Senior Backend Developer - Development Services

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Job Description:

King operates mobile games at a massive scale. With titles like Candy Crush, Bubble Witch and Farm Heroes our code runs on hundreds of millions of devices across the globe. 

We are looking for Java Backend Developers that will help our Innovation and Development team in Dev Services fulfill our primary objective to pioneer new products, processes and systems at a company level. Our team, by leveraging our diverse knowledge and skill sets, ideates and executes improvements implementing tools that impact other teams capacity, delivery time and cost. We collaborate closely with Player Support, providing them the tools and systems needed for modern user centric communications with our players. We are looking for a senior-level developer able to build complex, high-scale, real-time systems, with some practical experience, and the drive and enthusiasm to succeed in a demanding and professional team environment.  

Your role within our Kingdom

If you want to create amazing user experiences and entertainment for millions of players to enjoy on the go then this is the right job for you. You will be part of a highly competent team of developers in the creation of large scale systems for Player Support, Globalization, Game Studios and King in general, not only delivering high quality and well-structured code but doing so with a user’s point of view.

We know that the continued success of King depends on preserving the amazing culture we have, so ‘fit’ is extremely important. We work in a small, collaborative Agile team where everyone is involved in coming up with great features and ownership of the outcome is key.

We are problem solvers, constantly reviewing how and why we do things and learning from each other. We are experimental, trying out new tech and ideas and willing to take risks to drive the entire industry forward. We are sociable and fun, and we like to hang out together. We are passionate, some might even say quirky, and while we love what we do, our lives are about more than work.

Our vision is to work as a B2B organization, making sure that the platform we provide is compatible with all the different games and teams at King.

Your responsibilities will include:

• A team player who likes to discuss solutions and ideas.

• Striving to be a genius in your area of expertise.

• Helping the team to maintain our systems in the cloud.

• Build valuable tools to support all departments within Development Services, specially Player Support.

• Develop and maintain robust, scalable, reusable, data driven tools.

• Working closely with King’s internal Java server frameworks.

• Deliver high quality and well-structured code.

• Share knowledge and help colleagues.

As a new member of the team we offer a unique opportunity to be involved hands on and learn as you go. The wide responsibilities of the team give a wide array of challenges to conquer and King offers many opportunities for training and personal development.

Skills to create thrills:

You have great passion for programming and a solid sense of quality and polish. As a developer you are also analytical and genuinely interested in understanding the whole tech stack. You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be a strong team player, able to work in a fast paced, demanding yet fun professional environment.

• Experience in Java, databases and web development in general.

• Experience in cloud computing and services, Google Cloud if possible.

• Used to UNIX environments.

• No stranger to web protocols, application servers and web servers.

• Strong Computer Science fundamentals, design patterns and Object Oriented knowledge.

• Design, architect, test and implement features in core services. 

• Deliver high quality and well-structured code.

• Knowledge of concurrency and scalability.

• Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks.

• Excellent communication skills in English.

Bonus points

• NoSQL and BigData experience

• Knowledge of scalable cloud computing infrastructure

• Familiar with HTML, CSS, Javascript, Bash.

• Work in an Agile environment, or you are interested in agile development.

• Experience with any other programming languages, preferably Python or C++

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.