Base Salary
$130k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Drive the technical roadmap for full-stack gaming initiatives and scalable, high-performance architecture
- Own live operations, including incident management, reliability improvements, and service maintenance
- Design and deliver features that bridge Python/Django backend systems with Unity game client requirements
- Unblock cross-functional Product, Design, QA, and Analytics teams through technical leadership and design discussions
- Mentor team members and contribute hands-on development across client and server codebases
- Identify and mitigate technical debt and operational bottlenecks
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software development experience in gaming or large-scale live-service applications
- Deep expertise in Python and Django backend engineering
- Strong production experience with Unity and C# development
- Experience designing scalable systems and managing live-service operations
- Familiarity with AWS cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps practices
- Experience with data-driven content pipelines, performance optimization, and serialization workflows such as FlatBuffers and JSON
- Experience building and supporting player-facing features including progression, social features, live events, and monetization
- Experience leading technical planning and execution in complex cross-functional environments
- Experience managing technical roadmaps and balancing feature delivery with system health
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong communication, leadership, collaboration, mentorship, ownership, and problem-solving skills
- Résumé/CV must be written in English
Benefits
- Remote work in the United States or Canada
- Healthcare benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Pet insurance
- Paid holidays
- Paid Scopely free days
- Unlimited paid time off
- Potential eligibility for equity and bonuses
Categories
About Scopely
Scopely is a leading global interactive entertainment and video game company, home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises, including the most successful mobile game ever launched "MONOPOLY GO!," along with "Stumble Guys," "Star Trek™ Fleet Command," "MARVEL Strike Force," "WWE Champions" and "Yahtzee® With Buddies," among many others. Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games across mobile, web, PC and console that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience. Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami™ that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry. Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies” and as a TIME100 “Most Influential Company In the World,” Scopely has surpassed $10 billion in lifetime revenue due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years. Scopely has global operations across North America, Central America, EMEA and Asia, with additional game studio partners across four continents. Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy. For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.