Senior Gaming Full-Stack Engineer – Remote

Scopely; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonuses

Healthcare

Retirement benefits

Pet insurance

Paid holidays

Scopely free days

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Scopely is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Gaming Full Stack) to join the WWE Champions team. You will bridge backend services with Unity client systems and own the technical roadmap for live-ops and scalable game features.

This role offers remote work in the United States or Canada, or hybrid in Mexico City, with a competitive salary range and potential equity. You will mentor teammates and drive cross‑functional delivery.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development experience in gaming or large‑scale live‑service applications.
• Deep expertise in backend engineering with Python and Django.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Unity (C#) development in production environments.
• Proven track record of designing scalable systems and managing live‑service operations.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, containerization).
• Experience working with data‑driven content pipelines, performance optimization, and serialization workflows (e.g., FlatBuffers/JSON).

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical roadmap for our fullstack gaming initiatives, ensuring scalable, high-performance architecture.
• Take primary responsibility for live-ops, including incident management, reliability improvements, and service maintenance.
• Lead the design and delivery of features by bridging backend (Python/Django) systems with Unity 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.

Skills

Python

Django

Unity

C#

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

FlatBuffers

JSON

Job description

Scopely is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Gaming Full Stack) to join the WWE Champions team. You will bridge backend services with Unity client systems and own the technical roadmap for live-ops and scalable game features.

This role offers remote work in the United States or Canada, or hybrid in Mexico City, with a competitive salary range and potential equity. You will mentor teammates and drive cross‑functional delivery.