Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Gaming Fullstack) to join their WWE Champions team. The role involves leading high-impact initiatives for their games, bridging backend services and Unity client systems while driving the technical roadmap and ensuring high-quality player experiences.
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
- Equity
- Bonuses
- A comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off
Company Overview
Company H1B Sponsorship