Senior Director of Engineering
Job Summary
Job Description
As Senior Director of Engineering, you will own the technical vision and delivery for a new mobile game and lead a small team of Scopely engineers. Collaborate with project leadership on prioritization and planning, identify technical challenges and solutions, and maintain a focused technical roadmap. Lead timely delivery through local and external development partners, ensuring a high-quality live operations game. Responsibilities include maintaining collaborative relationships with external partners, mentoring team members, ensuring system stability and scalability, and working with live operations partners. The ideal candidate possesses 7+ years of experience leading technical teams in mobile game delivery, using Unity and managing distributed development teams. Experience with live operations capabilities (segmentation, A/B testing, etc.) is crucial.
Must have:
- 7+ years leading technical teams in mobile game delivery
- Multiple games shipped using Unity
- Lead distributed development teams
- Experience delivering live operations capabilities
- Proven leadership and mentorship skills
Good to have:
- Experience scaling high availability backend services in AWS
- Experience in iOS/Android native frameworks
- Background in hands-on computer engineering or game development
Perks:
- Healthcare benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Pet insurance
- Paid holidays
- Paid Scopely free days
- Unlimited paid time-off
- Equity
- Bonus
8 skills required
Job Details
Description
We are looking for a North America based Senior Director of Engineering to join an unannounced title and lead the way to launch and live operations. Our mobile game is in the final stages of development and will be Scopely’s next major F2P title.
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 gaming industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
What You Will Do
As the Senior Director of Engineering you will own the technical vision and delivery for the project and lead a small team of Scopely engineers. Working with local and external developers you will set the technical standards for launch and beyond, and guide teams to delivery of a high quality live operations game.
Your role will include:
- Close collaboration with project leadership on prioritization and planning
- Identifying challenges and collaborating on technical solutions
- Maintaining and communicating focused technical roadmap up to and beyond launch
- Leading timely delivery through local and external development partners
- Maintaining collaborative and productive relationships with external development partners
- Mentoring team members and providing support for their career growth and development
- Ensuring stability, scalability and cost effectiveness of all game systems and supporting services
- Working with Scopely live operations partners to ensure they have the capabilities and tooling to manage the game at scale
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years leading technical teams in the delivery of successful mobile games
- Multiple games shipped using Unity and detailed knowledge of Unity architecture
- Lead and managed distributed development team(s)
- Lead delivery of multiple projects primarily through external development teams
- Experience delivering live operations capabilities such as segmentation, player journey, A/B testing etc.
- Proven leadership, mentorship, team and change management skills
- Facilitated collaboration with cross-functional teams, including analytics, art, and designs, to ensure alignment and successful project execution.
Bonus Points
- Experience scaling high availability backend services in AWS
- Experience in iOS/Android native frameworks
- A background in hands on computer engineering or games development
For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY and WA, the annual salary range is $223,000 - 281,400 plus equity, bonus and benefits 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.
At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
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. For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.
Notice to candidates: Scopely, Inc and its affiliates will never request payment or ask for financial information as a condition for applying to a position or receiving an offer of employment.All official Scopely, Inc. recruiters only use email domains that end with @scopely.com.
Our official website is www.scopely.com. Please only apply to positions posted on our official website and ensure the recruiter only communicates via the official email domain.
Should you have any questions or encounter any fraudulent requests/emails/websites, please immediately contact recruiting@scopely.com.
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