Backend Staff Engineer

Job description

Scopely is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join the MONOPOLY GO! Chat team in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, or remotely within Canada and the US. MONOPOLY GO! is a global phenomenon and the biggest mobile game launch in history, captivating millions of players worldwide. MONOPOLY GO! Chat is a companion app that helps players connect, coordinate, and share the fun beyond the game. What You Will Do: You will work closely with a small, cross-functional team to guide, build, and improve backend systems for the companion app of a game played by millions of players worldwide. You will be responsible for: - Leading technical direction for MONOPOLY GO! Chat backend services, APIs, data models, and real-time communication systems - Designing and building scalable social and chat features such as conversations, messages, reactions, invites, blocking, reporting, notifications, and presence - Turning ambiguous product goals into clear technical plans with product, design, QA, game teams, trust and safety, platform, and other partners - Owning reliability, performance, security, observability, release readiness, and operational quality for production backend systems - Designing re...