Senior Principal Software Engineer | Candy Crush Soda Saga
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Want to create the worlds best mobile games
Were looking for a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our Kingdom. Our games are adored by hundreds of millions of people and youll be helping build them. As well as contribute to the engine systems and platforms that make them play brilliantly on any platform.
Your role within the Kingdom
If you want to create amazing user experiences and entertainment for millions of players on the go this is the right job for you.
As part of the Central Technology team in Candy Crush Soda Saga you will both design Sodas long-term architecture and bring it to life by implementing end-to-end systems directly in our client code base. This role bridges big-picture system design with hands-on development ensuring robust maintainable and high-performance solutions. Youll also be the one to deliver reference implementations that teams can immediately adopt across the code base.
Working closely with the tech leadership team you will shape Sodas technical strategy and ensure our architecture continues to evolve to support future success. Along the way youll enjoy a creative collaborative environment where your ideas are valued as much as your technical expertise.
Your responsibilities will include:
Auditing Sodas architecture designing new systems and improving existing ones
Taking full ownership of new systems from concept through production-ready code delivering examples for adoption across the client code base
Collaborating with the the rest of the Technical Leadership in Soda to align on strategy
Contributing high-quality well-structured code to the client code base
Coaching colleagues and serving as a role model for technical excellence
Skills to create thrills
We equally value a passion for making great games extensive hands-on coding experience software architecture and knack of sharing great ideas. Are you a passionate and creative teammate You are:
Highly proficient in system design with proven experience on architecting large and complex systems
An expert in C with relevant experience of working with a large code bases
Skilled at balancing architectural vision with pragmatic delivery ensuring designs translate into production-ready solutions
Passionate about games and would love to create the next big thing
Driven by quality polish and pride in the solutions you deliver
Proactive in taking technical ownership from design to implementation
Bonus points
Experience in the Gaming Industry
Experience with Android or iOS development
Experience in working with memory / performance critical applications
Experience in developing tools with scripting languages
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 worlds 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 by following us on LinkedIn @lifeatkingon Instagram or @kinggameson X.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Python
- System Design
- Agile
- C/C++
- Go
- Systems Engineering
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Activision Blizzard, Inc. is the world’s largest interactive entertainment company, with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™, ... View more
