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# Staff Backend Software Engineer

- **Company:** Scopely
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Code Review, Distributed Systems, Video Game Development, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Backend, Kubernetes, Code Restructuring, Network Server, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.gamesjobsdirect.com/details/redirect/staff-engineer-server/363277

## About the Role

* Experienced in Software Development

 * Experience in developing highly available back-end systems and servers for large-scale MMO games, high-traffic web systems or applications

 * Experienced with Go, Python and C#.

 * Deep understanding of microservices architecture, cloud-native development, and container orchestration

 * Problem-solving skills and ability to lead complex projects

 * High leadership skills, with experience mentoring junior and peer engineers

 * High degree of collaboration in a cross functional team to deliver product features focused on solid and realistic solutions.

## Description

* The Staff Backend Software Engineer will lead the effort to develop new backend features for our game, focusing on developing large scale features in collaboration with other developers and game stakeholders

 * Work as part of a cross functional team that develops core technologies and game features

 * Mentor members of the backend teams

 * Analyze and identify technical bottlenecks in the existing codebase as well as future implementations, and propose new technical strategies

 * Refactor and optimize internal code to improve efficiency, scalability, and maintainability

 * Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure cohesive and scalable backend architecture

 * Develop and enforce best practices for code quality, and emphasize maintainability and scalability in a distributed architecture

 * Conduct regular code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members

 * Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to continually enhance backend technologies and practices

 * Collaborate with Design, Product and other game stakeholders to define roadmap and prioritize technical initiatives.