Engineer, Server

Scopely is looking for a Server Engineer to join a new truly unique multiplayer strategy game in Barcelona Spain on a hybrid basis. We can support with visa sponsorship.

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.

We are in the early stages of development on an ambitious unannounced Strategy/MMO title creating a team of talented and passionate game makers to join us on this exciting journey!

What You Will Do

• 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

What Were Looking For

• 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

Bonus Points

• 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 Scopely

Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company home to many of the worlds 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 Scopelys 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 Companys Worlds 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.

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