Scopely is looking for a Senior Server/Backend Engineer to join the team behind one of our largest games, Monopoly GO! You will collaborate across disciplines with a mission to make the game safer and fair for a massive player base. We are a global team passionate about inspiring play.
What You'll Do
- Collaborate with infrastructure engineers, data engineers, product managers, and tech leadership on the mission of making the game safer and fair.
- Work on a wide range of technology, including front-end, mobile, server, and infrastructure.
- Create a significant impact in our largest game.
- Develop and maintain systems for a product with over 10 million daily active users.
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.) and 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.
- A solid grasp of distributed system fundamentals like concurrency and latency.
- Comfort collaborating with data engineers and scientists in designing data-driven solutions.
- Experience collaborating with other disciplines (game design, product), including understanding and writing documentation.
- Willingness to learn and change areas of the system outside your comfort zone.
- An interest in cybersecurity, game integrity, and anti-cheat systems.
Technical Stack
- Unity mobile game with a .NET/C# back-end.
- AWS infrastructure (EC2, Memcache, DynamoDB, Redis, ElasticSearch).
- CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions, Bamboo, Spinnaker, and other tools.
- Monitoring with Datadog, Bugsnag, Kibana (OpenSearch), and the AWS console.
Team & Environment
You will be part of a cross-functional team focused on web platforms.
Benefits & Compensation
- The opportunity to create a significant impact in our largest game.
- The challenge of working on a +10M DAU scale product.
- Exposure to a wide range of technology, including front-end, mobile, server, and infrastructure.
Work Mode
This is a global remote position open to candidates based in the UK, Spain, Portugal, or the US.
Scopely is an equal opportunity employer. Employment is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications without discrimination.
