Senior/StaffServerEngineer

Scopely is looking for a Senior/Staff Server Engineer to join an unannounced title based in our Shanghai office (5 days in the office). 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 mobile game in China, and we’re assembling a team of passionate game makers to craft unforgettable characters and immersive adventures that players will love. What You Will Do We are looking for a Server Engineer to build the next generation of our games. You will work with a team of passionate engineers while developing core systems and features that power large-scale, real-time experiences for our game. You’ll work on complex technical challenges involving real-time interaction, large-scale systems, and a persistent shared world used by tens of millions of players. What We’re Looking For Experience in building, and maintaining scalable, production-grade distributed systems. Deep understanding of networked and distributed systems, cloud security best practices, and performance optimization. Familiarity with network protocols for real-time communication, such as gRPC and WebSocket. Programming Languages: Proficiency in one or more of Java, Go, C#, Python Familiar with Git, Bash and Gradle Professional proficiency in both Mandarin and English BS / MS in Computer Science or Software Engineering or equivalent Bonus Points You have experience shipping at least one online game or app Experience in managing IaaS environments and deploying on cloud platforms such as Alibaba Cloud (Alicloud), AWS, Azure, or GCP. Proficiency with Kubernetes cluster management, infrastructure as code tools like Terraform Experience