Staff Engineer, Client

Scopely is looking for a Staff Client Engineer to join our unannounced project in either Spain, Ireland, Portugal or the UK in a hybrid/remote 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.

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

• Design and implement new features in our core technologies, working collaboratively with other stakeholder teams to understand requirements and identify the best technical solutions
• Propose and implement improvements to our development processes, workflows and tools to increase efficiency, quality and throughput
• Conduct pair programming, code reviews, 1-1’s and knowledge‑sharing sessions to enhance skills and build a strong development culture
• Work closely with QA to resolve bugs and deliver high‑quality code for testing, contributing directly to the code base
• Be the quality gate for all code that goes into our core technologies. Write clean, efficient and optimised code
• Work with stakeholders to figure out and implement the best alternative technical solutions

What We’re Looking For

• Experienced professional being part of a development team working on gameplay development with the Unity engine
• Familiarity with software development methodologies such as Agile and Scrum
• Excellent experience working with multiple stakeholders in the development process, being able to understand their goals and deliver/ evaluate various tech solutions to meet these, as well as knowledge of software engineering best practices and trends
• Strong technical skills and experience in at least one of the following areas: game engines, rendering engines, networking, physics, AI, and audio and excellent programming skills in C#
• Experience with version control, build tools and deployment pipelines
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving skills, communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross‑functional teams
• Adept at communicating with both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Bonus Points

• Experience with automated testing and continuous integration
• Experience with cloud technologies and services for game development
• Familiarity with other game engines such as Unreal
• Experience with graphics programming, including shaders
• Knowledge of game design principles and user experience

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