Senior Backend Performance Engineer — Remote

the hive; Ireland; Remote; EUR 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Scopely is seeking a Senior Server Engineer (Performance) to join a new, ambitious Strategy/MMO project. The role involves designing and optimizing backend services for performance, scalability, and reliability in a cloud environment (AWS) with a focus on testing, observability, and AI-assisted workflows.

The engineer will work in a cross-functional team, define SLAs, build production-simulating tools, and drive performance improvements across services, including integration with CI/CD pipelines

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python and asynchronous programming.
• Experience building backend services in public clouds.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalability.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize backend services for performance and scalability.
• Define service-level expectations for latency, throughput, and error rates.
• Build tools to simulate real-world production scenarios and detect regressions.
• Implement load, stress, and endurance testing pipelines integrated into CI/CD.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

AWS

CI/CD

Observability

AI-assisted development tools

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Redis

DynamoDB

Job description

Scopely is seeking a Senior Server Engineer (Performance) to join a new, ambitious Strategy/MMO project. The role involves designing and optimizing backend services for performance, scalability, and reliability in a cloud environment (AWS) with a focus on testing, observability, and AI-assisted workflows.

The engineer will work in a cross-functional team, define SLAs, build production-simulating tools, and drive performance improvements across services, including integration with CI/CD pipelines