Senior MLOps Engineer, King
Shared Technology
1-4 days a week in office
Mobile games developer
Job no longer available
Mobile games developer
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1-4 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
At King, we’re Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We’re the creators behind it. But we aren’t just crushing it with candies, we’re also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games.
Role
Who you are
- We are interested in someone who has knowledge in operating ML and can assist ML engineers in designing and building robust end-to-end ML products
- Experience building API-first services and applications
- Experience building end-to-end data and ML pipelines
- Basic experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch or any other ML framework
- Experience working with solutions of major public cloud providers, preferably Google Cloud Platform
- M.S. degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Operations Research
- Engineering skills in Python, including standard Backend practices such as proper documentation, library packaging, versioning, testing
- Experience orchestrating data pipelines e.g. using Airflow
- Containerizing workloads and running these on Kubernetes (GKE)
- Proficient with GCP data and ML products (e.g. BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Vertex AI)
- Self-starter with a great drive and a curious and inquisitive mind-set
- Willing to step outside your comfort zone to broaden your skills and learn new technologies
- Highly collaborative work style and open to share your knowledge, receiving and giving feedback, performing code reviews and so on
- Able to collaborate with cross-discipline teams on complex problems and be able to clearly communicate your ideas and solutions
- Comfortable working in a team split between Sweden and Spain
Desirable
- Knowledge with real-time data products such as Google Dataproc, PySpark, Spark
- Knowledge in Java
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and ArgoCD
What the job involves
- You will be joining a team that enables Machine Learning (ML) and Automation initiatives to support that goal
- We are building the tech foundations necessary for ML products to scale in a reliable way and stay maintainable long-term
- We are looking for a great teammate who can contribute to the backend engineering, data engineering and cloud engineering aspects of our stack
- We are using technologies such as Python, BigQuery, Airflow, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, as well as internal tools built by our central ML Platform and Data Warehouse organizations
- ML modeling and data analysis will not be part of your daily tasks, though a basic understanding is expected to collaborate effectively with ML engineers
- Translate business needs to technical requirements, scope and build scalable solutions to support ML models and automation initiatives related to levels and
- Game experience
- Assess requirements from cross-disciplinary Game teams, and collaborate with them to build data and ML solutions
- Designing scalable, efficient, quality tools to inform operations and enable
- Business and game design decision-making
Our take
Gaming is one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, but many still view gaming as inconvenient, inaccessible, or niche. King solves that problem by designing mobile games with broad market appeal.
Since its launch, King has released more than 200 titles in 14 languages, including Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue, and more. The company pioneered in-game spending, which allows it to monetize user interactions without charging them to buy the game. Titles such as Candy Crush are designed to be highly accessible to demographics that wouldn’t usually define themselves as “gamers”, including older users. King now boasts more than 200 million monthly active users, making it a clear market leader.
In 2016, King was bought by gaming giant Activision Blizzard, which has since been purchased by Microsoft. While the company still operates with a high degree of independence, it has greatly profited from the financial and marketing support of its parent corporation. This support has been instrumental in enabling King to maintain its competitiveness in the constantly evolving mobile gaming industry.
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Focus on employee wellbeing
"There is an amazing worklife balance that the company puts an emphasis on. On top of that there are amazing benefits to take part in, for example in..."
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2005
$43m
SERIES A
Jun 2005
$41m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $84m
Company benefits
- 🏥 Private medical, dental, critical illness and pension plans 🇬🇧
- 🌴 Generous paid holidays, with additional time off close down between 25th December and the New Year 🇬🇧
- 🥯 Next-level offices that provide numerous creative spaces as well as free breakfast, snacks, and drinks 🇬🇧
- 🎒 Exclusive, free goodies 🇬🇧
- 🏳️🌈 Four employee-led diversity-focused networks and other community groups that raise awareness 🇬🇧
- ❤️ Reimbursements for both physical and mental health-related activities. Some offices also have their own onsite gyms. 🇬🇧
- 🏅 Community Day, charity donation matching, free and discounted Activision Blizzard games, and our Royal Recognition Awards rewarding commitment of long-serving Kingsters 🇬🇧
- 🏥 Private medical, dental, critical illness and pension plans 🇪🇺
- 🌴 Generous paid holidays, with additional time off close down between 25th December and the New Year 🇪🇺
- 🥯 Next-level offices that provide numerous creative spaces as well as free breakfast, snacks, and drinks 🇪🇺
- 🎒 Exclusive, free goodies 🇪🇺
- 🏳️🌈 Four employee-led diversity-focused networks and other community groups that raise awareness 🇪🇺
- ❤️ Reimbursements for both physical and mental health-related activities. Some offices also have their own onsite gyms. 🇪🇺
- 🏅 Community Day, charity donation matching, free and discounted Activision Blizzard games, and our Royal Recognition Awards rewarding commitment of long-serving Kingsters 🇪🇺
Company values
- Fun & Friendly 🧡 We create an inclusive environment where everyone can belong. We build trust, we're supportive and demanding in everything we do, and we're not afraid to have fun along the way
- Care & Craft 🤗 We put our heart and soul into everything we do - and we do it for our players. It takes all Kingsters, contributing in different ways, to craft and operate brilliant mass-appeal games
- Humble & Open 📖 We treat each other as equals. We seek and give feedback, we listen, we learn, and we're honest with ourselves and others
- Fast & Fluid ⏩ We are responsive and embrace change. We take smart risks, are always ready to dust ourselves off, learn fast, and try again
- Creative Champions 🏅 We are curious about our players and we drive innovation in big and small ways to delight them every day. We boldly seek new ways of thinking to unleash creativity
- Passion & Performance 📈 Our passion guides us to set ambitious goals for ourselves and each other. We hold each other accountable, see things through, and contribute to our sustainable growth
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
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Founders
Tjodolf Sommestad
(President )President from February 2022. Previously served as King’s Chief Development Officer.
People progressing
Leading a data science team responsible for supporting performance marketing to make informed decisions with data
Joined as Senior Developer. Promoted to Engineering Manager after 2 years and is now leading two engineering teams in the Telemetry & Streaming domain.
Diversity & Inclusion at King
Vikki Leach (Senior Director, DE&I)
- A great saga needs all sorts of heroes. At King, we share a passion for making the world playful. To achieve this, it takes people with different skills, experiences, and world views to work together.
- There’s no such thing as a typical gamer. That’s why we embrace and celebrate what makes us different rather than what makes us the same
- Our Employee Networks help us to stay connected as individuals and as a company; Kaleidoscope (ethnic, cultural, and national diversity), Royal Unicorns (LGBTQIA+), Women@King (crushing bias and equal opportunities) and CAN (collective abilities).
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