Staff Engineer_Monopoly GO!

Scopely is looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Monopoly GO! team and work from Sevilla on a hybrid basis.

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 a global phenomenon and the biggest mobile game launch in history, captivating millions of players worldwide.

What You Will Do 

You will have the opportunity to lead & work in one of our game teams, developing new features with our talented team and contributing to a game that is played by millions of players around the world. You will be responsible for:

• Lead a team of Engineers, setting clear expectations and providing continuous feedback, coaching, and mentoring to ensure success and growth
• Working closely with feature owners, the game design team and other development teams to implement new features and technological pipelines for Monopoly GO!
• Driving the implementation of online game mechanics and system processes using Unity and C#
• Ensuring technical performance is “Best-in-Class” throughout development
• Writing automated, high-quality tests (unit, integration,load, etc.) and working with QA teams to improve gameplay experience, curtail exploits and ensure that everything works smoothly
• Reviewing Technical Design Documents and provide feedback and guidance to other engineers
• Collaborating and communicating with cross-functional departments including: game design, qa, etc.
• Participating in a strong engineering team and culture
• Live game support & troubleshooting
• Contributing to technical plans and discussing the workflows and requirements with stakeholders
• Implementing tools to empower our liveops and game design teams in the creation of new and exciting game-play experiences

What We’re Looking For 

• 6+ years as part of a professional game development team or other relevant area
• BA or Computing Degree
• Experience managing people, driving 1:1s and performance reviews, doing follow ups and providing regular feedback to direct reports
• Experience driving and leading the technical execution of complex and interdisciplinary developments
• Mastery of C# or another OO language, including experience with asynchronous and multi-threaded programming paradigms
• Experience with and knowledge of Unity Game Engine or a similar technology (i.e. Unreal Engine)
• Hands-on experience with cloud computing (AWS, GCP...) and low-latency, high-scale distributed systems
• Strong computer science and engineering fundamentals (data structures, concurrency, design patterns, algorithms)
• Strong understanding of game framework architecture at scale, maintainability over time, robust API design, etc.
• Strong knowledge of application design best patterns and practices; understanding of maintainability concerns when designing and implementing applications, both for server and client
• Solid understanding of mobile networking best practices: request limiting, request caching, batching, content aggregation, minification, integrating with rest and TCP/UDP services, etc.
• Experience with asynchronous, multi-threaded, parallel programming paradigms and other techniques to maximize UI responsiveness and do operations in background
• Experience and understanding around client-side testing, like unit, functional or integration testing
• Explore AI-assisted tools (LLMs, copilots, automation frameworks) to improve productivity, enhance analysis depth, and accelerate iteration cycles
• Enjoy solving complex technical problems, especially in large systems
• Willingness to learn and work with new technologies
• You’re a great tech communicator who knows how to share knowledge with non-technical people
• You have a desire to seek out and take on user feedback to drive world-class application development

Bonus Points 

• Experience building your own games as personal projects or game jams
• Experience with asset pipelines: asset bundles, dependency management, etc
• Mobile experience (iOS and Android): ability to debug native device issues, strong understanding of hardware and platform limitations, performance metrics, etc
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Kibana, Ansible
• Experience with automated testing