Senior Software Engineer GDK
Light & Wonder, Inc.3 months ago
Manchester, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve a next-generation cross-platform game framework for web, mobile, desktop, and land-based gaming platforms.
- Design and develop core framework components used across multiple games, teams, and technologies.
- Influence technical architecture and engineering direction while ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions.
- Solve complex performance and optimization challenges across platforms, languages, and environments.
- Write high-quality code and promote engineering best practices for a robust and reliable framework.
- Collaborate with game developers, QA, and platform engineering teams.
- Contribute to technical discussions, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
- Stay current with gaming and technology trends and apply relevant innovations to the framework and development process.
Requirements
- Proven experience building complex, scalable, and maintainable software systems.
- Strong object-oriented programming skills and proficiency in at least one language such as TypeScript, C#, C++, or similar.
- Hands-on experience with modern game engines such as Unreal or Unity.
- Experience working in Agile software development teams and delivering through iterative development practices.
- A pragmatic, performance-focused approach to problem solving and the ability to balance technical excellence with commercial requirements.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across multidisciplinary teams.
- Preferred experience in game development, game architecture, development lifecycles, and platform considerations.
- Preferred knowledge of casino gaming, iGaming, or other regulated software environments.
- Preferred experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, WebGL, and browser performance optimization.
- Preferred understanding of Android and iOS development and performance optimization.
- Preferred experience with graphics programming, rendering pipelines, shaders, or engine-level performance improvements.
- Preferred knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, build systems, development toolchains, and extending game engines through native modules or SDKs.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual performance bonus.
- 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
- One paid day for charitable projects and one paid day for a personal celebration.
- Half Day for Health paid leave.
- Up to 8% employer pension contributions.
- Cycle-to-work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts or cashback through a reward platform.
- Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Aviva DigiCare, and Employee Assistance Programme benefits.
- Optional Tastecard, Give As You Earn, and Travel Ticket Loan benefits.
- Manchester studio-based role requiring attendance in the office at least four days per week.
Tech Stack
Categories
Gaming
About Light & Wonder, Inc.
Light & Wonder, Inc. builds casino gaming machines, table systems, and the OpenGaming iGaming platform, licensing slot and table game content to land-based casinos and online gaming operators. The company generates revenue from hardware sales, platform and systems deals, and game content licensing. Headquartered in Las Vegas, it is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the ticker LNW and serves regulated gaming markets in North America, Europe, and other jurisdictions.