Senior Game Systems Engineer - Unity & Cloud

EngRadar; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Scopely is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Game Development to lead Unity-based game client work and cloud backend services in Bellevue. You will set technical direction, influence multiple teams, and balance near-term game work with long‑term platform health.

Responsibilities include architecting end-to-end game systems, guiding design reviews, and mentoring engineers to deliver scalable, player-facing experiences across live titles.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience shipping production games with Unity.
• Experience designing and operating backend game services on GCP or similar.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end game systems spanning Unity client, backend services, data storage and cloud infra.
• Shape technical vision and architecture across client/server systems for scale and reliability.
• Collaborate with product, design and game teams to translate concepts into scalable solutions.
• Develop shared services and frameworks used across multiple games or features.
• Mentor engineers and drive best practices, reviews, and incident response.
• Ensure live game reliability with code reviews and testing.

Skills

Unity

Cloud backend

Technical leadership

Game development

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Job description

Scopely is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Game Development to lead Unity-based game client work and cloud backend services in Bellevue. You will set technical direction, influence multiple teams, and balance near-term game work with long‑term platform health.

Responsibilities include architecting end-to-end game systems, guiding design reviews, and mentoring engineers to deliver scalable, player-facing experiences across live titles.