Lead Playable Ads Developer, AI & Automation

<div class="content-intro"><h2><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Who are we?</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Tripledot</strong> <strong>Studios</strong> is one of the largest independent mobile games companies in the world.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">We are a multi-award-winning organisation, with a global 2,500+ strong team across 12 studios.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Tripledot’s guiding principle is that when people love what they do, what they do will be loved by others.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">We’re building a company we’re proud of. One filled with driven, incredibly smart and detail-orientated people, who <strong>LOVE</strong> making games.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Our ambition is to be the most successful games company in the world, and we’re just getting started.</span></p></div><p><strong>Role overview&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>As Lead Playable Ads Developer, you will provide technical leadership for a growing group of playable developers, establishing stronger engineering practices, improving delivery workflows, and building a more consistent development framework across studio-aligned teams. A central part of the role is championing AI-accelerated development: using generative AI and automation to speed up builds, scale creative variants, and cut repetitive work across the team. You'll stay hands-on, contributing directly to playable creation and using your own output as a proving ground for the workflows you roll out.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Lead and support a team of playable developers,</strong> providing day-to-day technical guidance, coaching and line management</li> <li><strong>Champion and roll out AI-assisted development across the team</strong>, using coding assistants and agentic tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) to accelerate how quickly playables are built and iterated</li> <li>Identify, prototype and productionise <strong>automation for repetitive playable work</strong>: creative variant generation, asset swapping, MRAID and ad-network export, QA, and video capture</li> <li>Evaluate generative AI asset tools (image, video, 3D, audio) for playable creative and bring the promising ones into the team's workflow</li> <li><strong>Define and implement a scalable development framework for the playable ads function</strong>, including sensible standards and guardrails for AI-assisted work (code quality, review, IP and security)</li> <li>Establish and promote <strong>strong software engineering practices</strong>, including maintainable architecture, clean code standards and reliable delivery</li> <li>Improve codebase and repository management to support better collaboration across the team</li> <li><strong>Train and enable developers to adopt new frameworks</strong>, workflows, tools and best practices, including AI-driven ones</li> <li>Remain hands-on by developing playable ads directly as part of the role</li> <li>Partner with stakeholders to support successful delivery of playable work across multiple studio contexts</li> </ul> <p><br><strong>Required Skills, Knowledge and Expertise</strong></p> <ul> <li>Strong experience building playable ads with a high level of technical confidence</li> <li>Hands-on experience building playables in an HTML5 game or playable engine such as Cocos Creator, PixiJS, Phaser or similar</li> <li>Hands-on experience using generative AI in a development context, whether AI coding assistants, automation or agentic workflows, or AI asset generation, plus genuine enthusiasm for pushing what's possible</li> <li>Ability to evaluate fast-moving AI tooling critically and separate real productivity gains from hype</li> <li>Previous experience in a leadership or people management capacity, or clear readiness to step into a lead role</li> <li>Deep understanding of software engineering fundamentals and how to apply them in a fast-moving production environment</li> <li>Experience setting up or improving development pipelines, frameworks and team workflows</li> <li>Knowledge of codebase structure, version control and repository management best practices</li> <li>Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical approaches clearly to developers and stakeholders</li> <li>A collaborative mindset with the ability to work across studio-aligned teams while maintaining shared standards</li> </ul> <h3>Working at Tripledot</h3> <ul> <li><strong>25 days paid holiday</strong> in addition to bank holidays to relax and refresh throughout the year</li> <li><strong>Hybrid Working</strong></li> <li><strong>20 days remote working: </strong>Work from anywhere in the world, or use the time to cover mandatory office days to WFH, 20 days of the year.</li> <li><strong>Regular company events and rewards: </strong>Join in regular events and rewards that celebrate cultural events, our achievements and our&nbsp; team spirit.</li> <li><strong>Private Medical Cover: </strong>Have peace of mind with private medical cover, ensuring your health is in good hands.</li> <li><strong>Life &amp; Critical Illness Cover: </strong>Protect your future with our life and critical illness cover.</li> <li><strong>Family Forming Support: </strong>Receive vital support on your family forming/ fertility journey with our support program [subject to policy]</li> <li><strong>Employee Assistance Program: </strong>Access confidential support anytime through our Employee Assistance Program.</li> <li><strong>Sport Compensation: </strong>Stay fit and active with our sport compensation benefit.</li> <li><strong>Meal and Transport Vouchers: </strong>Save on meals and transport with our convenient vouchers.</li> <li><strong>English &amp; Spanish Classes: </strong>Enhance your English and Spanish skills with our provided language classes.</li> <li><strong>Continuous Professional Development:</strong> Propel your career with continuous opportunities for professional development.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p>