Engineering Manager (Unity)

Scopely; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Scopely in Barcelona is seeking an Engineering Manager (Unity) to lead the Playgami team on a hybrid basis. You’ll guide engineers building SDKs and tools that empower game teams to deliver exceptional player experiences.

You will shape the technical direction, own delivery quality, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and leadership to align goals and execution. This role requires strong leadership, deep Unity and C# expertise, and a passion for scalable, reliable software across

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing software engineering teams.
• Strong leadership skills with a track record of building high-performing teams.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Extensive software development experience, especially C#.
• Experience with Unity.
• Strong software design skills (API design, modular architecture, maintainability).
• Experience building and maintaining SDKs, libraries or shared components.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Software Engineers, including hiring, coaching, and career development.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Guide design, architecture, and implementation of features that power world-class games at scale.
• Own technical quality and delivery, establish good practices in software development and distributed systems.
• Ensure systems are reliable, secure, bug-free, and performant.
• Drive a consistent developer experience through APIs and clear upgrade paths.
• Collaborate with leadership, product managers, and engineers to align goals and execution.
• Manage compatibility across Unity versions and platforms, balancing new capabilities with backward compatibility.

Skills

Team leadership

Hiring

English fluency

C# proficiency

Unity

API design

Distributed systems

Tools

SDKs

Job description

Scopely is seeking a highly motivated Engineering Manager (Unity) to join our Playgami team in Barcelona on a hybrid basis!

Playgami is Scopely's internal technology platform that powers some of the world's most successful live games. Our products help game teams operate and scale their games, serve millions of daily players, and process the vast amount of data generated across the Scopely ecosystem.

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers building the SDKs and tools that enable game teams to deliver exceptional player experiences. You will play a key role in shaping both the technical direction of our products and the growth of the engineers on your team.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Software Engineers, including hiring, coaching, and career development
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence
• Guide the design, architecture, and implementation of features that power world-class games at scale
• Own the technical quality and delivery of what the team creates, establishing good practices in software development, infrastructure, and distributed systems
• Ensure our systems are reliable, secure, bug-free, and highly performant
• Drive a consistent developer experience through well-designed APIs, straightforward integration, and clear upgrade paths
• Work closely with leadership, product managers, and other engineers to align on goals and execution strategies
• Manage compatibility across supported Unity versions and platforms, balancing new capabilities with backward compatibility and long-term maintainability
• Share knowledge, provide feedback, and help colleagues both inside and outside of your team

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience managing software engineering teams, including hiring, performance management, coaching, and career development
• Strong leadership skills with a track record of building high-performing engineering teams
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Extensive software development experience, including strong proficiency in C# and practical
• experience with Unity
• Strong software design skills, with an understanding of API design, modular architecture, and maintainability
• Experience building and maintaining SDKs, libraries, frameworks, or shared components used by other engineering teams
• An understanding of client-side performance, memory management, and debugging complex integration issuesA passion for solving complex problems and translating business needs into robust solutions
• An appreciation for both business context and technical excellence in solution development
• A collaborative, team-oriented attitude, taking pride in contributing to high-functioning teams

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the gaming industry, live operations, or game development ecosystems
• Experience developing or integrating native plugins for iOS and Android, including familiarity with the interaction between Unity and native code
• Experience with or an interest in other game engines, such as Unreal Engine and Godot
• Experience with SDK versioning, dependency management, distribution, and automated build and release pipelines
• Experience with SDK diagnostics, crash analysis, and monitoring SDK health across games and devices

About Scopely

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 TrekTM 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.

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/.

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