About the role

You will contribute to the development of large-scale backend systems that support millions of players globally. You will collaborate with engineering teams to design and maintain scalable, reliable, and high-performance software solutions.

What they look for

Java Core Java Concurrency Multithreading Backend Systems Distributed Systems High-performance Applications Scalable Software Software Architecture High-traffic Systems Spring Cloud Infrastructure SaaS Software Engineering

Requirements

Candidates should have strong expertise in Core Java fundamentals, including concurrency and multithreading. Experience in building distributed systems and working with high-traffic backend services is highly valued.

Full description

Craft:

Technology & Development

Job Description:

Join King's Java Developer Talent Pool!

At King, we're always interested in connecting with talented Java Developers who enjoy solving complex engineering challenges at scale.

By joining our Talent Pool, you'll be considered for current and future opportunities across our engineering teams. If your background aligns with a role, a member of our Talent Acquisition team will get in touch to discuss it with you.

What we're typically looking for

Many of our Java engineering teams work on large-scale backend systems that support millions of players around the world. While every role is different, we often look for engineers with experience in:

Strong Core Java development

Concurrency and multithreading

Building high-performance applications, distributed systems, or backend services

Designing scalable, reliable, and maintainable software

Working with high-traffic systems or products serving large user bases

Writing clean, well-tested, production-quality code

While experience with frameworks such as Spring can certainly be useful, our teams generally place greater emphasis on a strong understanding of Core Java fundamentals rather than extensive reliance on framework-based development.

Many of our engineers have joined King from fintech, e-commerce, telecommunications, cloud infrastructure, SaaS, and other technology companies, though of course a gaming background is also highly valued. In short, if you've built complex backend systems at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

Why King?

At King, you'll have the opportunity to work on technology that reaches hundreds of millions of players worldwide. Our engineers solve challenging technical problems, collaborate with experienced teams, and build platforms and services that operate at massive scale.

Whether you're passionate about performance, distributed systems, backend architecture, developer tooling, or cloud technologies, King offers the opportunity to make a real impact.

Interested?

Submit your profile to our Talent Pool!

Every profile submitted is reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team. If your skills and experience align with the types of Java opportunities we hire for, we'll add your profile to our Talent Pool and may reach out if a suitable opportunity becomes available.

If, after reviewing your application, we don't believe your background aligns with the types of Java opportunities we typically hire for, we'll let you know and won't be progressing your profile into our Talent Pool at this time. Of course, you're always welcome to apply for any other opportunities at King that match your skills and experience.

We appreciate your interest in King and look forward to connecting with you if the right opportunity arises.

About King

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: 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 and @lifeatking on Instagram.