Live Ops Engineer (Mobile Gaming)

TL;DR

Live Ops Engineer (Mobile Gaming): Building and optimizing backend services and Unity tooling for live events, content configuration, and safe updates across multiple games. Focus on improving developer workflows, designing scalable APIs and data models, and enhancing system reliability and observability.

Location: Fully remote within the USA. Candidates must be based in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, or Washington State.

Salary: $100,000–$150,000 USD.

Company

hirify.global is a multi-award-winning independent mobile games company with a global team, building chart-topping mobile games for over 25 million daily active users.

What you will do

• Evaluate current Live Ops workflows and existing tech stack, then recommend and implement improvements for safety and scalability.
• Build backend services that power Live Ops workflows such as events, offers, segmentation, and configuration.
• Develop internal web tools and dashboards used to create, preview, validate, and publish changes.
• Build Unity-based tools and packages for developers to configure and validate Live Ops content.
• Design safe release mechanisms including approvals, versioning, audit logs, and rollback.
• Create APIs and data models that support eligibility rules, targeting, scheduling, and content lifecycle management.

Requirements

• Strong Unity experience, especially Unity editor tooling and C# packages.
• Backend development skills in C#, TypeScript/Node.js, or JavaScript.
• Experience building tools and workflows that other developers rely on.
• Solid API design skills with REST.
• Experience with databases such as Postgres.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure such as AWS.
• Strong ownership mindset and comfort supporting production systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible Discretionary Time Off policy in addition to bank holidays.
• Generous 401k match, discretionary bonuses, and competitive salaries.
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program for confidential support.
• Continuous professional development opportunities.
• Family-friendly culture and generous parental leave policy.
• Regular company events, including yearly on-site gatherings.

Hiring process

• Talent Acquisition Interview.
• Take home Assessment.
• Manager Interview.
• Director Interview.
• Final Interview.