Senior Backend Engineer - Ruby

About the role

Who are we?

Tripledot Studios is one of the largest independent mobile games companies in the world.

We are a multi-award-winning organisation, with a global 2,500+ strong team across 12 studios.

Our expanded portfolio includes some of the biggest titles in mobile gaming, collectively reaching top chart positions around the world and engaging over 25 million daily active users.

Tripledot’s guiding principle is that when people love what they do, what they do will be loved by others.

We’re building a company we’re proud of. One filled with driven, incredibly smart and detail-orientated people, who LOVE making games.

Our ambition is to be the most successful games company in the world, and we’re just getting started.

The role is working within our studio: Puzzleplay

Puzzleplay is Tripledot’s new player rewards platform, designed to make playing our games even more fun and engaging. By playing our casual, free to play mobile games, users can earn points, complete challenges, and win real prizes. It’s our way of giving back to players and rewarding them for doing what they already love. Puzzleplay is a key part of our growth strategy, combining smart engagement mechanics with high-quality game content.

Role Overview

We’re building something new within an established gaming studio: an ambitious venture at the intersection of gaming, rewards and incentives.

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Backend Engineer - Ruby to lead our technical direction, build the foundations of our platform and help turn ambitious ideas into reality. This is an opportunity to combine the energy, autonomy and creativity of a startup with the resources, expertise and reach of a larger gaming business.

We need someone who is highly experienced, technically brilliant and genuinely excited by the opportunity to build something from the ground up.

This is more than a backend engineering role. It’s an opportunity to help build something from the ground up, lead its technical evolution and play a pivotal role in what comes next.

What you’ll do

- Own the technical vision: Define the architecture, technology strategy and engineering roadmap as the studio grows.

- Build great technology: Design and develop scalable, secure and reliable backend systems that power gaming experiences, rewards and incentive mechanics.

- Lead by example: Stay hands-on with engineering while setting high standards for code quality, performance and delivery.

- Shape the team: Establish strong engineering practices, mentor others and help build a talented, ambitious team.

- Drive innovation: Work closely with product, game design and studio leadership to turn ideas into compelling products.

- Make the most of our wider business: Balance startup-style autonomy with the ability to leverage the infrastructure, expertise and capabilities of the larger studio.