Senior Systems Engineer | Shared Tech

King Digital Entertainment; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

King Digital Entertainment in Madrid is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Developer Experience & Infrastructure) to elevate the platforms engineers rely on daily, making them faster, more reliable and easier to use.

You will design and build self‑service tools, modernize IaC and containerized build systems, and collaborate with game teams across locations to improve monitoring and documentation.

Qualifications

• Production Linux expertise in Debian/Ubuntu in prod or HA settings.
• Experience automating infrastructure provisioning with IaC tools like Terraform or Puppet.
• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container tech (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Scripting in Bash, Python, Groovy, or PowerShell to automate pipelines.
• Git workflows and modern developer ecosystems.
• Experience owning and operating managed services such as Artifactory, Perforce, BuildBuddy, Buildkite.

Responsibilities

• Elevate Developer Experience by designing, building, and supporting self-service platform tools and automated workflows.
• Scale Infrastructure by maintaining IaC and containerized build systems across multi-OS and cloud environments.
• Shape platform architecture, strengthen monitoring, and troubleshoot distributed services.
• Collaborate with game teams across locations, write platform docs, and share knowledge across engineering.

Skills

Production Linux

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud & Container Orchestration

Automation & Scripting

Version Control

Collaborative Mindset

Managed Services

Tools

Terraform

Puppet

Docker

Kubernetes

Artifactory

Perforce

BuildBuddy

Buildkite

Job description

Craft:Technology & Development

Job Description:At King, we're on a mission to make the world playful.

La experiencia que se espera de los solicitantes, así como las habilidades y cualificaciones adicionales necesarias para este trabajo, se enumeran a continuación.

The tools, platforms and infrastructure behind our games help teams turn great ideas into experiences enjoyed by millions of players.

Engineering System & Support (ESS) builds the shared foundations that make game development smoother: reliable CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, repository services, build tooling and developer workflows.

We help teams spend less time waiting on systems and more time creating great games.

Your role within the Kingdom

As a Senior Systems Engineer (Developer Experience & Infrastructure), you'll improve the platforms developers rely on every day - making them faster, more reliable and easier to use.

What You’ll Do

• Elevate Developer Experience: Design, build, and support self-service platform tools and automated workflows that speed up developer feedback loops.
• Scale Infrastructure: Maintain and modernize our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and containerized build systems across multi-OS and cloud environments.
• System Design & Reliability: Shape platform architecture, strengthen monitoring, and troubleshoot complex distributed services.
• Collaborate & Mentor: Partner closely with game teams across multiple locations, write clear platform documentation, and share knowledge across the engineering community.

Skills to create thrills

• Production Linux Expertise: Solid experience managing and troubleshooting Linux systems (e.G., Debian/Ubuntu) in production or high-availability settings.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Hands-on experience automating infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform, Puppet, or similar frameworks.
• Cloud & Container Orchestration: Practical experience working with major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Automation & Scripting: Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.G., Bash, Python, Groovy, or PowerShell) to eliminate toil and automate pipelines.
• Version Control Fundamentals: Solid understanding of Git workflows and modern developer ecosystems.
• Collaborative Mindset: Strong communication skills, structured task prioritization, and a passion for supporting fellow developers.
• Managed Services Operations: Experience owning and operating managed services as, artifactory, perforce, builbuddy, buildkite.

Bonus Points (Nice to Have, Not Required!)

• Experience maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines across multi-OS environments (Linux, macOS, Windows).
• Familiarity with build optimization or repository management tools (e.G., Artifactory, SonarQube, Incredibuild, or Veertu Anka).
• Exposure to cloud-native monitoring and logging tools (e.G., Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or Splunk).
• Security awareness: An understanding of platform security and software supply-chain practices.

Bring your craft, curiosity and care for fellow developers.

Together, we'll build the foundations that help King teams create more moments of magic for players.

About King

With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile titles such as Farm Heroes Saga.

Around 200 million people play a King game every month.

King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta xiphtebMore information can be found at or by following us on LinkedIn and @lifeatking on Instagram.

Job Summary

Job number: R028163Profession: Technology & Development

Senior Systems Engineer | Shared Tech Madrid, Kingdom Of Spain, ES