Senior Software Engineer (C++)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (C++/Gamedev): Building client systems and technical foundations for Candy Crush Soda Saga with an accent on scalability, performance, and polished player experiences. Focus on designing reusable client patterns, improving architecture for a large-scale C++ codebase, and translating product needs into technical plans.

Company

Leading interactive entertainment company specializing in iconic mobile games like the Candy Crush franchise, operating as part of Microsoft.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain client-side systems and features using C++ for a high-traffic live mobile game.
• Lead technical work from problem definition through implementation, rollout, and iteration.
• Create and evolve reusable client patterns and foundations to improve consistency and reduce duplication.
• Collaborate with product, design, UX, and QA to translate player and product needs into practical technical plans.
• Optimize existing architecture to enable efficient delivery of complex features with long-term maintainability.
• Provide technical guidance to the team through code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Professional experience delivering production software in C++, ideally within large or evolving codebases.
• Proven track record of owning systems or features from initial technical design through to delivery.
• Experience collaborating across multiple disciplines including product, design, UX, and QA.
• Strong knowledge of engineering fundamentals in architecture, maintainability, testing, and performance.
• Ability to design reusable systems, tools, or APIs that support other developers.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work on one of the world's most widely played mobile games.
• Collaborative environment focusing on creativity and product thinhirify.global.
• Part of a global organization with a mission of mahirify.global the world playful.
• Exposure to large-scale live game operations and high-performance C++ development.