Senior Engineer, Server

Scopely is looking for a Senior Server Engineer to join our unannounced project in Barcelona on a hybrid basis working 3 days a week from the hub. At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

We embrace AI-forward development practices and expect our engineers to be curious and pragmatic about how these tools can raise the bar. We are in the early stages of development on an ambitious, unannounced, cross-platform Strategy/MMO title, creating a team of talented and passionate game makers to join us on this exciting journey!

What You Will Do

Work in a team responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining backend services and APIs in Python running on AWS Design and implement new features in core technologies, working collaboratively with other stakeholder teams to understand

Requirements

and identify the best technical solutions, and plan the future of server core technologies that will lay the foundation for exciting new gameplay features Leverage AI tools and agentic workflows in your daily work, from tech planning, code generation and review to exploring novel solutions. ) Work closely with the QA team to resolve bugs and deliver high quality code Deploy, monitor, and manage applications in a cloud environment such as AWS Stay up-to-date with industry changes and emerging trends, especially regarding Python, Redis and its ecosystem, AWS, Gaming, etc. g.

Redislabs). Solid understanding of RESTful API design and development. Ability to write efficient low-latency, low-IO code Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems and Docker containers, as well as Redis, MySQL (or similar database systems).

Good understanding of how to prevent intrusions, injections, cheating, etc. g. GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude Code) and an understanding of how agentic workflows can augment engineering productivity.