Scopely is looking for a Senior Technical Team Lead to join our unannounced project based in either Ireland, UK, Spain, Portugal, or Israel on a hybrid or remote basis. We can support with visa sponsorship and relocation assistance. 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.
We are in the early stages of development on an ambitious, unannounced Strategy/MMO title, creating a team of talented and passionate game makers to join us on this exciting journey!
What You Will Do Lead and manage several server team leads who, in turn, manage teams focused on developing and maintaining the game server.
Propose and implement improvements to our development processes, workflows, and tools to increase efficiency, quality, and throughput.
Understand the server technology, middleware, and their constraints in the main areas of a game: client, server, and infrastructure.
With the Engineering Leads, manage the development cycle and identify the engineering tasks and processes needed to execute the roadmap.
Ensure that the games are being built with a productive methodology and solid coding practices, technical briefs, and code reviews, keeping in mind long-term quality.
Work with stakeholders to figure out and implement the best alternative technical solutions.
Identify technical risks on projects and develop contingency plans to put into place with the team.
Maintain positive working relationships with technology teams within Scopely to enhance the use of shared technologies.
Maintain regular internal communications and encourage a pleasant team atmosphere.
Facilitate communication both within and across disciplines.
Demonstrate good leadership, charisma, enthusiasm, and a sense of commitment.
Manage the performance of the engineering team staff, and grow and nurture the engineering organization.
Take responsibility for recruitment, onboarding, development, and professional training of the engineering team.
Ensure each Lead Engineer defines clear objectives to their team members and direct reports.
Propose solutions to improve the development of projects in the studio.
Identify and promote the application of technical best practices within the studio.
Facilitate and encourage the sharing of technical knowledge and code between projects.
What We're Looking For High leadership experience in the games industry.
Experience in developing highly available back-end systems and servers for large-scale MMO games, high-traffic web systems, or applications.
Experienced with Python and its ecosystem (libraries, frameworks, etc).
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