About the Role
Scopely is looking for a Senior AI Engineer to join our Gen AI team in Bangalore! 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 who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
For this role we are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Senior AI Engineer with deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence to lead the design and development of intelligent systems powering analytics, automation, and immersive in-game experiences. This role involves prototyping, researching emerging AI methods, and delivering scalable solutions that integrate seamlessly into production pipelines and game technologies.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the strategic design, development, and deployment of advanced AI systems for Conversational Analytics, Knowledge Bases, QA Automation, and in-game intelligent experiences
- Architect and implement scalable AI solutions supporting real-time systems, automation pipelines, and player-facing features
- Drive innovation in:
- Designing structured protocols for managing AI model context across diverse applications
- Creating autonomous agents for decision-making and dynamic interaction
- Collaborate across disciplines to translate high-level goals into robust, AI-powered capabilities
- Mentor and guide engineers, promote best practices, and contribute to architectural decisions shaping long-term technical direction
- Present research, insights, and prototypes that influence product vision and accelerate the adoption of emerging AI technologies
- Lead efforts in AI infrastructure, including model deployment workflows, performance tuning, and system observability in production environments
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of professional experience in backend or full-stack development using Python, including hands-on AI experience with at least 2 years in a senior role.
- Hands-on experience using agentic AI in day-to-day development to build, integrate, and optimize workflows with sub-agents, skills, MCP’s, tool calling, etc.
- Strong hands-on experience in building scalable, high-performance APIs using frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, etc.
- Proven Track record of at least 1 year of experience in cloud-native development in AWS /GCP or similar and containerization using Docker
- Strong background in software engineering best practices like CI/CD, Git workflows, testing strategies, and production-grade code quality
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and data management with both SQL and NoSQL technologies
- A strong sense of ownership and product thinking — proactively seeking ways to create value and drive impact
- Excellent problem-solving and system design skills, with a methodical and scalable approach to complex AI challenges
- Strong communicator with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and influence cross-team decisions
Bonus
- Experience with MLOps, reinforcement learning, computer vision, or game AI development
- Contributions to open-source AI projects or publications in AI-related domains