Senior Core Tech Engineer

Description:

Scopely, a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, is seeking a Senior Core Tech Engineer to join the Star Trek Fleet Command team. This role focuses on the underlying architecture, tooling, systems, and infrastructure that power the client experience across devices and platforms, beyond gameplay. The position is remote across the UK, with options for hybrid work in Dublin, Barcelona, or Portugal.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead design and development of shared client systems (asset loading, event systems, UI framework, serialization, memory tracking, patching, performance tooling)

• Identify bottlenecks and implement long-term solutions to performance, stability, and scalability issues

• Collaborate with Backend, DevOps, and QA teams to improve workflows, build pipelines, and platform integration

• Maintain coding standards, architectural patterns, and engineering best practices across teams

• Support Unity version upgrades while ensuring platform integrations remain stable

• Increase modularity and maintainability of the codebase

• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and technical deep-dives

Qualifications & Skills:

• 5+ years of professional experience with Unity (C#), focusing on systems or platform engineering

• Experience designing and maintaining shared infrastructure or reusable components at scale

• Strong debugging skills for performance, memory usage, and threading/concurrency

• Deep knowledge of Unity AssetBundle pipeline, scene loading, addressables, rendering pipeline, and lifecycle

• Experience with cross-platform development (iOS/Android/PC) and profiling tools (Instruments, Android Profiler, Unity Profiler)

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Git Actions, or similar automation tools

• Strong collaboration skills for cross-functional work

• BSc or equivalent in Computer Science or related field

Bonus Points:

• Unity upgrade and migration experience

• Experience with native plugins, Burst compiler, or Jobs system

• Low-level performance optimization and memory management skills

• Knowledge of Protobuf, WebSocket, gRPC, or custom networking protocols

• Experience with LiveOps infrastructure, experimentation platforms, or A/B testing systems

• Backend-client coordination experience

• Familiarity with mobile-specific challenges (device fragmentation, patching, app store constraints)

Company Overview:
Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games with a consumer-directed experience across multiple platforms. The company is home to award-winning titles including Star Trek Fleet Command, MONOPOLY GO!, MARVEL Strike Force, and more. Scopely operates globally with multiple studios and was acquired by Savvy Games Group in 2023.