Software Engineer

SciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, providing highly entertaining free-to-play games that millions of people play every day for their authenticity, engagement and fun.

SciPlay currently offers nine core games, including social casino games Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino Slots, Hot Shot Casino and Quick Hit Slots, and casual games MONOPOLY Slots, Bingo Showdown, 88 Fortunes Slots, Backgammon Live and Solitaire Pet Adventure with offices all over the world!

Position Summary

About The Role

We're looking for a Software Engineer to work on Gold Fish Casino Slots -- one of our flagship titles played by hundreds of thousands of people every day. Here's what makes this role different from most: we're not hiring for client or server. We're hiring for the whole game. On any given day you might be in Unity and C# building slot content or UI systems, or in PHP and Couchbase working on game server features, or in the admin tooling stack -- a PHP backend with Vue.js on the front. The layer depends on what the game needs. That's the job, and for the right person, that's the appeal.

The codebase has history. This is a live product that has been shipping for years. Initiatives have been started, partially completed, and left alongside the patterns they were meant to replace. You'll encounter competing approaches in the same file. We're not going to pretend otherwise -- every engineer who has worked on a real product knows this is just the reality of shipping.

What we're looking for is someone who sees that and gets curious. The right person asks: why is it like this? Which of these approaches actually moves things forward? Where can I take a meaningful bite out of this while still delivering what players are waiting for? You're not trying to fix everything at once, but you're not going to close a ticket without thinking about the bigger picture, either. You're looking ahead with optimism, not behind with regret.

If you've spent your career on one layer of the stack and you're ready to learn the others, this role is for you. If you've done PHP on backends and touched Unity in your spare time and always wanted to do both professionally, this role is definitely for you. The tech can be learned. The drive to go learn it, and the mindset that looks at complexity and sees opportunity instead of liability, that's what we're hiring for.

AI is changing how we build software. Whether you're already using AI tools in your daily workflow or ready to start, you see it as a multiplier -- for you, for your team, and for the players waiting on the next release.

Role Buildout

• SOLID design principles

• Experience navigating codebases with accumulated technical debt -- you know how to make progress without burning everything down

• Knowledge of, or genuine excitement to learn, full-stack game development across client, server, and tooling

• Proactive communicator -- you surface problems early, not late

About You

• Relentlessly curious -- you dig until you understand why, not just what

• Critical thinker -- you don't accept the first answer; you pressure-test it

• Team oriented -- you make the people around you better

• Builder mentality -- you leave the codebase better than you found it, even when the improvement is incremental

• Product-minded -- you understand that the code you write is experienced by real players

• Breadth seeker -- you're energized by working across different layers and technologies, not unsettled by it

• AI-forward -- you've used AI tools in your development workflow or you're eager to start

Level and XP Requirements

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Experience with development tools, debugging, and version control

• Strong organizational skills -- able to break a high-level task into actionable pieces and deliver within the required timeframe

Bonus Points

• Unity and C#

• PHP

• Couchbase

• Vue.js

• Experience using a dependency injection framework

• AWS or similar cloud technology

• Experience writing automated tests

• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (copilots, code generation, LLM-based workflows)

We are SciPlay! We make games!

At SciPlay, we are programmed to think untraditionally, and we believe in doing what you love and doing it well. We take pride in our ability to stay ahead of the game! We are the brainiacs behind-the-scenes; innovating, dreaming, and navigating the social gaming world. Together, if we stay passionate and ambitious with our goals, no one can stop us from becoming the #1 social and casual gaming company.

A few of our highlighted perks and benefits:

·         Competitive salaries

·         Annual bonuses, matching 401k

·         Fun environment: Open Office Concept with Ergonomic Seating and Standing Desks. Game Room featuring current generation consoles, numerous game titles, and various table games.

·         Food! Fully Stocked Kitchen with Beverages and Snacks, as well as company-paid lunches 2x/week

·         Paid Family Leave

·         Paid Volunteer Time

·         Annual 2-night company retreat

Read More About Our Values Here:

https://www.sciplay.com/life-at-sciplay

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At SciPlay we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Both professionally and personally, we believe our differences are key to unlocking our superpowers. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles we have! #beYOU 

SciPlay is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Light & Wonder, Inc. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games! Learn more at www.lnw.com.

SciPlay Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, SciPlay) are committed to creating a workforce of credibility and dependability. As a prerequisite to employment with SciPlay (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SciPlay conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you. This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above. SciPlay is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here EEOC Poster.

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