Craft: Technology & Development King operates games at a massive scale, serving hundreds of millions of players around the world. Behind every player experience is a large ecosystem of services, data platforms, forecasting systems, and internal tools that help our teams make better decisions, move faster, and deliver exceptional experiences. We are looking for a Developer (Python) to help design, build, and operate backend services, internal applications, and data-driven platforms that support critical business and product decisions across King.

You will work on systems that process large volumes of data, run forecasting and analytical workloads, and provide reliable APIs and services consumed by teams across the company. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, data scientists, analysts, product managers, and business stakeholders to build scalable solutions that transform complex data into actionable insights. This role combines backend engineering, distributed systems, cloud-native development, and data-intensive applications.

While the primary focus of the role is backend engineering, you will also contribute to user-facing internal applications, helping deliver end-to-end solutions that enable teams across King to work more effectively. An important part of the role will be integrating our platforms and tools with the broader King and Microsoft ecosystem, enabling seamless collaboration,authentication, data exchange, and workflow automation across multiple services and platforms. You will have the opportunity to contribute to impactful projects, solve challenging technical problems, and work alongside experienced engineers in a supportive environment.





Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python Build scalable and reliable applications that support forecasting, analytics, and decision-making processes across the business Design and optimize relational OLTP databases, data models, and query performance Build and maintain data processing, analytical, and forecasting workflows Design, develop, and maintain internal web applications when required Build intuitive interfaces and workflows that enable technical and non-technical users to interact with backend systems and business tools Integrate services with the King and Microsoft ecosystems, including identity, collaboration, communication, and productivity platforms Deploy, monitor, and operate containerized applications in cloud-native environments Improve system reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence Deliver high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code Support CI/CD pipelines and automation practices throughout the software development lifecycle You are a software engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and building reliable systems that operate at scale. You are curious, pragmatic, and motivated by creating high-quality solutions that deliver measurable impact.

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Python development experience in production environments Experience building backend services and APIs Understanding of modern web application development and the ability to contribute across the stack when needed Experience designing and optimizing relational databases Experience building data-intensive applications and processing large datasets Experience deploying and operating applications in containerized and cloud-native environments Strong testing, debugging, and problem-solving skills High sense of code quality and the desire to build and maintain robust, reliable software Python FastAPI Django TypeScript PostgreSQL Pandas NumPy SciPy Celery Docker Kubernetes Drone CI Experience with Google Cloud Platform or other major cloud providers Experience integrating with Microsoft technologies and services such as Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Microsoft Graph, Teams, SharePoint, or related enterprise platforms Experience working with large-scale data processing systems Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana or Sentry Experience improving application performance and scalability in production environments 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. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ:

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