Senior C++ Developer

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Job Description:

We are looking for a Senior C++ Developer who thrives exploring new ideas at the forefront of mobile game innovation, helping to deliver ground-breaking bite-sized entertainment for millions of players. You’ll be part of the Catalog Games studio, which leads a portfolio of 9 King games across multiple King locations.

Your role within the Kingdom

Our programmers are at the heart of our game development. They are committed, talented generalists who contribute not only to the code, but to the entire product. They come from diverse backgrounds, but they are all passionate about games, working closely with the rest of the team.

We’re looking for someone with a technical mindset and with previous experience managing small teams. Your role will be to help your team with their day-to-day tasks, primarily focused on developing new features and improving existing gameplay for our live games with quality and player experience in focus, as well as with mentoring and guidance of other developers. You will be the main technical point of contact for new features, helping with prioritization and estimations, aligning and coordinating with different crafts across the organization.

With us, you'll get to work at the forefront of the mobile gaming business, in an energized and fun environment. Naturally you'll share your knowledge and skills with the rest of the team and King.

Some bite- sized bullet points of the job description are:

• Design, implement, and iterate on features that enhance player experience.

• Improve the technical foundation of the games, bringing efficiency to developing new and supporting existing features across the games.

• Set best practices for system design, coding standards, and development workflows within the team.

• Deliver high quality and well-structured code.

• Help with roadmaps, timelines, estimations, and priorities.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams working closely with product managers, designers, and analysts to align technical solutions with player needs and business goals.

• Mentor and support team members by providing technical guidance and mentorship to other developers in the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

• Sharing and collecting knowledge across diverse teams in an open and collaborative environment.

Skills to create thrills

You have a great passion for programming and are committed to quality and polish. You are genuinely passionate about making games, developing new innovative features and solutions, and game industry R&D - whether you have done so professionally already or are looking to join the industry! You need to care for the professional development of your peers and their wellbeing. As a developer, you are also analytical and interested in understanding the whole tech stack.

To succeed you’ll need

• Previous experience within software development

• Deep knowledge of C++

• Experience working with CMake

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

• Passion for software development and learning new technologies / languages

Bonus points

• Experience developing game features or gameplay systems

• Understanding of player experience and game design principles

• Experience collaborating with Product and Design teams

• Experience working with game engines

• Build engineering experience (e.g. Jenkins)

• Familiarity with DevOps principles and roles

• Knowledge of mobile platforms and app stores in terms of development, compliance topics, publishing

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 @king_games on X.