Software Engineer, Java

About The Job Scopely is looking for a Software Engineer, Jave to join the Royal Lounge Casino Studio team in Bangalore on a hybrid basis.

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.

The Royal Lounge Casino is a social casino app that continues to evolve, consistently ranking as one of the top-grossing games on the market. Join us to build highly scalable, low-latency systems alongside elite industry talent, making high-impact contributions that reach our players almost immediately.

What You’ll Do

• Feature Development: Collaborate with cross-functional team members to design, build, test, and maintain backend features and APIs.
• Defensive Coding: Write clean, efficient, and secure Java code adhering to secure software development lifecycle (Secure SDLC) principles.
• Collaborative Design: Participate in design discussions and code reviews, offering input on feature architecture while evaluating code for security, performance, and maintainability.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Communicate and collaborate effectively with clients, product managers, and QA teams to clarify requirements, align on delivery milestones, and ensure features meet business objectives and quality standards.
• Security & Vulnerability Management: Address and remediate security vulnerabilities identified through peer code reviews and automated security scans (SAST/SCA).
• Production Support & Reliability: Assist with production support, system diagnosis, performance troubleshooting, and applying necessary security patches.
• Documentation: Create and maintain accurate technical documentation for systems, APIs, and operational workflows.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: 2+ years of professional software development experience in Java.
• Data & Core Fundamentals: Strong understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), and standard design patterns.
• API & SOA Architecture: Hands-on experience developing in SOA and REST design principles.
• Process & Collaboration: Experience working in Scrum/Agile environments with excellent communication skills.

Good to Have

• Cloud Engineering: Practical experience developing, deploying, and maintaining Java microservices in a cloud-first environment, with hands-on exposure to core AWS services (such as EC2, ECS/Fargate, S3, RDS, and CloudWatch).
• Database Systems: Experience working with NoSQL databases (MongoDB preferred).
• Secure Programming Knowledge: Solid understanding of common web vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10 such as SQL injection, XSS, broken access control) and defensive coding practices (input validation, secure session handling, sanitized logging).
• Concurrency: Familiarity with multi-threaded programming concepts and concurrent execution in Java.
• Passion for Scale: A strong interest in building low-latency, high-concurrency systems. (Note: Prior gaming industry experience is NOT required—we are looking for great engineers who love solving complex technical challenges!)
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Bonus Points

• Experience with secure coding frameworks or identity/authentication protocols (OAuth2, JWT).
• Exposure to automated security analysis tools (e.g., SonarQube, Snyk, Veracode, or OWASP Dependency-Check).
• Familiarity with CI/CD automation pipelines
• Knowledge or experience with Serverless architectures (e.g., AWS Lambda).

About Scopely 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…