Scopely is looking for a Senior Engineer to serve on and elevate our new casual game, Monopoly GO! team and work from the UK on a remote basis.
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 Monopoly GO! team is one of our key franchises and has just become one of Scopely’s largest games. The teams sit globally, with the bulk of their members located throughout Spain and the US.
What You Will Do
- Working closely with feature owners, the game design team and other development teams to implement new features within a feature team
- Work with game client developers to implement networked communications between game client and server
- Design and develop our game server and associated tools and libraries, with a focus on performance, scalability and consistency
- Write automated, high-quality tests (unit, integration etc.) and work with QA teams to improve gameplay experience, curtail exploits and ensure that everything works smoothly
- Integrate and evolve tools and SDKs that empower our teams to deliver the experience that keeps our players informed and highly engaged with the game ecosystem
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years as part of a professional game development team or other relevant area
- BA or Computing Degree
- Strong computer science and engineering fundamentals (data structures, concurrency, design patterns, algorithms)
- Mastery of Unity and C# or another OO language, including experience with asynchronous and multi-threaded programming paradigms
- Hands-on experience with cloud computing (AWS, GCP...) and low-latency, high-scale distributed systems
- Knowledge of Unix-like operating systems
- Experience with Redis (or other database systems), ORMs and migration scripts
- Ability to write efficient low-latency, low-IO code
- Good understanding of how to prevent intrusions, injections, cheating etc.
Bonus Points
- Familiar with highly available back-end systems and servers for games
- Web development on a modern framework such as React or Angular
- AWS, Docker, Terraform, Kibana, Chef, Ansible
- Experience with automated testing
- Experience with stateful and stateless game server architectures
At Scopely, we believe in creating a supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect and inclusivity. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other protected status.
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/.
