Senior Software Engineer (Python)
About the job
Summary
- Extensive Python experience
- Strong SQL proficiency
- Kubernetes expertise
- Data pipeline creation & optimization
- Backend system development
- API development
- BigQuery experience
- Airflow knowledge
- UX/Frontend development skills
- Experience with Data Scientists
- Other data engineering tools & cloud technologies
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Senior Software Engineer (Python)
Job Description:
At King, everyone has a role in Making the World Playful. We play as a team and collectively shape our future. From business modeling to smart accounting, commercial insight to cross-team collaboration, we help the Kingdom continue to dream bigger. With fresh ideas, creative thinking and a drive to see new possibilities, when one of our games becomes a global phenomenon, it’s a success we all share in.
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer (Python) to join the King Finance Data Lab unit. This role requires a strong background in software engineering, with a focus on data-driven applications, infrastructure, and high-performance solutions. You will be working with our dynamic data science team to build and maintain efficient data pipelines, optimize our backend systems, and contribute to our overall data architecture.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions with a strong focus on data engineering.
- Work extensively with Python to implement backend systems, process data, and build APIs.
- Create, manage, and optimize data pipelines, ensuring seamless data flow across platforms.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet project requirements and optimize performance.
- Use SQL for efficient data manipulation and querying within our database environments.
- Deploy and manage applications using Kubernetes for container orchestration.
- Document processes and best practices for reproducible and high-quality results.
Skills to create thrills
- Proven experience as a Software Engineer, demonstrating expertise in designing and implementing scalable and reliable solutions
- Extensive hands-on experience developing with Python as the primary programming language, showcasing advanced knowledge and application in professional projects.
- Strong proficiency in SQL for data management and querying.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for deployment and container orchestration.
Bonus skills
- Experience collaborating with Data Scientists to build production data products
- Experience with BigQuery for large-scale data processing.
- Knowledge of Airflow for orchestrating complex workflows and ETL processes.
- Familiarity with UX/Frontend development to improve user experience and optimize application interfaces.
- Proficiency in other data engineering tools and cloud technologies.
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.
A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes
King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity, equity and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation, and that change only happens when we all come together. It’s our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community.
Making the World Playful
Making the World Playful is our mission – it’s the thread that connects our people, our players, and our passion for our games. Let’s face it, who doesn’t love a bit of fun?
Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. But our players aren’t the only ones that can level-up. We’re always looking for ways to champion each other and make what’s already great, even better.
So, if this feels like a fun way to spend your days, and you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful.
Applications need to be in English.
Discover King at careers.king.com
About The Company
At King, we’re Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We’re the creators behind it and loads of other sweet games like Farm Heroes.
