. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq ATVI) in February 2016 and operates as an independent unit of the company.

Our passion

Making great games is incredibly challenging but we’ve proven it can be done… and we see a world of possibilities ahead. We’re challenging ourselves to dream bigger in a Seriously Playful way. We’re experimenting, learning, and adapting continuously to shape the industry in ways yet to be imagined.

We’re passionate about bringing moments of magic to our players and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. Above all, we play as a team, helping each other have impact on a massive scale. And we’ll know we’ve outdone ourselves when we’ve inspired the world to play.

If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!

Together, we’ll create new experiences that raise the bar, delight billions of people, and redefine the world of games again and again.

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