RubyPlay is a place where passion meets competence. Since 2017, we’ve created 250+ innovative games and built 100+ strong partnerships worldwide.
Proud to be:
- The Winner at BFTH Arena Awards — Best Online Casino Game
- Shortlisted for SBC Awards 2024 — Casino/Slots Developer of the Year
- A strong player across 10+ global markets
- A trusted workplace for hundreds of specialists from 34 countries
As we continue to scale, we’re expanding our Engagement Tools domain — a key part of our ecosystem that enhances player experience and empowers operators with tools to drive retention, monetization, and game performance.
We’re now looking for an Engineering Lead (Engagement Tools) — a hands-on, people-first leader ready to take ownership of a critical product area and drive both technical excellence and team growth.
Details:
- Department: Engineering Team
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Location: Sliema (Remote)
- Workplace type: Fully remote
- Reporting To: Lukasz Banasik
Here’s how you’ll make an impact:
- Develop engineers and QA through structured people management, including regular 1-on-1s, goal setting, performance evaluations, and continuous feedback to maintain high performance, engagement, and ownership
- Shape architecture and evolve the technical roadmap to improve scalability, performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency — aligned with product and business goals
- Own end-to-end execution from planning to release, improving predictability, quality, and time-to-market through strong processes and KPIs
- Partner with Product, PMs, and other Engineering Leads to align priorities, reduce friction, and make sustainable technical decisions
- Continuously improve engineering workflows, team processes, and platform reliability, including incident management and post-incident improvements
- Support complex technical decisions and contribute to the codebase when needed
What makes you a strong candidate:
- 3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams
- 7+ years of hands-on development experience with a strong mix of backend and frontend expertise
- Strong track record of active people management including regular 1-on-1s, performance reviews, goal setting, and development plans
- Working knowledge of Java, Spring, Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis, and CI/CD pipelines
- Solid understanding of cloud environments (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
- Experience with relational databases (MySQL is a plus) and NoSQL solutions
- Upper-Intermediate English or higher
- Experience in the iGaming industry is highly desirable
What you’ll tackle early on:
- Polishing people management processes
- Taking full delivery ownership across the team, ensuring accountability and predictability
- Refining a technical roadmap aligned with business priorities
- Breaking down knowledge silos and increasing cross-functional ownership within the team
Success metrics you’ll own:
- Consistent, on-time delivery of projects with high predictability
- Stable and continuously improving team KPIs
- Full coverage of performance reviews and clear goal-setting across the team
- Strong team engagement and high retention levels
What success looks like in a year:
- The team operates with full end-to-end ownership of their domain
- Delivery processes are predictable, scalable, and efficient
- Critical knowledge is distributed — every key area is covered by multiple engineers
- The team is stable, engaged, and continuously improving
Why you’ll love It here:
- Own a critical product area that directly impacts player experience and operator success
- Work with a high-performing, collaborative, and international team
- Shape engineering practices, processes, and architecture at scale
- Remote/hybrid-friendly environment with modern workflows
- Growth budgets, bonuses, English classes, and development days
- Paid vacation, well-being support, and a genuine work-life balance
About RubyPlay:
RubyPlay is a progressive and energetic iGaming development studio that specializes in the design and creation of the most entertaining and engaging slot games, as well as value-add tools for gaming operators. RubyPlay was founded by a group of industry gurus and has evolved into a “Gem” of the iGaming industry!
Our team values are maintaining high quality, following the best & modern practices, and continuous development.