Craft::At King, we build products and services that help millions of players enjoy our games every day.

The Player Support

Innovation and Development team develops the technology behind modern player support experiences, helping players quickly find answers, resolve issues, and get back to playing.As a Software Engineer, you'll build products, platforms, and services used across multiple King games, working closely with engineers, Product Owners, designers, and game teams. You'll work across a variety of technologies, with much of our engineering focused on backend services, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and reliable platforms that integrate seamlessly across King's ecosystem.No two projects are exactly the same. Depending on the challenge, you might be designing backend services, improving web applications, building developer tooling, integrating AI capabilities, or helping shape the architecture of a shared platform.We're looking for a versatile engineer with broad software engineering knowledge, strong backend foundations, and the curiosity to learn and work across different technologies when needed.Your role within the KingdomDesign, build, and maintain software used across multiple King games and services.Develop scalable backend services, APIs, event-driven systems, and reusable platform components.Design integrations and data flows across Player Support, game, and internal platform systems.Own features from design and implementation through testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support.Collaborate with Product Owners, designers, engineers,



and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.Improve software quality through automation, testing, and continuous delivery.Explore and integrate AI capabilities into player support products, workflows, and internal tools where they can deliver meaningful value.Skills to create thrillsWe're looking for engineers with strong software engineering fundamentals and a passion for building great products.

Professional software development, ideally using Java or another backend-oriented programming language.Designing and building scalable backend services and APIs.Relational or NoSQL databases, including data modelling and performance considerations.Writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.Modern engineering practices, including Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and code reviews.Reliability, observability, monitoring, and operating services in production.Cloud-based systems and modern deployment practices.Understanding systems end-to-end,



from user experiences and backend services to infrastructure and production operations.Using AI capabilities or AI-assisted tools as part of software development or product delivery.Communicating effectively in English.Bonus PointsReact or modern web development.AWS or other cloud platforms.Docker or Kubernetes.Kafka or other event-streaming platforms.C++, C#, or other programming languages.Android or iOS development and deployment.Game development.How We WorkWe're a small, collaborative team where everyone contributes beyond writing code. We believe great software comes from strong engineering practices, close collaboration, and a mindset of continuous improvement. We embrace automation and AI-assisted development to help us build high-quality software more efficiently, while leaving more time to focus on solving meaningful problems.We actively explore new technologies and engineering practices to continuously improve how we design, build, operate, and evolve our software.Joining the Player Support Innovation and Development team means working on products and platforms that support millions of players across King's games while solving a diverse range of engineering challenges.Build products and services with impact across multiple King games.Work across a diverse technology landscape, from backend systems to AI-enabled experiences.Help shape the future of player support and modern software engineering at King.About KingWith 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:

📌 Software Engineer | Game Services (Barcelona)
🏢 King Digital Entertainment
📍 Barcelona