Senior Software Engineer (Gaming Backend) - WWE Champions

Навыки

• AWS
• CI/CD
• Многопоточность
• C#
• Гейм-дизайн
• Live-операции в игре
• Лидерство

О компании и продукте

• 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 Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.
• Scopely is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Gaming Backend) to join our WWE Champions team in the United States or Canada on a remote basis or Mexico City on a hybrid basis.

Задачи

• As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and evolve backend systems that power core gameplay and live-service operations at scale
• You will take ownership to drive live-ops excellence through incident management and reliability improvements, enable cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality player experiences and technical roadmap for live mobile games
• This role requires a balance of deep backend engineering expertise, support live-ops and design team pre and post releases and strong leadership to unblock technical challenges in a high-concurrency environment
• Actively support liveops initiatives and game design releases, providing comprehensive backend support both pre- and post-launch
• Ensure seamless coordination with the design team throughout the lifecycle of game updates and content releases
• Support live-service excellence by leading incident management, reliability hardening, and operational readiness for production systems
• Drive the technical roadmap for our backend initiatives, ensuring scalable, high-performance architecture for live mobile games
• Lead the design and delivery of high-impact features by bridging server-side logic with game client requirements
• Act as a technical multiplier by unblocking cross-functional teams (Product, Design, QA, Analytics), facilitating design discussions, and providing mentorship
• Contribute to hands-on feature development, ensuring code quality and maintainability across both client and server codebases
• Identify and mitigate technical debt and operational bottlenecks to improve overall team velocity

Требования

• Experience & Technical Skills
• 6+ years of professional software development experience in gaming or large-scale live-service applications
• Deep expertise in backend engineering with high-level server-side languages and frameworks
• Experience collaborating with game client engineers (e.g., Unity/C#) to deliver integrated fullstack features
• Proven track record of designing scalable systems and managing live-service operations
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent) and modern CI/CD practices
• Experience working with content pipelines and performance optimization
• Cross-Functional & Domain Knowledge
• Experience building and supporting player-facing features (progression, social, live events, monetization)
• Strong understanding of the interplay between backend services and Unity clients
• Proven ability to lead technical planning and execution in complex, cross-functional environments
• Experience managing technical roadmaps and balancing feature delivery with system health
• Soft Skills & Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Collaborative and proactive mindset, focused on team success and mentorship
• High ownership of technical outcomes and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving
• Please ensure that the résumé/CV you attach is written in English
• For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below
• Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience
• CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA Annual Salary Range

Условия

• In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off
• 145,000 — $220,000 USD

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