Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Scopely is a global video game and interactive entertainment company developing, publishing, and live-operating mobile, web, PC, and console games. The Senior Software Engineer will lead full-stack gaming initiatives for WWE Champions, connecting Python/Django backend services with Unity client systems, overseeing live operations, and driving technical roadmaps. The role also involves hands-on feature development, cross-functional technical leadership, mentorship, and improving system reliability and team velocity.
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
- • 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)
- • Experience building and supporting player-facing features (progression, social, live events, monetization)
- • Strong understanding of the interplay between backend services and Unity clients
- • Proven ability to lead technical planning and execution in complex, cross-functional environments
- • Experience managing technical roadmaps and balancing feature delivery with system health
- • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- • Strong communication and leadership skills; ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- • Collaborative and proactive mindset, focused on team success and mentorship
- • High ownership of technical outcomes and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving
Benefits
- Employees may be eligible for equity
- Employees may be eligible for bonuses
- Healthcare benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Pet insurance
- Paid holidays
- Paid Scopely free days
- Unlimited paid time off
Company Overview
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