King

About the Company

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. Candy Crush has been the top-grossing franchise in U.S. app stores for six years, and King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King, a part of Activision Blizzard which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

King

Job Title

Software Engineer

Job Description

**Job Title** Software Engineer – Full‑Stack (Gaming) **Role Summary** Design, develop, and maintain high‑performance web‑based gaming features for a global mobile game franchise. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver scalable frontend and backend solutions using modern JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Java, while ensuring quality, security, and performance across web, mobile WebViews, and native platforms. **Expectations** - Deliver robust, maintainable code on time with measurable technical quality metrics. - Own feature life‑cycle from technical design through production release. - Maintain high code coverage, adherence to coding standards, and efficient database performance. - Contribute to continuous improvement of deployment pipelines and infrastructure. **Key Responsibilities** - Implement new game features and optimize existing ones for performance and scalability. - Design and build RESTful APIs, RCP, and WebSocket‑based real‑time services. - Manage SQL and NoSQL database schemas, indexes, and queries. - Deploy and scale applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP); manage infrastructure as code. - Ensure secure authentication (JWT, OAuth) and data protection. - Collaborate via GitHub on code reviews, branching strategies, and version control. - Optimize responsive design for cross‑platform accessibility. - Participate in CI/CD pipeline construction (GCP Cloud Build) and DevOps practices. - Provide technical direction for complex inter‑module systems and third‑party integrations. **Required Skills** - Proficient in TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Java (backend). - Strong knowledge of relational (SQL) and document/graph (NoSQL) databases. - Experienced in RESTful API design, real‑time communication (WebSockets). - Hands‑on GCP experience: Compute, Cloud Storage, Cloud Build, Cloud Functions. - Security fundamentals: JWT, OAuth, role‑based access control. - Advanced GitHub usage for collaboration and workflow automation. - Responsive web design for mobile, tablet, and desktop interfaces. - Bonus: CI/CD pipeline implementation, GCP Cloud Build, native mobile (Android Java, iOS Swift) familiarity. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience. - Relevant certifications (e.g., GCP Associate Cloud Engineer, AWS Certified Developer, or Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate) are advantageous.

London, United kingdom

On site

Senior

03-03-2026

Company Name

King

Job Title

Data Scientist

Job Description

**Job title** Data Scientist – Consumer Marketing (CRM) **Role Summary** Leverage data science techniques to enhance CRM campaign performance, driving customer engagement, retention, and monetisation. Collaborate with CRM, marketing, and events teams to design, run, and analyse A/B tests and other experiments, translating insights into actionable optimisation of segmentation, targeting, and personalisation strategies. **Expectations** - Deliver statistically sound and business‑relevant analyses that inform decision‑making. - Communicate findings clearly to stakeholders with varying quantitative expertise. - Maintain data integrity across CRM systems and analytics pipelines. - Continuously improve tools, methodologies, and technical solutions to support CRM initiatives. **Key Responsibilities** - Partner with CRM, marketing, and events teams to plan, execute, and evaluate CRM campaigns. - Design and conduct A/B tests and controlled experiments; interpret results and recommend optimisations. - Develop and maintain segmentation, targeting, and personalisation models to increase user engagement and revenue. - Ensure reliability and optimisation of CRM data sources and tracking KPIs. - Build and maintain data pipelines, dashboards, and visualisations (looker, tableau, etc.). - Mentor teammates and share analytical best practices across the organisation. **Required Skills** - Strong SQL; proficiency in Python or R. - Knowledge of statistical modelling, machine‑learning, and experimental design. - Experience with large‑scale data environments (BigQuery, AWS, Hadoop). - Familiarity with CRM platforms (Salesforce, Braze, or equivalent). - Competence in A/B testing frameworks and randomised controlled trials. - Familiarity with version control (Git). - Experience in behavioural economics/psychology, game theory, or related fields desirable. - Ability to translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations. - Experience in the games industry or other customer‑facing digital businesses a plus. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or a related field (Master’s highly desirable). - Certifications in data analytics, SQL, or relevant programming languages are preferred.

London, United kingdom

On site

12-03-2026