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Websiteventurebeat.com
Role taxonomyBackendSenior
SpecialtiesBackend
LocationScopely/Los Angeles, CA/Server Engineer
SalaryEquity mentioned
Apply viaApplication linkhttp://www.scopely.com/jobs/ · kale@scopely.com
Hiring notes
TechAWSiOS
Parsed locationsScopely/Los Angeles, CA/Server Engineer
Posted bycmkale
PostedAug 1, 2014
SourceView on Hacker News ↗

Original posting

Scopely/Los Angeles, CA/Server Engineer We are looking for a Senior Server Engineer to join our team and work on a huge new title we are releasing this year What will you be doing? - Developing server-side features and APIs for Scopely's multi-million user games that generate significant revenue for the company. Examples include matchmaking, tournaments, in-app purchasing conduits, etc - Our tech stack: Memcached, Redis, an array of AWS services, ElasticCache - etc. - Employing operational best practices to ensure Scopely's games and services are reliable. Why Scopely? - We have landed the rights to some of the most well known titles in the space that we will be developing and launching in the coming year. - The previous four titles released by Scopely have been consecutive #1 overall titles in the iOS app store. All 5 Scopely releases have been top 5 overall titles. - While we are a start-up, we are stable and booming with 300% revenue growth last year and on track to grow dramatically in revenue this year. - The regular tech stuff: equity, free lunch, awesome perks, competitive compensation and medical benefits Some recent press on us: http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/23/how-scopely-is-building-a-... http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-05-23-scopely-hir... http://blogs.wsj.com/cmo/2014/04/15/hot-mobile-games-company... If interested, email me directly at kale@scopely.com. Not the position for you? Check out our career site http://www.scopely.com/jobs/