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.

Light & Wonder is the global leader in cross-platform games and entertainment. The company brings together 5,000 employees from six continents to connect content between land-based and digital channels with unmatched technology and distribution. Guided by a culture that values daring teamwork and creativity, Light & Wonder builds new worlds of play, developing game experiences loved by players around the globe. The company’s OpenGaming(tm) platform powers the largest digital-gaming network in the industry. Light & Wonder is committed to the highest standards of integrity, from promoting player responsibility to implementing sustainable practices. To learn more, visit lnw.com. 

As a Lead Developer at Light & Wonder, you will lead a development team to create a wide variety of online slot games using our in-house game development framework, GDM.

You will be responsible for a team of developers with varied experience, ranging from junior to senior developers. You will also be responsible for allocating work within your team and keeping track of their progress.  A large part of the role will also be maintaining games in production, both legacy and recent.  These games are made with a variety of frameworks and as such you will be expected to be able to work on these without prior experience when necessary.

In order to be successful in the role, you must have several years of development experience in a professional setting at a senior level or above. Although you will receive plentiful help from other team members, you should be able to learn and solve problems independently.

You will have the opportunity to work with other LNW developers and team members around the world, gaining knowledge from them as well as from peers in the Montreal office.

Some examples of our completed games are available here https://igaming-demo.lnw.com

Primary responsibilities

• Manage a team of developers with mixed abilities.

• Hold regular catch ups with team members and weekly dev meetings.

• Take part in a variety of planning, update and estimation meetings.

• Program new interactive games in GDM alongside members of your team.

• Ensure the code base maintains a good quality by reviewing Pull Requests.

• Lead the game engine development, ensuring it is delivered on time and to a high standard.

• Fix any game issues found by our internal quality assurance (QA) team or clients.

• Take charge of managing live issues assigned to our studio.

• Contribute suggestions or small fixes to our game framework, GDM.

• Plan the development of games in detail prior to starting development.

• Assist in the hiring process.

Essential

• Several years of development experience in a professional setting at a senior level or above.

• Previous experience managing a person or a team (such as leading development of a game).

• Thorough knowledge of Java and preferably other languages.

• Completion of formal training in programming or software development via a university degree or equivalent course.

• Strong leadership qualities, ideally with experience leading a small team.

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

• A high standard of coding and development practices.

Nice to haves

• Previous experience working with a game of any kind, particularly gambling games.

• Experience working with GDM would be a terrific asset.

• Knowledge of a wide range of programming languages.

• Experience working in Scrum environments.

• Knowledge of automation technologies such as Jenkins.

Light & Wonder and its affiliates are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses.  As a result, certain Light & Wonder employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts.   In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles.  As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W 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. 

L&W is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information, please click on this link: EEO Poster

Light & Wonder 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 for EEOC Poster.

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