AI Game Developer (Designer, Artist, Or Engineer)

Scopely; Culver City (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Retirement benefits

Pet insurance

Paid holidays

Paid Scopely free days

Unlimited paid time off

Job summary

Scopely’s AI-native incubation team is focused on discovering the next generation of mobile games. This role can be remote in the US or hybrid in Culver City, LA, with an emphasis on turning ideas into playable experiences and learning from live player feedback.

You’ll collaborate across engineering, design, and art to prototype concepts with AI, shape mechanics, and push innovations that scale across Scopely’s portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experience across game development disciplines (engineering, design, art, UX, etc.).
• Experience integrating AI into creative or development workflows.
• Ability to iterate rapidly, prototyping concepts through launch.

Responsibilities

• Own game ideas from concept through launch and shape mechanics.
• Transform concepts into playable prototypes with AI-native workflows.
• Use AI to accelerate programming, design, art, content creation, testing, and production.
• Design internal tools and workflows to increase team velocity.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and experiment with new applications.
• Collaborate across disciplines to iterate on gameplay and experiences.
• Launch prototypes to real players and analyze feedback for iterations.
• Balance speed and quality to maximize learning.
• Help define scalable AI development practices at Scopely.
• Challenge traditional workflows and pioneer new game creation approaches.

Skills

Game development discipline

AI in game development

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Communication skills

Job description

Get excited to join Scopely’s AI-native incubation team, which is focused on discovering the next generation of mobile games. This role can be remote in the US or hybrid in Culver City, LA.

Rather than spending years developing a single title, we believe one of the most effective ways to find great games is to rapidly transform ideas into playable experiences, launch them to real players, and learn from live market feedback.

We’re pioneering a new approach to game creation—one in which AI enables creators to work across traditional discipline boundaries, take greater ownership of ideas from concept through launch, and bring more great games to players.

What You’ll Do

If you’re passionate for rapid experimentation, enjoy navigating ambiguity, and love bringing ideas to life, you’ll feel at home on this team.

We don’t organize our work strictly around traditional disciplines. We believe AI enables skilled creators to contribute to more of the game development process than ever before. Whether your background is in engineering, design, art, or another discipline, we’re looking for people who are excited to work across boundaries, develop new skills, and use AI to turn ideas into playable games.

• Own game ideas from concept through launch, helping to generate concepts and shape mechanics, player experiences, and creative direction.
• Rapidly transform concepts into playable prototypes using AI-native workflows, modern game engines, and development tools.
• Use AI to accelerate programming, design, art, content creation, testing, and production.
• Design internal tools, automations, and agentic workflows that increase team velocity and unlock new creative possibilities.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and experiment with new applications in game development.
• Collaborate across disciplines to rapidly iterate on gameplay, features, and player experiences.
• Launch prototypes to real players, analyze qualitative and quantitative feedback, and use those insights to guide future iterations.
• Balance speed and quality by making thoughtful trade-offs that maximize learning.
• Help define AI development practices that can scale across Scopely.
• Challenge traditional game development workflows and help pioneer new approaches to creating games.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong expertise in at least one game development discipline, such as engineering, game design, art, technical art, or UX.
• Enthusiasm for using AI to expand beyond your primary discipline and broaden your capabilities as a game creator.
• Experience incorporating AI into creative or development workflows.
• A preference for building, testing, and learning rather than relying on lengthy planning cycles.
• Curiosity and adaptability, with an interest in learning new tools and techniques as the AI landscape evolves.
• Strong product instincts and an understanding of what makes games engaging.
• The ability to work effectively through ambiguity, rapid iteration, and changes in direction informed by player feedback.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA Annual Salary Range

$169,600—$253,000 USD

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 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 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/.

Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.