Lead Software Engineer

Job Posting Title

Lead Software Engineer

Summary

Do you have a passion for developing highly scalable, highly available software that provides key game features to millions of users? Are you eager to work in the fast growing, dynamic, and challenging mobile and social games space?

Pixel United (formally Aristocrat Digital) is looking for a lead backend engineer to join our team. We are creating Pixel Uniteds next generation game development kit (NG-GDK). The NG-GDK will encompass software libraries, tools, plugins and process that enable amazing and engaging games. We are using the latest game engine and cloud enabled technologies to enable studios around the world to deliver casual and free to play games to a broad range of platforms.

The next generation team is new, small and focused which means a big opportunity to influence the way games are designed and developed to take Pixel United to the next level.

What You'll Do


Oversee the technical work of a team of software developers working on a project, ensuring work meets the technical requirements.
Lead the team in design, coding, testing, researching & analyzing
Work closely with remote and local software development and QA to refine designs and contribute to the development of the product
Hands on development, writing software and assisting their team to meet deadlines and improve the quality of the codebase.
Promote good development principles, such astest driven development
Managing and Reviewing performance of your team.
Mentor software developers on the development team, through processes such aspair programming and code reviews
Serve as an interface between the programmers and management, have ownership of their team's development plans and have supervisorial responsibilities in delegating work.
Work with Production to ensure that their sections of the product come in on time and under budget
Serve as technical adviser to management and provide programming perspective on requirements.


What We're Looking For


10+ years experience
Experience with Leading and Managing teams
Expert at C#, ASP.NET, .Net Core
Expert at HTTPS, RESTful APIs
Expert at AWS, Azure, Cloud experience
Expert at Client/Server Architecture
Expert at Server Debugging and performance
Experience using OAuth, JWT, Security
Experience using Logging and Graphing, Kibana, DataDog
Experience using Kubernetes, Docker, Container
Experience using JIRA, Confluence, Git
Experience using Storage technologies like MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, S3, etc.
Experience using Agile/Scrum methodologies to iterate quickly on product changes
Passion for Documentation
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related engineering discipline
Experience in DevOps
Experience in data science frameworks and tools
Experience in social casino game development
Experience using Unity

Why Aristocrat?


Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. Were a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. We offer a range of flexible working options through all.flex, our flexible hybrid work model and invite you to have a conversation with us about flexible working. EEO M/F/D/V

World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

Robust benefits package

Global career opportunities

Our Values


All about the Player

Talent Unleashed

Collective Brilliance

Good Business Good Citizen

The US based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.