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title: 'Software Engineer, Arcade (Backend) at Triumph'
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# Software Engineer, Arcade (Backend) at Triumph

- **Company:** Triumph
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $200k–$400k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-11-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/triumph-arcade/714a3b99-8a7d-4f0a-9944-d2d0cbb8bbca

## Job description

The right candidate is passionate about building and has the ability and agency to drive projects to completion. You should be excited by the prospect of owning a large part of our engineering system, and continuously looking for more responsibility to take on. Being a backend engineer at Triumph is both demanding and rewarding, and your scope will cover (but not be limited to):

- Building consumer facing features to help Triumph's core business metrics
- Work closely with data team to solve difficult data driven problems, such as optimal matchmaking, anti-fraud, etc.
- Help drive these complex solution into production
- Iterating on engineering processes to allow the growing team to ship fast - eg. experimentation platforms, improving CI/CD

Above all, we hire people for their slope, who are willing to match the pace and energy of the growth curve of the company. While we ask a lot, we regularly double down on our top people.

## What You'll Work On (Arcade)

Triumph Arcade is a mobile platform where players compete in skill-based games for cash and prizes: async tournaments, real-time 1v1 matches, streaks, leagues and daily challenges. Triumph earns a service fee on each competition. The backend decides who plays whom, scores every game, pays out winners and keeps play fair, across millions of games a week. You will work on:

- Game modes and tournaments. Build and evolve async tournaments, blitz, streaks, leagues, challenges and new formats to engage in skill based games.
- Matchmaking. Pair players by skill so matches are fast and fair, even in small pools.
- Real-time multiplayer. Own live matches end to end: spin up game servers, connect players with low latency, and settle results.
- Rewards and offers. Build the personalization engine that gives each player the right reward or offer at the right time.
- Integrity. Work with fraud and payments to detect collusion, score tampering and multi-accounting.
- Scalability. Build and improve backend scalability to support the next 10x of growth.

## Qualifications

- 3+ years of experience as a backend engineer (Go is nice)
- Experience with storage systems (e.g., databases, object stores, or distributed file systems)
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across work streams within your team and contribute to your peers' success
- A strong personal slope and desire to grow one's career

Why Triumph?

- High growth. Build a high-scale consumer platform that touches gaming, finance, and social with the autonomy to set our web direction.
- High agency. Small, high-impact engineering team that is growing rapidly with significant opportunity for leadership and growth.
- High energy. Passionate team who are proud of our work and velocity.
- Competitive salary and benefits. $400/mo lunch credit, healthcare, vision, dental, 401k, etc.

Our team gathers 5 days a week at Triumph’s headquarters in San Francisco.

## About Triumph

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Triumph builds a real-money platform that layers financial stakes onto in-house built video games and collectibles, creating a new category of consumer entertainment.
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed; Series B)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Jake Brooks (CEO), Jared Geller (Co-founder & CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Consumer entertainment / Real-money gaming / Fintech for collectibles
- **Target customers**: B2C – consumers who play competitive games and collect digital/physical collectibles
- **Mission/purpose**: “Financialization of everything” – building the next $100B entertainment platform where real stakes meet novel consumer experiences.

## Products & Services
- **Arcade by Triumph**: A mobile app that layers real stakes onto in-house built video games. Players can wager cash on the outcomes of skill-based tournaments. Features anti-cheating, fair matchmaking, and seamless tournament infrastructure. [triumpharcade.com](https://triumpharcade.com/)
- **Rips by Triumph**: A financial layer for the universe of collectibles, enabling users to trade, speculate, and monetize collectible assets. [triumpharcade.com](https://triumpharcade.com/)

Both apps are reported to be #1 in their respective App Store categories.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (post-money valuation not publicly available)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised: **$46.1M** (as of Series B in August 2025). Latest round: **$24M Series B** (August 2025). Prior Series A: **$12.1M** (May 2023). [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/489814-66)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: DraftKings, Flux Capital, 90 Sheridan Street, and 20+ other investors. First-ever investor: Michael Fertik. [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/489814-66)
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew **162.5% YoY** to 47 employees (2026). Both apps #1 in their categories. Active job postings increased 500% year-over-year. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/triumphlabs) [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/489814-66)

## Competitive Advantages
- **In-house game development** combined with financial rails – rare integration of skill-based gaming and real-money wagering.
- **Anti-cheat and fair matchmaking** systems that create a trusted environment for real-money play.
- **Elite team** composed of ex-quant traders, ex-founders, world champion video game players, and top artists/entertainers – a mix not easily replicated.
- **Network effects** from two complementary products (gaming and collectibles) that share a user base and financial infrastructure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale the platform** to become a $100B entertainment company by expanding user acquisition, launching new games and collectible markets, and deepening the financial layer.
- **Hire aggressively** across engineering, data, product, operations, and marketing to support rapid growth (16+ open roles as of mid-2026).
- **Maintain in-office culture** (5 days/week in San Francisco) to accelerate collaboration and speed of execution.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Generalists who care about craft, ship fast, and own outcomes end-to-end.” The team includes ex-quant traders, founders, world champion gamers, and top artists – a high-caliber, interdisciplinary environment.
- **Work policy**: **5 days a week in San Francisco** (HQ at 90 Sheridan Street, SF, CA). Remote roles exist only for Customer Support and some Operations shifts.
- **Compensation**: Engineering salaries range **$200K–$400K** with equity. Roles like Engineering Manager ($275K–$400K), Quant Strategist ($200K–$400K), and Data Scientist ($200K–$400K) are listed. [triumpharcade.com/jobs](https://www.triumpharcade.com/jobs)
- **Impact**: “Your work will touch millions of users immediately” – the platform already handles billions of user interactions and billions in volume.
- **Notable perks**: Equity offered for most roles; fast-paced startup with clear growth trajectory; opportunity to work at the intersection of tech, entertainment, and culture.

## Sources
1. [triumpharcade.com](https://triumpharcade.com/)
2. [triumpharcade.com/jobs](https://www.triumpharcade.com/jobs)
3. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/triumph-arcade](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/triumph-arcade)
4. [linkedin.com/company/triumphlabs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/triumphlabs)
5. [pitchbook.com/profiles/company/489814-66](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/489814-66)

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