Scopely is seeking a passionate Engineering Manager to lead the WWE Champions team in Bangalore. You'll drive client system development for their hit Unity mobile game, fostering strong execution and empowering engineers in a dynamic live-service environment.
Scopely is looking for a Engineering Manager (Unity) to join the WWE Champions team in Bangalore!
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.
WWE Champions is our ultimate and unique RPG puzzle match game featuring WWE superstars and legends across mobile and PC platforms. WWE Champions is the most downloaded WWE game to date, with a highly engaged and passionate community.
What You’ll Do
As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team responsible for building and maintaining key client systems for the Unity game. You will support engineers working across gameplay, live events, UI, monetization, platform integrations, and client infrastructure, while ensuring strong execution, healthy team dynamics, and sustainable engineering practices in a live-service mobile game environment. This role is ideal for a leader who can combine delivery ownership, people management, and technical partnership in a complex production codebase.
What We’re Looking For
Experience Technical Skills
6+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years of people management or technical team leadership experience
Experience working on Unity-based products, game clients, or other complex interactive applications is strongly preferred
Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, client architecture, and large-scale production development practices
Ability to partner effectively with senior engineers on system design, technical tradeoffs, and execution planning
Experience leading teams that ship features in live-service, mobile, or operationally complex product environments
Familiarity with performance, quality, testing, build/release processes, and production stability concerns
Comfortable working with multi-system feature delivery involving gameplay, UI, platform services, monetization, and live content
Technical credibility to guide discussions, unblock engineers, and make sound prioritization decisions without needing to be the primary implementer
Cross-Functional and Domain Knowledge
Experience supporting live-service development, roadmap planning, and event-driven delivery cycles
Understanding of game feature development such as progression, economy, monetization, social systems, live events, or PvP is a plus
Strong cross-functional leadership skills and ability to align teams around scope, priorities, and outcomes
Able to balance short-term delivery pressure with long-term technical health and team sustainability
Soft Skills & Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational leadership skills
Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and grow engineers across multiple levels
Ownership mindset, sound judgment, and calm decision-making in a fast-moving environment
Passion for games, team development, and building strong engineering organizations
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Niantic games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.
Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.
Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.
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- 6+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years of people management or technical team leadership experience. - Experience working on Unity-based products, game clients, or other complex interactive applications. - Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, client architecture, and large-scale production development practices. - Ability to partner effectively with senior engineers on system design and technical tradeoffs. - Experience leading teams that ship features in live-service, mobile, or operationally complex product environments. - Familiarity with performance, quality, testing, build/release processes, and production stability concerns. - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational leadership skills. - Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and grow engineers across multiple levels.
