C++ Developer | Shared Tech

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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 world.

We are looking for C++ Developers at different levels of seniority. From Junior to Senior but bear in mind that for this particular team, having at least two years of commercial C++ specific experience is crucial for a junior position. If you’re looking for your first full time role, we kindly invite you to visit the Early Careers tab of our page. 

Come join us if you want to take pride in creating the very best bite sized entertainment for millions of players worldwide!   

Your role within our Kingdom

We are looking for a talented person with a degree in Computer Science or similar to join our team. The SDK we work on is written in C++ for all the major platforms (iOS, Android and JavaScript/HTML5).

Our vision in Shared Tech is to provide a platform that create material “competitive advantage” for our game studio partners and support them to provide amazing player experiences.

We in Shared Tech, work as a B2B organization, making sure that the platform we provide is compatible with all the different games built at King.

Tasks within the team vary greatly but include:

• Developing the SDK supporting the games developed at King

• Designing and implementing client side aspects of the features we support

• Collaborating with game teams to enable the features they want to build

• Working closely with King’s internal Java server frameworks

• Maintaining and improving our existing code base

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

• A degree in Computer Science or similar

• Wide experience programming in C++

• Experience programing network connectivity

• Interest in building reusable flexible APIs and libraries

• Excellent communication skills in English

• Experience working with mobile devices (Objective C & Android)

Bonus points

• Confidence working with Java and server side code

• Knowledge in Lua, C, C# Unity

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.