Backend Engineer

King; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mobile gaming company is seeking a Java Backend Developer focused on creating high-scale systems for popular games. The ideal candidate has strong experience in Java and a passion for programming, with excellent interpersonal skills. Join a fun, innovative team committed to delivering enjoyable entertainment experiences.

Qualifications

• Passion for programming with a solid sense of quality.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong team player in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, test, document and implement features in core services.
• Deliver high-quality and well-structured code.

Skills

Java

Databases

Web development

UNIX environments

Web protocols

Application servers

Design patterns

Object-oriented knowledge

Tools

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Bash

Job description

Overview

Craft: Technology & Development

Job Description: King operates mobile games at a massive scale. With titles like Candy Crush, Bubble Witch and Farm Heroes our code runs on hundreds of millions of devices across the world.

We are looking for a Java Backend Developer that will take pride in creating the very best bite sized entertainment for millions of players worldwide.

Your role within our Kingdom

The Monetisation & Rewards area is responsible for building complex, high-scale, real-time systems, working closely with other parts of the business to support the monetisation activities for our popular games. We are looking for a backend developer with practical experience in Java, and the drive and enthusiasm to succeed in a demanding and professional team environment. Our ideal candidate will be:

• A team player who likes to discuss solutions and ideas.
• Striving to be a genius in your area of expertise.
• Build valuable tools to support the game development process

Skills to create thrills

You have a great passion for programming and a solid sense of quality and polish. As a developer, you are also analytical and genuinely interested in understanding the whole tech stack. You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be a strong team player, able to work in a fast-paced, demanding yet fun professional environment.

• Experienced in Java, databases and web development in general.
• Used to UNIX environments.
• Strong knowledge of web protocols, application servers and web servers.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals, design patterns and object-oriented knowledge
• Design, architect, test, document and implement features in our core services
• Deliver high-quality and well-structured code

Bonus points

• Used to TDD
• Familiar with HTML, CSS, Javascript, Bash

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.

At King, we bring moments of magic to hundreds of millions of players every day—and we’re just getting started. Join us on the journey.

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 world’s 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 King.com or by following us on LinkedIn, lifeatking on Instagram, or king_games on X.