Associate Technical Director, Build & Automation - Monopoly GO!

Scopely is seeking an Associate Technical Director for the Monopoly GO! game team, based in Culver City or remotely within the US/Canada. This role involves driving the technical roadmap for Live Technology across US and EU teams, providing architectural leadership for production live systems, and ensuring reliability, resilience, scalability, and operational excellence. The director will lead and mentor senior engineers, partner with various teams to evolve live workflows, and oversee cloud infrastructure. The position requires strong technical leadership, experience with cloud-based production systems, distributed systems, CI/CD, and a passion for robust platforms.

Must Have

• Drive the technical roadmap for Live Technology across US and EU teams.
• Provide architectural leadership for production live systems and internal services.
• Act as a senior technical owner for reliability, resilience, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Lead and mentor senior engineers and technical leads.
• Partner with engineering, production, QA, and operations to define and evolve live workflows.
• Oversee the design and evolution of cloud infrastructure and runtime systems.
• Drive continuous improvements in system reliability, disaster recovery, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Guide the development and maintenance of internal tooling, including build systems, CI/CD pipelines.
• Represent Live Technology in studio-wide architecture discussions, incident reviews, and long-term technology planning.
• Experience in senior technical leadership roles across infrastructure, platform engineering, live operations, or developer tooling.
• Strong background in cloud-based production systems, with hands-on experience in AWS or equivalent platforms.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, reliability engineering, and resilience patterns.
• Proven ability to define and execute technical roadmaps across multiple teams and geographies.
• Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages with strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and internal developer platforms.
• Familiarity with live service environments, including deployment strategies, incident response, and operational best practices.
• Working knowledge of observability, monitoring, and alerting tools.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, influence technical direction, and drive cross-functional initiatives.

Perks & Benefits

• Equity
• Bonuses
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Healthcare benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Pet insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid Scopely free days
• Unlimited paid time off

What You Will Do

• Drive the technical roadmap for Live Technology across US and EU teams, aligning platform investments with studio and business priorities.
• Provide architectural leadership for production live systems and internal services that support live operations and developer workflows.
• Act as a senior technical owner for reliability, resilience, scalability, and operational excellence of the live platform.
• Lead and mentor senior engineers and technical leads, setting engineering standards and ensuring consistent execution across regions.
• Partner with engineering, production, QA, and operations to define and evolve live workflows, deployment strategies, and operational practices.
• Oversee the design and evolution of cloud infrastructure and runtime systems, including compute, databases, caching layers, and deployment services.
• Drive continuous improvements in system reliability, disaster recovery, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Guide the development and maintenance of internal tooling, including build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and operational support systems.
• Represent Live Technology in studio-wide architecture discussions, incident reviews, and long-term technology planning.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in senior technical leadership roles across infrastructure, platform engineering, live operations, or developer tooling.
• Strong background in cloud-based production systems, with hands-on experience in AWS or equivalent platforms.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, reliability engineering, and resilience patterns.
• Proven ability to define and execute technical roadmaps across multiple teams and geographies.
• Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages with strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and internal developer platforms.
• Familiarity with live service environments, including deployment strategies, incident response, and operational best practices.
• Working knowledge of observability, monitoring, and alerting tools.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, influence technical direction, and drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Passion for building robust platforms that enable reliable live operations and high-quality player experiences.

For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA Annual Salary Range

$169,600 - $253,000 USD

About Us

Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.

Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.

Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.

Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.

Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.

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