Senior Software Engineer

King

Barcelona or Stockholm

Your role within the Kingdom

If you want to create amazing user experiences and entertainment for millions of players on the go, this is the right job for you. As part of the Central Technology team in Candy Crush Soda Saga, you will both design Soda’s long‑term architecture and bring it to life by implementing end‑to‑end systems directly in our client codebase. This role bridges big‑picture system design with hands‑on development, ensuring robust, maintainable, and high‑performance solutions. You’ll also be the one to deliver reference implementations that teams can immediately adopt across the codebase.

Working closely with the tech leadership team, you will shape Soda’s technical strategy and ensure our architecture continues to evolve to support future success. Along the way, you’ll enjoy a creative, collaborative environment where your ideas are valued as much as your technical expertise.

Your responsibilities will include

Auditing Soda’s architecture, designing new systems, and improving existing ones
Taking full ownership of new systems from concept through production‑ready code, delivering examples for adoption across the client codebase
Collaborating with the rest of the Technical Leadership in Soda to align on strategy
Contributing high‑quality, well‑structured code to the client codebase
Coaching colleagues and serving as a role model for technical excellence in areas like code quality, design, and collaboration

Skills to create thrills

We equally value a passion for making great games, extensive hands‑on coding experience, strength in software architecture, and a knack for sharing great ideas. You are:

Highly proficient in system design, with proven experience architecting large and complex systems
Very strong in C++, with experience working in large codebases
Skilled at balancing architectural vision with pragmatic delivery, ensuring designs translate into production‑ready solutions
Passionate about games and would love to help create the next big thing
Driven by quality, polish, and pride in the solutions you deliver
Proactive in taking technical ownership from design to implementation