Embark Studios
Stockholm · est. 2018 · website ↗
Registered as Embark Studios AB
Games studio behind The Finals and ARC Raiders; founded by ex-DICE leadership, owned by Nexon.
Open roles right now (16)
Open when I last checked.
- Backend Engineer - Anti-Cheatposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Tech Lead - Backend Deliveryposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Fullstack Engineer - Commercial Techposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- Game Engineer UI/UXposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- Software Engineer - Audioposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- ML Research Engineer - Narrative & AI Systemsposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Senior Gameplay Engineer - ARC Raidersposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Data Scientist - Gamesposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- Gameplay AI / ML Engineerposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- Data Scientist - Anti-cheatposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Backend Engineerposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- Data Scientist - Gamesposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Backend Engineerposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Gameplay AI / ML Engineerposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Fullstack Engineer - Commercial Techposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Game Engineer UI/UXposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
Other roles right now (13)
Titles that do not read as software.
- UX Artist Consultant - Gamesposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- Environment Artistposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- Senior/Lead Economy and Engagement Designer - ARC Raidersposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Senior/Lead Economy and Engagement Designer - ARC Raidersposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- UX Artist Consultant - Gamesposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Environment Artistposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Technical Producer - Nexon HQ Europeposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- VFX Artistposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- VFX Artistposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- 2D/Screenshot Artistposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- Video Artistposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
- Video Artistposted · via Arbetsformedlingen
- 2D/Screenshot Artistposted · via their Teamtailor careers site
Stack, from their job ads
From Embark Studios’s own job ads, so only the part it is hiring for.
What the open roles look like
From the open role titles. Not used in any ranking.
- 2 of 29ConsultancyRoles framed as consulting, where the work is billed to clients. A long-standing product-vs-consultancy split in the Swedish market, and a real preference axis for developers.
From their own job postings
Their own words, from a live posting ("Backend Engineer (Infrastructure)").
We build a cutting-edge hybrid service (On-prem/GCP) using: Languages: Go, Rust, C++/Unreal Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Agones, Quilkin, Talos/Omni, Istio Tooling: Terraform, Bazel What you’ll do Develop new features for our Game Server allocation services. Maintain core libraries used by all backend teams in the organization. Maintain and evolve our infrastructure builds and CI tooling. Architect and harden new services for production, focusing on observability and on-call readiness. Automate workflows to ensure our services remain easy to deploy and scale.
Registered business activity (SNI)
Filed with a public registryStandard industry classification codes as filed with Bolagsverket.
Everything I could know about Embark Studios
A blank is a gap in my coverage.
Company health
Filed with a public registry- SurvivalSubsidiaryNo recent digital filing to read, but survival here is a matter of public record: subsidiary ownership. A categorical read, not a filed number.
- Age8 years oldFounded 2018, 8 years ago.
- CapitalSubsidiaryHand-curated from public ownership records.
- Distress flagsNo data for this company yet
- GrowthNo data for this company yet
What you'd build and work with
Read from their job ads- Building (problem type)Data/MLData/ML (4), Backend (3), Embedded/Hardware (2), Frontend (2), Fullstack (1): 12 postings classified from title/description keywords, not ML.
- StackUnreal19Python11C++9GCP7SQL5Unity4BigQuery3Kubernetes3TypeScript3Blender2Figma2Next.js2Node.js2OpenAPI2React2Redis2Istio1LLM1NLP1Terraform1Unreal (19), Python (11), C++ (9), GCP (7), SQL (5), Unity (4), BigQuery (3), Kubernetes (3), TypeScript (3), Blender (2), Figma (2), Next.js (2), Node.js (2), OpenAPI (2), React (2), Redis (2), Istio (1), LLM (1), NLP (1), Terraform (1), counted over the postings whose text I hold.
- Role shape2 consultancyClassified from the titles of the 29 roles open when I last checked.
- SectorGamesMapped from the industry tags this company reported to the startup directory (gaming). Self-reported, so it is the company's own claim about its market.
- Engineering reputationRead from what they publishNo data for this company yetCompany websites plus the public GitHub API. Broader discovery via GitHub search would need an API token.
Hiring practicalities
Read from their job ads- Open roles29 open29 roles, sourced from the company's own Teamtailor board.
- Working languageEnglishRead from the words in this company's own live job ads, which is the company stating how it hires rather than me inferring it. Detected across this company's live postings.
Fit and mission
Worked out from facts I hold- Fit (chaos or structure)Balancedfounded 2018 (8 years ago), ~351 employees, Subsidiary stage. Age, size and stage combine into the read.
Companies like this one
Worked out from facts I holdEach shows why. Not a recommendation.
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Work here?
Nobody has answered yet. Same questions for every company.
Answer for this companyOn the map
Kungsträdgårdsgatan 16, 11147 STOCKHOLM
Address as filed with Bolagsverket.
Drawn by OpenStreetMap, so it only loads when you ask for it.
Wrong about Embark Studios?
The address, the headcount, the logo, a role that closed. Tell me which and I will fix it.