Lead Software Engineer

iGaming:

If it’s iGaming, we know a thing or two. Light & Wonder’s digital team leads the global gaming market, providing jaw-dropping content and innovative software that powers the world's most successful online gaming providers.

Position Summary

Job Summary

LnW are looking for an experienced Development Lead from a Java/J2EE oriented development background to join our team of skilled engineers. In this role you will be given responsibility for creating scalable product solutions that run on our leading edge online casino platform. This will ensure you take our products and your career to the next level.

The Development Lead position at SG Digital consists of a balance of four main areas of responsibility:
• Technical leadership: Understand the platform and technologies used and guide future direction
• Team leadership: Coaching, support and development of the team
• Customer liaison: A trusted point of contact between SG Digital professional service teams, our customers and partners.
• Incidents: Management of, and escalation path for live production incidents.

Key Tasks
• Build game engines on our next generation casino platform
• Manage a team of approximately 8 developers
• Manage and contribute to technical end-to-end delivery of games
• Become a primary point of contact for and maintain strong relationships with both external and internal customers
• Lead design and code reviews, set coding standards and ensure they are met by deliverables
• Ensure engineering best practice principles are applied at all times
• Design solutions that are compatible with the strategic direction of the company
• Support the recruitment process of technical resources

Responsible for: Ownership for management of a squad and software quality and delivery assigned to it. Mentoring team members and building a healthy productive culture.

Liaison with: The role will interact directly with the Development managers, QA Lead, project managers, product managers, architecture and other team members