Scopely is looking for a Senior Server/Backend Engineer to join our Monopoly GO! game team remotely. Our team has members in the UK, Spain, Portugal, and the US.
At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day—whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing, and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
The team
We are growing our cross-functional team focused on web platforms. You will be collaborating with infrastructure engineers, data engineers, product managers and tech leadership on our mission of making the game safer and fair.
Our tech stack
- A Unity mobile game with a .NET/C# back-end
- Heavy use of AWS on our infrastructure (EC2, Memcache, Dynamo, Redis, ElasticSearch...)
- CI/CD pipeline, including GitHub Actions, Bamboo, Spinakler and other products
- Monitoring: Datadog, Bugsnag, Kibana (OpenSearch), AWS console....
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of professional software development experience (or equivalent)
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (C#, Java, Go, C++, etc.). Willingness to learn C#/.NET if not already experienced.
- Fundamental understanding of Unity or similar game engines.
- Experience or familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and services such as DynamoDB, Redis, and EC2.
- Good understanding of fundamentals on distributed system (concurrently, latency, etc)
- Comfort collaborating with data engineers/scientists in designing data-driven solutions.
- Experience collaborating with other disciplines (game design, product), in particular, understanding and writing documentation.
- Willingness to learn and change areas of the system outside your comfort zone if needed (like native mobile code or new AWS services)
- An interest in cybersecurity, game integrity, and anti-cheat systems
Why join us
- Opportunity to create a significant impact in our largest game.
- The challenge of working on a +10M DAU scale product
- Our team offers exposure to this project's wide range of tech, including front-end, Mobile, Server, and infrastructure
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Niantic games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.
Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.
Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.
Notice to Candidates: Scopely will never request payment or financial information during the application or hiring process. Please apply only through our official website and verify that all Talent Partner communications come from an email address ending in @scopely.com.
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Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences based on both original and licensed IP, including “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “Scrabble® GO,” “WWE Champions," “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and "Stumble Guys," among others. Scopely creates, publishes and live-operates immersive games 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 mobile games industry. Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s "World’s Most Innovative Companies" and Built In's "Best Places to Work," Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years. Scopely has global operations in Bangalore, Barcelona, Boulder, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Sevilla, Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and more! Scopely is home to many internal game development teams, or Scopely Studios, including: Boundless Entertainment, DIGIT, Genjoy, Hijump, Omnidrone and Parallel, among others, with additional studio partners in seven countries across four continents. For more information, visit scopely.com.
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