Senior Python Developer

Salary: £70,000 - 110,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong Python development experience in production environments
• Experience building backend services and APIs
• Understanding of modern web application development and the ability to contribute across the stack when needed
• Solid understanding of asynchronous programming, concurrency, and distributed systems
• Experience designing and optimizing relational databases
• Experience building data-intensive applications and processing large datasets
• Experience with background processing, job orchestration, or distributed workloads
• Experience deploying and operating applications in containerized and cloud-native environments
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and automation pipelines
• Strong testing, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
• High sense of code quality and the desire to build and maintain robust, reliable software
• Curiosity and adaptability when learning new technologies and domains

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python
• Build scalable and reliable applications that support forecasting, analytics, and decision-making processes across the business
• Develop distributed processing pipelines and asynchronous workloads
• Design and optimize relational OLTP databases, data models, and query performance
• Build and maintain data processing, analytical, and forecasting workflows
• Design, develop, and maintain internal web applications when required
• Build intuitive interfaces and workflows that enable technical and non-technical users to interact with backend systems and business tools
• Integrate services with the King and Microsoft ecosystems, including identity, collaboration, communication, and productivity platforms
• Develop and maintain APIs and connectors that enable interoperability between internal and external systems
• Deploy, monitor, and operate containerized applications in cloud-native environments
• Contribute to technical designs, architectural discussions, and engineering best practices
• Improve system reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence
• Deliver high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews and knowledge-sharing initiatives across teams
• Support CI/CD pipelines and automation practices throughout the software development lifecycle

Technologies:

• Backend
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• Mobile
• Python
• Web
• Azure
• Grafana
• SharePoint

More:

We operate games at a massive scale, serving hundreds of millions of players around the world. We are a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world with more than 20 years of history, and our games include Candy Crush and Farm Heroes Saga. We are part of Microsoft and have teams in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Malta. We build collaboratively, value diverse perspectives, encourage experimentation and continuous learning, and offer a creative, challenging, and supportive environment where our engineers can work on impactful projects.

last updated 36 week of 2026