Senior AI Data Engineer

Tripledot; London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mobile games company in London is looking for a Senior AI Data Engineer. The successful candidate will design and maintain data pipelines to support AI initiatives. Key requirements include proficiency in SQL and Python, and experience in gaming and data orchestration tools. The role offers a hybrid work environment with great benefits including paid holidays, daily free lunch, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday

Hybrid working model

Remote work flexibility

Daily free lunch

Company events

Employee Assistance Program

Life Assurance

Continuous Professional Development

Private Medical Cover

Pension Plan

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, ideally in gaming or mobile apps.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Hands-on experience with data pipeline orchestration.
• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines for AI/ML initiatives.
• Collaborate with various teams on data needs.
• Ensure data quality and governance across data lifecycle.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data Modelling

Collaboration

Tools

Airflow

GCP

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Spark

Kafka

Job description

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Senior AI Data Engineer

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London, UK

Description

Tripledot 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 AI group

The AI group works with all studios under Tripledot, engaging with Data teams, Products teams, and Engineering teams.

Role Overview

Working within a group function that is aimed to work with all group studios. Within the group AI functions you'll be working with other AI/ ML Eng, Data engineers, analysts and product owners..

Within the various studios you will interact with data, engineering, and product teams. The group AI function's goal is to make Tripledot an AI first company. You'll be reporting into the VP of AI. The role will be directly contributing to main games KPIs such as retention, revenue, player experience, as well as to company efficiency and time to market in developing games and features.

Progression opportunities will be within the AI group or to studios in the group. The first initiative you'll be taking part of is LTV predictions both for Ad based revenues and IAP based ones.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines to support AI/ML initiatives across the studio.
• Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, analysts, and game developers to understand data needs and translate them into robust infrastructure solutions.
• Develop and maintain ETL/ELT workflows that ingest and transform structured and unstructured data from various sources (e.g., game telemetry, player behavior, marketing).
• Work with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) to manage and optimize data lakes, warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Redshift), and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow).
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and governance across all stages of the data lifecycle.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines and ensure timely delivery of data to downstream systems.
• Enable real-time and batch data processing to support AI use cases like player segmentation, churn prediction, personalization, and content optimization.
• Advocate for best practices in data engineering, including CI/CD, version control, testing, and observability.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 4+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, ideally within gaming, mobile apps, or digital products.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Experience with OLAP Databases.
• Understanding of DBT.
• Hands-on experience with data pipeline orchestration (e.g., Airflow, Prefect, Dagster).
• Experience with big data technologies and distributed systems (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Flink).
• Familiarity with machine learning workflows, feature stores, and model serving is a plus.
• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure (e.g., GCP, AWS) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Passion for gaming and an interest in using AI to create better player experiences.
• Strong Data Modelling skills.
• A collaborative mindset with strong communication skills and a product-focused approach.

Working at Tripledot

• 25 days paid holiday in addition to bank holidays to relax and refresh throughout the year.
• Hybrid Working: We work in the office 3 days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and a third day of your choice.
• 20 days fully remote working: Work from anywhere in the world, 20 days of the year.
• Daily Free Lunch: In the office you get GBP 12 every day to order from JustEat
• Regular company events and rewards: quarterly on-site and off-site events that celebrate cultural events, our achievements and our team spirit.
• Employee Assistance Program: Anytime you need it, tap into confidential, caring support with our Employee Assistance Program, always here to lend an ear and a helping hand.
• Family Forming Support: Receive vital support on your family forming/ fertility journey with our support program [subject to policy]
• Life Assurance & Group Income Cover: Financial protection for you and your loved ones.
• Continuous Professional Development
• Private Medical Cover & Health Cash Plan
• Dental Cover
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Pension Plan