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At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.\nPosition Summary\nAt Light & Wonder, we're building the technology that powers the next generation of gaming experiences. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in developing a shared game framework used across multiple products, platforms, and teams. You'll tackle complex engineering challenges, influence technical direction, and help create scalable solutions that enable game developers to build amazing player experiences faster and more effectively. If you're excited by solving difficult problems, collaborating with talented colleagues, and having a real impact on the future of gaming technology, we'd love to hear from you.\nWe're looking for people who are full of ideas, want to challenge the norm and work to our core values…\nDare to be Bold - We always bring courage to work to reach for the unbelievable.\n\nUphold Integrity - We promote accountability and respect to raise the bar for ourselves and the industry.\n\nNever Settle - We relentlessly push forward to create the extraordinary in every detail.\n\nCelebrate Perspectives - We combine diverse talent to look at the familiar in unfamiliar ways.\n\nWin as a Team - We bring out the best in each other to share collective success.\n\nWhat You'll Do\nHelp build and evolve a next-generation, cross-platform game framework that powers experiences across web, mobile, desktop, and land-based gaming platforms.\n\nDesign and develop core framework components used across multiple games, teams, and technologies.\n\nInfluence technical architecture and engineering direction, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and built for the future.\n\nSolve complex performance and optimisation challenges across different platforms, languages, and environments.\n\nWrite clean, high-quality code and champion engineering best practices to maintain a robust and reliable framework.\n\nCollaborate closely with game developers, QA, and platform engineering teams within Agile delivery environments such as Scrum and Kanban.\n\nContribute to technical discussions, share knowledge with colleagues, and help drive continuous improvement across the engineering function.\n\nStay current with emerging gaming and technology trends, applying relevant innovations to enhance the framework and development process.\n\nWhat You'll Bring\nProven experience building complex, scalable, and maintainable software systems.\n\nStrong object-oriented programming skills and proficiency in at least one language such as TypeScript, C#, C++, or similar.\n\nHands-on experience working with modern game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or equivalent technologies.\n\nExperience working within Agile software development teams and delivering solutions through iterative development practices.\n\nA pragmatic, performance-focused approach to problem solving, with the ability to balance technical excellence and commercial requirements.\n\nStrong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.\n\nNice to Have\nExperience in game development, with a strong understanding of game architecture, development lifecycles, and platform considerations.\n\nKnowledge of casino gaming, iGaming, or other regulated software environments.\n\nExperience with web technologies including JavaScript, TypeScript, WebGL, and browser performance optimisation.\n\nUnderstanding of mobile development and performance optimisation for Android and iOS.\n\nExperience with graphics programming, rendering pipelines, shaders, or engine-level performance improvements.\n\nKnowledge of CI/CD pipelines, build systems, development toolchains, and extending game engines through native modules or SDKs.\n\nA passion for emerging technologies and their application within gaming.\n\nWorking Model\nThis role is based at our Manchester XYZ office and follows a4-day-per-week onsite working model. 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