Staff Server Engineer, Infrastructure - Monopoly GO!
Job Summary
Job Description
Scopely seeks a Staff Server Engineer, Infrastructure to join its Monopoly GO! team. This role involves designing and implementing robust, scalable systems for a high-volume, real-time game, ensuring optimized infrastructure to meet player demands. Responsibilities include disaster recovery planning, security integration, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and improving monitoring and observability. The ideal candidate possesses 7+ years of experience managing large-scale infrastructure in gaming or high-scale consumer products, expertise in distributed systems, cloud environments (AWS or GCP), and a strong understanding of security best practices.
Must have:
- 7+ years managing large-scale infrastructure
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems
- Experience with disaster recovery and cloud environments
- Security best practices implementation
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams
Perks:
- Healthcare benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Pet insurance
- Paid holidays
- Paid Scopely free days
- Unlimited paid time-off
8 skills required
Job Details
Description
Scopely is looking for a Staff Server Engineer, Infrastructure to join our Monopoly GO! Game team on a hybrid basis from our Culver City studio, or remotely within the US.
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.
Monopoly GO! is our new casual game and a key franchise that has just become Scopely’s largest game, enjoyed by millions of players. The team is based in Europe and the US, and works every day to create captivating new experiences for our players.
What You Will Do
Reporting to our Director of Engineering, Infrastructure, your role as a Staff Server Engineer, Infrastructure would be to provide the technical expertise and skills to architect, implement and maintain a wide variety of systems that sits at the foundation of our game. Responsibilities will include:
- Design and implement robust systems capable of handling increasing player loads and supporting the exponential growth of our user base. Ensure infrastructure is optimized to meet the demands of a dynamic, real-time gaming environment.
- Provide a comprehensive platform that enables multiple teams to build, iterate, and deploy features efficiently on top of a reliable infrastructure foundation.
- Establish and maintain comprehensive disaster recovery plans, ensuring critical systems can be quickly restored in the event of disruptions, minimizing downtime and impact on players.
- Integrate best practices in security across architecture and system designs, ensuring the infrastructure is protected from emerging threats and adheres to the highest security standards.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including game development and Live Operations, to ensure the infrastructure aligns with team needs and prioritizes the most critical aspects of the game experience.
- Improve monitoring and observability tools to provide real-time visibility into system performance and health. Ensure issues are detected, diagnosed, and resolved promptly to maintain a seamless player experience.
What We’re Looking For
- 7+ years managing large-scale, high-availability infrastructure, with experience in gaming or high-scale consumer products.
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, reliability patterns, cluster management and observability tools like Datadog, Prometheus or Grafana.
- Hands-on experience with disaster recovery, resilience planning, and capacity forecasting in cloud environments like AWS or GCP.
- Demonstrated experience implementing security best practices in cloud-based infrastructure.
- Ability to align technical goals across teams and effectively articulate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
For candidates in CA, CO, MD, NJ, NY and WA, the annual salary range is $169,00 - $253,00, 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!
Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
This role will have access to sensitive and/or confidential employee or customer personally identifiable information (PII) and/or Company financial information, and therefore will be subject to background checks upon receiving a conditional offer of employment.
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 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.
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