Principal Software Engineer
Principal Software Engineer
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14-06-2025
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Rovio is part of the SEGA family and world famous for our flagship IP Angry Birds - want to know more about Rovio as an employer Click here.
Are you ready to join us as a Principal Software Engineer and be a driving force in strengthening our studios technical craft In this role youll be building our engineering excellence and supporting the studio Technical Director in shaping the technical roadmap for Rovios biggest game with over a million daily users - Angry Birds 2!
Your mission is to elevate the overall development practices in the studio and bring us to the industry forefront when it comes to using AI in our software development processes.
Were incredibly excited about leveraging AI within our workflows and tooling and youll play a key role in making that happen. If youre ready to champion a culture of technical innovation and AI literacy we want to hear from you!
This role brings significant value through close collaboration and direct impact on our studios culture and future roadmap. For this reason we would want you to be onsite in our Stockholm studio for the majority of the week. Currently not based in Sweden No problem at all we will help you with relocation and work permit if needed!
You will have impact and fun at work by:
- Supporting defining robust scalable and high-performing frameworks tools and architecture for Angry Birds 2.
- Shaping the studios long-term technical roadmap specifically for AI identifying emerging trends and evaluating new AI technologies.
- Analyzing the efficiency of existing technologies tools and practices and leading initiatives for improvement.
- Finding smart solutions to support multiple feature developments and legacy refactoring ensuring our game performs even with increasing daily active users.
- Diving deep into the code and being ready to work hands on solving problems when they arise and constantly working to prevent those from happening in the first place.
- Guiding and mentoring other engineers fostering a culture of technical growth and AI literacy within the studio.
Experience and skills we are looking for:
- Proven track record of setting and driving technical strategy that directly supports business objectives.
- Strong expertise in software engineering principles and practices as well as experience creating technical guidelines and other relevant documentation.
- Extensive technical leadership experience in the video game industry or large-scale applications demonstrating the ability to define and architect substantial games or services.
- Hands-on experience in both utilizing and implementing AI solutions.
- Proficiency in Unity and C#.
- You excel at communicating your vision to various stakeholders and leading strategic efforts within the game team.
- Youre enthusiastic about quality and innovation with a drive to improve challenge and bring new solutions and ideas.
It would be nice if you also have the following skills:
- Experience defining and refining software development processes.
- Hands on experience on games built in Unity and other leading middleware engine solutions.
- Youre comfortable navigating and improving existing large-scale codebases
Please send your CV in English. We look forward to hearing from you!
We welcome applicants to use the name they want to be addressed by in the application form regardless of whether it is their legal name.
At Rovio we are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or conditions in our working environment and job application procedures. We are committed to continuously improving workplace accessibility. If you have any questions before applying please write to us at.
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