Build Engineer - Candy Crush Soda

As one of the largest games at King, our studio is running a game touching the lives of millions of players daily. As part of the Platform team in Soda you will help cater to the entire game in an exciting work environment where you will get a lot of self-governance coupled with responsibility.

We believe work must be fun, and like overcoming challenges together.

Your role within our Kingdom

Work as part of Candy Crush Soda Saga, supporting teams in both Barcelona and Stockholm alike. You will be working in a central role within Soda, where you’ll be helping teams with day-to-day tasks, such as development pipelines, multi-platform builds, releases. You’ll also be working on long term improvements of the build environment in collaboration with other build engineers across King.

• Work closely not only with your team, but also with the shared teams, collaborating to create the best solutions possible
• Own the things you create
• Deliver high quality
• Design, architect, and implement solutions from start to finish
• Share knowledge with the Studio and King as a whole

Skills to create thrills

You are passionate about programming, build engineering, and have a sense of quality and polish. As a developer you are also analytical and genuinely interested in understanding the tech you work with.

We want you to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and to be a strong team player, able to work in a fast paced, demanding, yet fun and professional environment.

• You are a team player who likes to discuss solutions and ideas
• You are keen to grow and develop yourself
• Experience in scripting languages like Python and Groovy
• Experience using build technologies such as CMake and Gradle
• Comfortable using UNIX environments
• Experience with C++ and Java is a plus, but not mandatory
• Have worked with Jenkins or other CI systems for build and automation

About King

King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games, including franchises such as Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch.

We have 249 million monthly active users as of fourth quarter 2019 across web, social and mobile platforms. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq ATVI) in February 2016 and operates as an independent unit of the

company.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply cannot expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is what inspires us to create new experiences and raise the bar. It’s what makes King a place where we can all dream bigger, continue to add innovation to our games, broadening the portfolio and exploring new territories in mid- core and casual. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through our curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other and love for our players – and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. In fact, together with our parent company Activision Blizzard and experts around the world, we believe having fun is good for you. There has never been a better time to join us. We're dreaming bigger and see a world of possibilities ahead. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!