Software Engineer (Java)
Light & Wonder is seeking a Software Engineer (Java) to join its digital team, which focuses on providing innovative software for the global iGaming market. The role involves working within an agile, self-organising team to design, build, and maintain products and services hosted on-premises and in the cloud.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing high-quality software, refactoring existing code to improve platform performance, and participating in all stages of the software development life cycle. The position requires a creative individual who is capable of finding innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.
- Design & develop functionality based on existing coding standards or patterns.
- Write unit and integration tests for own code.
- Contribute to code reviews on code written by the team.
- Participate in all stages of the software development life cycle.
- Write clean Java code.
- Work with others as part of a self-organising team to design, build, and run products and services hosted on premises and cloud.
- Review and refactor existing code to improve the platform's reliability, robustness, performance, and operability.
- Work within agile setting and deliver value to the business incrementally in sprints.
- Become part of a value-oriented culture ensuring the quality of products and services delivered by the team.
- B.Sc. degree in Computer Science or related scientific/engineering field (required).
- Demonstrable knowledge of Java (required).
- 3+ years of software development experience using Java (required).
- 3+ years of experience working in agile teams (required).
- Experience in developing RESTful applications with Spring boot or related frameworks (required).
- Experience in working with both relational (SQL, DDL, ACID) and non-relational databases (required).
- Comfortable with Unix/Linux environments (required).
- Experience on Amazon Web Services (nice-to-have).
- Experience developing in a microservices architecture using Docker containers (nice-to-have).
- Experience on DevOps, and tools like Maven, Jenkins etc (nice-to-have).
- Competitive benefits.
- Open and supportive environment.
- Modern and exciting workplace.
- Opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis.
- Possibility to switch teams and projects as you and our business continues to develop and grow.
- Exciting projects with opportunities for creating positive change to our game engineering ecosystem.
- Stunning work location.
- Flexible working.
- Guidance and development skills you need to progress quickly and enhance your career.
Light & Wonder, Inc. is a leading cross-platform gaming company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formerly known as Scientific Games, it rebranded in 2022 after divesting its lottery and sports-betting businesses to focus on gaming. The company operates across three segments - Gaming (slot machines, table games and casino systems under brands such as Bally, WMS and Shuffle Master), SciPlay (social casino games) and iGaming (online casino content). Listed in both the US and Australia, it supplies content and systems to casinos and online operators worldwide.