Senior Server Engineer - Star Trek Fleet Command
Scopely is looking for a Senior Server Engineer to join our Star Trek Fleet Command team within our Midcore division, based in Ireland.
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.
Star Trek Fleet Command is a standout success in the gaming industry. Launched in 2018, our in-house developed 4X Strategy MMO has continually evolved, earning its place as one of the top-grossing games on the market.
What You Will Do
- Design, build, and maintain backend systems and APIs in Python running on AWS, supporting both gameplay features and cross-game platform services.
- Implement scalable microservices architectures, ensuring low latency, reliability, and secure communication between systems.
- Collaborate with game and platform teams to understand requirements and deliver backend solutions that enable both core gameplay features and live operations.
- Optimize server performance and analyze system bottlenecks, ensuring services can handle high concurrency and global traffic.
- Strengthen backend resilience and security to defend against exploits, bots, or cheaters while safeguarding player data.
- Work closely with QA and operations teams to ensure high-quality, well-tested, and observable code is delivered to production.
- Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing to raise the bar across the team.
- Contribute to technical roadmaps for backend systems, anticipating scaling needs for upcoming features and player growth.
- Deploy, monitor, and manage services in a cloud-native environment using AWS, container orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines.
What We're Looking For
- Strong experience building and maintaining high-availability backend systems for large-scale games, microservices platforms, or high-traffic applications.
- Proficiency in Python and its ecosystem, including experience with frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Tornado, and an understanding of async programming and concurrency.
- Solid knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, or similar), and experience optimizing database performance at scale.
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems, Docker containers, and cloud deployments (preferably AWS).
- Familiarity with observability stacks (Datadog, Kibana, or equivalent), monitoring, and logging best practices.
- Deep understanding of backend security principles (preventing intrusions, injections, exploits, and cheating).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and multi-track development workflows.
Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, QA, design, and live ops teams.
Bonus Points
- Hands-on expertise with Redis (including RedisLabs/ElastiCache) and its ecosystem.
- Familiarity with messaging systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, AWS SQS, or Redis Streams).
- Experience with AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, and CloudFormation.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) with Terraform or similar tools.
- Understanding of networking and cloud infrastructure (VPCs, subnets, security groups, load balancing).
- Hands-on experience with traffic analysis and debugging tools (Charles Proxy, browser dev tools, etc.).
- Background in game server architectures (stateful and stateless).
Please ensure that the résumé/CV you attach is written in English.
At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
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.
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