Senior Gaming Backend Engineer - Remote & Live Ops

Scopely; Ciudad de México; Híbrido; MXN 700.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Scopely is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Gaming Backend) to join WWE Champions, with options for remote work in the United States, Canada or hybrid Mexico City. You will drive backend architecture, ensure live-service reliability, and collaborate with game client engineers to ship scalable features.

The role requires 6+ years in backend or live-service game development, cloud and CI/CD proficiency, and strong cross-functional communication.

Formación

• 6+ years of professional software development experience in gaming or large-scale live-service applications.
• Deep expertise in backend engineering with high-level server-side languages and frameworks.
• Experience collaborating with game client engineers (Unity/C#) to deliver integrated fullstack features.
• Proven track record of designing scalable systems and managing live-service operations.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and modern CI/CD practices.
• Experience working with content pipelines and performance optimization.

Responsabilidades

• Actively support liveops initiatives and game design releases, providing comprehensive backend support both pre- and post-launch
• Ensure seamless coordination with the design team throughout the lifecycle of game updates and content releases
• Support live-service excellence by leading incident management, reliability hardening, and operational readiness for production systems
• Drive the technical roadmap for our backend initiatives, ensuring scalable, high-performance architecture for live mobile games
• Lead the design and delivery of high-impact features by bridging server-side logic with game client requirements
• Act as a technical multiplier by unblocking cross-functional teams (Product, Design, QA, Analytics), facilitating design discussions, and providing mentorship
• Contribute to hands-on feature development, ensuring code quality and maintainability across both client and server codebases
• Identify and mitigate technical debt and operational bottlenecks to improve overall team velocity

Conocimientos

6+ years software development

Backend engineering

Unity/C# collaboration

Cloud infrastructure (AWS)

CI/CD practices

Content pipelines & performance

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

Unity

C#

Descripción del empleo

Scopely is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Gaming Backend) to join WWE Champions, with options for remote work in the United States, Canada or hybrid Mexico City. You will drive backend architecture, ensure live-service reliability, and collaborate with game client engineers to ship scalable features.

The role requires 6+ years in backend or live-service game development, cloud and CI/CD proficiency, and strong cross-functional communication.