Engineering Manager (Engagement)

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.

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

If you’re looking for a role with real ownership and impact — we should talk!

Originally posted on Himalayas