Backend Developer Catalog Games Barcelona

We’re looking for a Java backend developer to join our Catalog Games team and help build and improve the technology behind our games. You’ll develop game features, services, tools, and systems while collaborating with people across different disciplines. You’ll contribute throughout the lifecycle of our backend systems, from design and implementation to testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing improvement. We’re looking for a mid-level developer who enjoys solving challenging technical problems and is comfortable working with large-scale, real-time systems and established codebases. You’ll take ownership of complete features or components, work autonomously, break work into manageable tasks, and balance delivery speed with quality, maintainability, and reliability. Your Role Within Our Kingdom You’ll work as part of a highly capable, collaborative team developing systems that improve game development and support features across Catalog Games’ titles. You’ll help deliver reliable, maintainable technology that supports great player experiences. Our tech team serves as a central hub for game development. You’ll contribute to shared platforms, tools, and Java server frameworks, while working with teams across the organization. You’ll communicate progress, plans, risks, and problems clearly; contribute to technical decisions; support production services; and help improve our documentation, processes, and ways of working. At Catalog Games we value ownership, curiosity, teamwork, continuous improvement, and a healthy balance between work and life. Skills to Create Thrills Strong Java development skills and solid Computer Science fundamentals, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, concurrency, and scalability. Experience with databases, web development, UNIX environments, and production backend systems. The ability to design and implement medium-sized systems or components while contributing to larger systems. Experience working with established and evolving codebases, understanding existing patterns and constraints, and improving systems pragmatically. Experience with automated testing, code reviews, monitoring, debugging, incident investigation, and production support. The ability to take ownership, estimate and plan work, communicate clearly, and collaborate effectively with teammates and stakeholders. A pragmatic approach to balancing quality, maintainability, reliability, and delivery speed. A willingness to share knowledge, improve documentation, and support less-experienced developers. An understanding of team goals and roadmaps, and how engineering work contributes to the value of the product and business. Fluency in English. Bonus Points Experience with NoSQL, Big Data, Bash, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, or other programming languages. Experience with CI/CD concepts, Jenkins pipelines, Google Cloud, or other cloud platforms. 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. Around 200 million people play a King game every month. 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. Apply to this job LinkedIn login required Cancel * I agree to JobFluent's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Offer not available? Let us know! Read full job description Read full job description LinkedIn login required * I agree to JobFluent's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy About King Website http://company.king.com Industry Games Type Privately Held Headquarters London, United Kingdom Company Size 1001-5000 employees Founded 2003 King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games. We have developed more than 200 fun titles, and offer games in over 200 countries and regions. Our franchises include Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch. We have 340 million average monthly unique users, as of second quarter 2015, across web, social and mobile platforms. At King, we design games with a broad appeal, which allow people to play for a moment, then move on with their day and pick up their game later. Our games are also synchronized across platforms, allowing players to switch seamlessly between devices and platforms and continue their game wherever they left off, so they can play anywhere, any time and on any device. For us, this is encapsulated in the idea of bitesized entertainment. King has game studios in Stockholm, Bucharest, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Singapore, and Seattle, along with offices in San Francisco, Malta, Seoul, Tokyo and Shanghai. Other backend developer jobs that might interest you... 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