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Scopely is looking for an Staff Engineer, Live Technology to join our Monopoly GO! game team working out of our Culver City studio hub, or remotely from within the US or Canada.
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 key franchise that has become Scopely’s largest game, enjoyed by millions of players. The team is based in Canada, Europe and the US, and works every day to create captivating new experiences for our players.
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.
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Niantic games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.
Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.
Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.
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