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CH - Shanghai, China
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Job Description

Scopely is looking for a Server Engineer, Tooling 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 within 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 seeking a Server Engineer, Tooling to design, build, and optimize the core tools and infrastructure that power our backend game development and deployment workflows.

What We’re Looking For

  • Experience: professional experience in software engineering, tooling, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering, with deep expertise in optimizing developer workflows and CI/CD systems at scale.
  • Tooling Expertise: Advanced hands-on experience designing and optimizing build systems like Bazel and Gradle. Experience with dependency injection frameworks.
  • CI/CD Expertise: Strong background in designing and maintaining CI pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI) and runner infrastructure.
  • Infrastructure Skills: Strong background with cloud platforms (Alibaba Cloud, AWS, Azure, or GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes). Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools.
  • Programming & Scripting: Proficiency in Go, Python, Java, Bash, or similar languages for automation, tooling, and CI workflow orchestration.
  • Systems Knowledge: Strong understanding of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, security best practices, and tooling for large-scale, distributed engineering teams.
  • Communication: Professional proficiency in Mandarin, bonus for English
  • Education: BS / MS in Computer Science or Software Engineering or equivalent

Bonus Points

  • Experience building production-grade services using Java, with strong knowledge of performance tuning, and modern development best practices
  • Experience supporting large server monorepos and optimizing server development workflows for online games or high-scale applications.
  • Familiarity with common testing frameworks and strategies for automated server-side testing (smoke tests, integration tests, end-to-end tests).
  • Experience using AI tools to speed up the development lifecycle and improve efficiency

About Scopely

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/

Notice to Candidates: Scopely will never request payment or financial information during the application or hiring process. Please apply only through our official website and verify that all Talent Partner communications come from an email address ending in @scopely.com.

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Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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Salary: $90,000 - $110,000

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