Overview
Scopely is looking for a Senior Client Engineer to join our Stumble Guys team in either Dundee, Scotland or Barcelona, Spain, 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.
Stumble Guys is one of our greatest hits, with millions of fans joining the party every single day and with the ambition of becoming nothing less than a beloved franchise and to be played for many years to come.
Responsibilities
* Working within the team to plan, execute and review solutions to deliver a best-in-class gameplay experience, with particular attention to console.
* This includes porting existing features from mobile, optimising them for consoles and adjusting core technologies where required to support all platforms.
* Partnering closely with designers, artists, and server engineers to develop technical solutions tailored for console platforms, while managing cross-discipline dependencies and ensuring platform compliance.
* Working with production to define and prioritise work to ensure we make the best use of the team’s resources.
* Working with the technical director to evolve engineering best practices—such as optimization, memory management, and controller input schemes—specifically for console development, and ensuring effective adoption within the team.
* Proactively surfacing console-related challenges, technical risks, and toolchain issues to production and leadership to facilitate timely resolution.
* Writing and maintaining efficient, scalable, and cert-ready code, with a clear focus on performance and maintainability on console platforms.
Qualifications
* Professional experience working within a multi-disciplinary game development team, with a strong focus on delivering high-quality console titles.
* Solid understanding of console development workflows and tooling, including proficiency with Unity, Git, C# and platform-specific SDKs and debuggers (for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo Console Platforms).
* Broad technical awareness enabling confident engagement across gameplay, networking, rendering, and platform integration, especially in the context of console-specific constraints.
* Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with cross-functional teams, including both technical developers and non-technical stakeholders, in a console-oriented development environment.
* Proactive approach to identifying and addressing console-specific needs, supporting the team with platform best practices, and advocating for quality and performance throughout development.
Nice to have
* Experience working on a live title providing regular updates
* Familiarity with Agile development processes
* Experience developing free-to-play games
* Delivery of mobile titles
About Scopely
Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as MONOPOLY GO!, Star Trek Fleet Command, Stumble Guys, MARVEL Strike Force, and Yahtzee With Buddies, among others.
Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer experience across multiple platforms—from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.
Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies, Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.
Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.
For more information on Scopely, visit scopely.com.
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Job information
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Information Technology
* Industries: Entertainment Providers
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