Game Tools Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Game Engine Tools Engineer to join our custom cross platform mobile game engine team. Our engine and toolchain is used by hundreds of developers inside of King and is used to deliver some of the biggest games in the world. Our team is made up of 45 dedicated people, and we are now looking to grow by adding experienced engineers with great customer centric approaches.

Your role within our Kingdom

Our engine team needs an expert Game Engine Tools Engineer to work on improving and maintaining our cross platform mobile engine, editor and tool chain. You will be responsible for developing and refining new and existing features on behalf of our dozens of live production game teams.

Understanding of the challenges faced by artists, coders and designers, and create the technology that helps them to continuously deliver their projects.

You should have great interpersonal skills, as you will work closely with Product Managers, QA Specialists, UI/UX Designers and other crafts to create the best possible products.

Self-driving attitude combined with passion for improving users workflows and solving difficult challenges are key skills for this role.

Skills to create thrills

• Experienced with C++
• Experienced with Qt Framework
• Experienced creating and continuously improving User Interfaces and workflows
• Knowledgeable about programming and technology in general
• Happy to work in an agile development environment with multi-functional teams
• Knows how to produce high quality, maintainable scalable code and systems
• Excellent communicator in English
• Deliver high quality and well-structured code
• Experience in working with memory / performance critical applications
• Passionate about creating tools for users
• Passionate about UI, UX and improving users workflows

Bonus skills

• Worked on a game engine before supporting game developers
• Passionate about games, even better if you’ve worked as a game developer before too
• Experienced with Python

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 can’t 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. And that’s it.

We’re Seriously Playful

Officially, we’re a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world. Unofficially, we’re a serious business that’s not afraid to have fun. Every day at King, we mix intuition with logic, art with science and magic with mathematics to create the games the world loves to play. Together with our parent company Activision Blizzard, our mission is to bring moments of magic to everyday life. If you think this is something you can help us achieve, let’s talk.

Apply now!

Want to join our Kingdom? You’ll find all you need to apply, plus more information on our culture, values and benefits, including relocation packages at jobs.king.com. All applications should be made in English.