Senior C++ Developer

Mojang Studios is best known as the creators of Minecraft, but we’re also on a mission – to build a better world through the power of play. 

Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence. 

The Minecraft Vanilla UI team helps realize our dream of a better Minecraft experience!
As a member of this team, you will have the unique challenge of creating experiences like new features, improvements and UI development that directly targets our players and the way they understand and can discover Minecraft. Our challenges vary for each player, platform, and feature, creating fun and interesting opportunities.  

You’ll join a cross-functional team and work closely with the other developers, designers, product managers, all working together on a game enjoyed by over 100,000,000 players worldwide. We have big dreams for the future of Minecraft and need you to help make them happen. By joining the Vanilla UI team, you will find an environment that enables you to leverage your knowledge and values to maintain and evolve a healthy and collaborative culture as we grow. 

We are looking for a senior level of experience for this recruitment. One that can dig into the daily work and the nitty gritty but also help and collaborate with developers, design, quality, product and stakeholders to deliver features and improvements on schedule.  

Some of your tasks will be: 

• Implementing features for upcoming Bedrock Edition Minecraft
• Collaborating with and supporting other teams and stakeholders
• Drive technical discussions, design, implementation, testing and iteration, on new or existing features
• Build a deep understanding of our player needs to be informed about design and implementation details
• Lead by example and mentor other engineers fostering a collaborative and high performing team environment
• Provide technical leadership when needed during implementation and reviews, understand root cause of issues that might occur and find ways to prevent them.
• Take an active part in the tech strategy of our area and advocate great engineering practices as well as continuous improvement
• With the team own the quality and help refine the quality process
   

Requirements 

• Proficiency with modern C++ (C++ 11, C++ 14, C++ 17) 
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills
• The ability to work with large cross-platform codebases and legacy code
• Proven track record of guiding technical discussions and architectural decisions.
• Solid knowledge of engineering practices  
• Passion for learning and sharing knowledge  
• Fluent in English, written and spoken 
  
  

Bonus points 

• Great interest in Minecraft  
• Experience with Gameplay development is a plus.
   

For this role, we will consider fit for the team and company holistically. Meaning that we will put a great emphasis on your interpersonal skills. Such as supporting team members and ability to work together in a cross functional team with other developers, designers and producers.

This is a full-time role based in Stockholm with a hybrid remote working model that requires you to be onsite every week. Please note that we are only considering candidates currently based in Sweden.

Mojang Studios 

Mojang Studios is a Microsoft-owned game developer. The company was founded in Stockholm, Sweden and has offices around the world, including Stockholm, Redmond, Tokyo, London, and Shanghai. We’re always working on new and exciting ways to expand the Minecraft universe.

Our community is global and incredibly diverse. We keep this in mind when developing anything, as we want people to feel included in Minecraft. And in recruiting, our goal is to make Mojang Studios as diverse as our community. 

We got started as a tiny indie developer, and part of our culture still reflects that heritage. But we’re also proud to belong to Xbox Game Studios, which creates unique opportunities to grow and develop.

To help us achieve amazing things, we have built an equally amazing studio space. Situated right on the water by Söder Mälarstrand, it’s filled to the brim with all the tools, toys and caffeine required to create world-class entertainment.

But in the end, it’s the people of Mojang Studios that make this place truly special. When you join, you’ll find yourself in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals – all united and working toward a single goal. Come help us reach it!

Important note on resumes
Please make sure that all the information in your resume is accurate because we will conduct a thorough background check. Any discrepancies will lower your chances of getting to the next interview stage and we’d hate to miss out on an awesome candidate! Double check that any gap years are reflected in your history, and that your education and work experience are completely accurate. Good luck!