Description
Scopely is looking for a Senior Principal Server Engineer focused on core server technology to join our team to join a new truly unique multiplayer strategy game in either Ireland, Spain, Portugal or the UK on a hybrid/remote basis. We can support with visa sponsorship and relocation assistance. 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 are in the early stages of development on an ambitious, unannounced Strategy/MMO title, creating a team of talented and passionate game makers to join us on this exciting journey! What You Will Do
1. The Principal Backend Software Engineer will lead the effort to optimize and refactor our backend services, focusing on improving performance, scalability, and maintainability. This role requires deep expertise in software architecture, performance tuning, and a strategic vision for enhancing internal code quality and efficiency.
2. Work as part of a team responsible for overall backend performance
3. Mentor members of the team as well as backend software engineers on other teams on code optimization and performance improvements
4. Analyze and identify performance bottlenecks in the existing codebase as well as future implementations, and propose optimization strategies
5. Refactor and optimize internal code to improve efficiency, scalability, and maintainability
6. Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure cohesive and scalable backend architecture
7. Develop and enforce best practices for code quality, and emphasize performance and scalability in a distributed architecture
8. Conduct regular code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
9. Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to continually enhance backend performance
What We’re Looking For
10. Experience in developing highly available back-end systems and servers for large-scale MMO games, high-traffic web systems or applications
11. Experienced with Go, Python and C++.
12. Expertise in backend engineering with a focus on performance optimization.
13. Deep understanding of microservices architecture, cloud-native development, and container orchestration
14. Highly experienced with performance profiling, benchmarking, and optimisation techniques
15. Problem-solving skills and ability to lead complex projects
16. High leadership skills, with experience mentoring junior and peer engineers