Senior Software Engineer - Server - Unannounced Project

Scopely; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their innovative team working on an exciting multiplayer strategy game. This role involves designing and maintaining backend services and APIs, focusing on performance and security to enhance player experiences. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in backend development, particularly with Python and AWS, and a passion for gaming. Join a dynamic team that is dedicated to creating immersive gaming experiences that connect millions of players worldwide. If you are ready to make an impact in the gaming industry, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Experience in developing highly available back-end systems for large-scale games.
• Strong knowledge of Python and its ecosystem, including web frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs in Python on AWS.
• Analyze player behaviors and improve server performance and security.

Skills

Python

Backend Development

API Design

Redis

Linux

Docker

CI/CD

Async Programming

Version Control

Game Server Architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Flask

Tornado

FastAPI

Terraform

RabbitMQ

Datadog

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Server - Unannounced Project

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Scopely is looking for a Senior Server Engineer to join a new truly unique multiplayer strategy game in Barcelona or remote in any of our locations in UK, Ireland, or Portugal. We can support with visa sponsorship and relocation assistance.

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 We’re 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 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 Company’s “World’s 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.

For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries
• Entertainment Providers