Senior Server Engineer

• Work in a team responsible for designing developing and maintaining backend services and APIs in Python running on AWS
• Design and implement new features in our core technologies working collaboratively with other stakeholder teams to understand requirements and identify the best technical solutions as well as plan the future of our server core technologies that will lay the foundation for exciting new gameplay features
• Inspect the performance of our server clusters and propose improvements
• Deep analysis of player behaviors and how our server can be hardened to both improve player experience and also defend against bad actors (botters cheaters etc)
• Work closely with the QA team to resolve bugs and deliver high quality code as well as Deploy monitor and manage applications in a cloud environment such as AWS
• Stay up-to-date with industry changes and emerging trends especially regarding Python Redis and its ecosystem AWS Gaming etc

• Highly experienced being part of a professional development team or other relevant area
• Experience in developing highly available back-end systems and servers for large-scale MMO games high-traffic web systems or applications
• Experienced with Python and its ecosystem (libraries frameworks etc.) familiarity with web frameworks such as Flask Tornado FastAPI or another similar web framework and Python threading as well as the principles of async programming
• Familiar in design and implementation of highly-scalable reliable and secure systems using Redis and its ecosystem such as Redislabs. Solid understanding of RESTful API design and development. Ability to write efficient low-latency low-IO code
• Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems and Docker containers as well as Redis MySQL (or similar database systems). Good understanding of how to prevent intrusions injections cheating etc.
• Experience in version control especially multi-track development and familiarity with deployments methodologies and CI/CD pipelines as well as automated testing
• Experience with stateful and stateless game server architectures

• Familiarity with messaging systems such as RabbitMQ AWS SQS Redis Streams
• Experience working with AWS services like EC2 ECR RDS S3 and IAM
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and experience with Terraform for managing infrastructure deployment
• Understanding of network infrastructure and cloud networking concepts such as VPC Subnet Security Groups and Load Balancing
• Experience with traffic analysis via Charles proxy browser developer tools Datadog logs
• Understanding Kibana / Datadog log querying and dashboards

About Us

Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company home to many top award-winning experiences such as MONOPOLY GO! Star Trek Fleet Command Stumble Guys MARVEL Strike Force and Yahtzee With Buddies among others.

Scopely creates publishes and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer experience across multiple platforms--from mobile web PC and beyond.

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 Companys Worlds Most Innovative Companies 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 more than a dozen markets across Asia EMEA and North America and is home to many internal game development teams referred to as Scopely Studios 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.

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