Senior AI Engineer

Scopely; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Scopely, a leading mobile games publisher, seeks a Senior AI Engineer to join Forge in our Barcelona office on a hybrid basis. You will own end-to-end AI products, build production-ready AI applications using LLMs and cloud technologies, and collaborate with engineers, designers, and production teams to scale creativity across Scopely’s game studios.

You will prototype ideas, translate them into scalable solutions, and help evolve our AI practices and standards for reliability and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering delivering production AI systems.
• Experience shipping end-to-end AI-powered products.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own AI products and services end-to-end.
• Build production-ready AI applications leveraging LLMs and cloud technologies.
• Prototype rapidly to validate ideas with users.
• Collaborate with Creative, Production and Engineering teams.
• Drive technical decisions and design reviews.
• Ensure reliability, observability, security and maintainability.
• Contribute to engineering culture and practices.

Skills

LLMs

AI integration

ML system design

Cloud architectures

Python

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenAI API

Job description

Scopely is looking for a talented Senior AI Engineer to joinForge, our Creative Technology & AI team within Flamed, in our Barcelona office 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 developing, publishing, and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world every day.

We are the in-house creative agency, Flamed, an International multidisciplinary team. We build thousands of creatives every year to support all Scopely games Marketing needs worldwide.

What You'll Do

Forge is shaping the future of creative production. We combine AI, engineering, automation, and creative technology to build the platforms, products, and workflows that empower every creative team to move faster, experiment more, and scale creativity across Scopely.

As a Senior AI Engineer, you'll play a key role in building those capabilities. You'll own the end-to-end delivery of AI-powered products and services, working closely with engineers, creative technologists, designers, producers, and artists to turn ambitious ideas into production-ready solutions that have a measurable impact across multiple game teams.

• Own AI products and services throughout their full lifecycle, from discovery and implementation to deployment, monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Build production-ready AI applications leveraging LLMs, agents, automation frameworks and modern cloud technologies.
• Prototype rapidly to validate ideas with users, then evolve successful experiments into scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Partner closely with Creative, Production and Engineering teams to understand workflows and translate them into practical AI solutions.
• Drive technical decisions within the team's architecture and engineering standards.
• Participate in design reviews, helping shape technical decisions through thoughtful proposals and engineering trade-offs.
• Ensure solutions are reliable, observable, secure and maintainable by following best practices around testing, versioning, permissions and monitoring.
• Contribute to a collaborative engineering culture by sharing knowledge, improving standards and helping evolve the team's technical practices.

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of software engineering experience delivering production systems.
• Strong hands-on engineering skills with experience shipping products end-to-end.
• Experience building AI-powered applications using LLMs, AI agents, orchestration frameworks or automation platforms.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, cloud services and modern development practices.
• Comfortable moving quickly through ambiguity while maintaining a high engineering bar.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Pragmatic mindset focused on solving real user problems and delivering business impact.
• Passion for applying AI to improve workflows, creativity and operational efficiency.

Nice to Have

• Experience building internal platforms or developer tools.
• Experience working with multimodal AI, computer vision or generative media technologies.
• Familiarity with MLOps, evaluation pipelines and AI observability.
• Experience supporting creative production, gaming, content pipelines or digital asset workflows.

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 play.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.

Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.

Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.

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