Senior Engineer, Cloud - Unannounced Project

CompanyScopely

LocationUnited Kingdom

Posted At1/28/2026

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IT business analysts, architects and systems designers

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Description

Scopely is looking for a Senior Engineer, Cloud to join a new truly unique multiplayer strategy game in Spain, Ireland, Portugal or the UK on a remote or hybrid basis. We can support with visa sponsorship and relocation assistance from any location.

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

Cloud Reliability: Shape the reliability engineering practices to maintain high system uptime, focusing on reducing operational toil through automation, clear ownership, and well-defined runbooks.
Cloud Performance: Drive performance testing, tuning, and capacity planning to ensure systems scale effectively and meet SLAs, making informed trade-offs between cost, scalability, and reliability.

CI/CD Pipelines: Own and continuously evolve CI/CD pipelines, workflows, and golden paths that enable engineering teams to ship safely, independently, and at scale while improving developer experience.

Cloud Automation: Identify systemic manual processes and eliminate them through automation, self-service tooling, and infrastructure-as-code to improve efficiency and reduce human error.

Cloud Security & Compliance: Embed security, compliance, and governance into pir Engineering Platform and delivery pipelines by default, minimizing the need for manual enforcement and ensuring data privacy and regulatory compliance.

Observability: Design, implement, and operate observability solutions that provide actionable insights into system health, reliability, and cost, enabling teams to detect and resolve issues proactively.

Incident Management: Participate in incident response and postmortem reviews, driving learning, systemic fixes, and preventative improvements rather than short-term workarounds.

Cost Optimization: Make the Engineering Platform cost and efficiency visible, helping teams understand and optimize their cloud usage in line with business objectives, budget constraints, and cloud governance best practices.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with all other Engineering and Product teams to shape and deliver a Engineering Platform roadmap that balances delivery speed, reliability, and long-term sustainability.

What We’re Looking For

Strong background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, Cloud/Platform Engineering, or a related field.
Demonstrated ability to take ownership of complex cloud systems and improve them over time.
Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Passion for continuous improvement and staying current with emerging cloud, security, and automation trends.
Infrastructure as Code: Strong experience with Terraform or similar IaC tools.
Containerized Platforms: Experience operating containerized workloads on cloud-native platforms (Kubernetes/EKS, ECS, or equivalent).
Cloud Architecture: Familiarity with the AWS Well-Architected Framework or equivalent cloud architecture standards.
Observability & Logging: Experience designing observability strategies and implementing solutions for metrics, logs, and traces.

Automation: Strong software engineering mindset with proficiency in scripting and automation (Golang, Python, Bash, or similar).

Bonus points

Experience mentoring other engineers, setting technical standards, and influencing best practices across teams.
Experience with Observability through Datadog
Exposure to cost optimization, capacity planning, and cloud governance at scale.

About Us

Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.

Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.

Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.

Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game developmen

t teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.

Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.

For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com

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