Senior AI/ML Research Engineer, King
AI Center of Excellence
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
- A PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree in a similar field with 7+ years of relevant experience
- Previous mentoring or supervision experience
- Solid working experience of Python programming
- Working experience of PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras or similar frameworks
- Experience in applying machine learning in real-world problems
- General machine learning expertise, i.e. regression, classification, and clustering algorithms, time-series analysis, Bayesian methods, self-supervised methods, and generative models
- Prototype-to-production engineering skills in Python, including standard methodologies such as proper documentation, library packaging, versioning, testing and task scheduling
- Professional habits around model validation, testing, and tracking
- Designing good ways of communicating, visualizing and reporting your results/analysis so they are clear and unambiguous
- Strong communication skills
- A passion for analytics and diving into as well as experiencing the products on which you work
Desirable
- Publications or write-ups in the area of artificial intelligence or machine learning
- Development in or exposure to environments/software products in Python and Java
- Experience in distributed data processing (batch & streaming) and modelling
- Experience building data pipelines and ML pipelines
- Familiarity with a cloud solution - experience in GCP data products is preferred (BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Pub/Sub to name a few)
- Experience managing or mentoring other Data Scientists and ML Engineers in the team
- Contribution to open-source projects
- We know that you are into games on some level (casual, console, board-games, Uno etc.)
- Knowledge in SQL
What the job involves
- You´ll be part of AI Labs, a research team within King’s AI Center of Excellence
- AI Labs support business to solve communal modelling challenges in machine learning use cases, as well as explore state of the art to unlock opportunities to bring value to the company
- As a member of AI Labs, you will be working closely with other Research Engineers in the Labs focusing on mid term or long term research projects, as well as working with ML Engineers and Data Scientists, supporting them to develop and operationalize machine learning (ML) models as part of King’s central machine learning initiatives
- Our team investigates different research areas on automation at scale for game content, player experience optimization, AI trustworthiness, and new emerging technologies
Salary benchmarks
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
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
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
Leadership
Tjodolf Sommestad
(President )President from February 2022. Previously served as King’s Chief Development Officer.
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