Staff Engineer (LiveOps Tools)Monopoly Go
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Job Summary
Scopely is looking for a Staff Engineer (LiveOps tools) to serve on and elevate our new casual gameMonopoly GO! team in Barcelona on a hybrid 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.
MONOPOLY GO! is a global phenomenon and the biggest mobile game launch in history captivating millions of players worldwide.
What You Will Do
As a Staff Engineer you will play a crucial role in setting the bar for how we design build and operate systems for our mobile game. Your work will focus on C# services data pipelines APIs and system infrastructure delivering high-quality reliable and scalable solutions that support both the game and our internal teams.
- Design develop and maintain services and systems to support live game operations and development workflows
- Build and optimize APIs data pipelines and integration layers that connect game features tools and live operations
- Collaborate with game designers product managers and engineers across disciplines to understand requirements and deliver robust backend solutions
- Participate in architectural discussions and code reviews providing thoughtful feedback and driving engineering best practices
- Evolve standards for C# development testing and deployment
- Implement observability logging and monitoring for backend services to ensure reliability and performance.
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to less senior team members helping them grow their skills and knowledge
What Were Looking For
- Strong background in C# development with experience in coding system design APIs and services
- Solid knowledge of distributed systems data modeling and performance optimization
- Experience with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) and messaging/queue systems
- Familiarity with cloud environments (e.g. AWS)
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills with the ability to quickly understand complex systems
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal and the ability to work well with diverse teams
- A passion for engineering best practices and a dedication to producing high-quality maintainable code product testing
- Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and programming paradigms
- Understanding of security best practices in backend systems
Bonus Points
- Experience with observability stacks (e.g. Datadog)
- Familiarity with live game development and operations (rollback systems safety nets iterative release)
- Knowledge of microservices architectures and event-driven systems
- Experience building internal tooling and automation pipelines
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.
Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information visit: Experience:
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Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- VMware
- C/C++
- Go
- System Architecture
- gRPC
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Scopely is expanding the possibilities of play through game experiences that aim to inspire community, connection and competition. Inspire play, every day.
