Senior Software Engineer — Gaming Frameworks (Unreal/Unity)

Light & Wonder; Manchester; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Up to 8% employer pension

Job summary

Light & Wonder in Manchester is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and evolve a next‑generation cross‑platform game framework powering experiences across web, mobile, desktop, and land-based platforms.

You will design core framework components, influence architecture, and tackle performance challenges while collaborating with game developers, QA, and platform teams in an Agile environment. The role is based in the Manchester studio with office attendance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building complex, scalable software systems.
• Strong OO programming skills in TypeScript, C#, C++, or similar.
• Hands-on experience with Unity, Unreal, or equivalent engines.
• Experience in Agile teams delivering iteratively.
• Collaborative and strong cross-disciplinary communication.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve a cross-platform game framework for web, mobile, desktop, and land-based gaming.
• Design and develop core framework components used across multiple games, teams, and technologies.
• Influence architectural direction to ensure scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Solve complex performance and optimisation challenges across platforms and languages.
• Write clean, high-quality code and champion engineering best practices.

Skills

OO Programming

System Design

Agile Experience

Tools

C#

TypeScript

JavaScript

Unity

Unreal

WebGL

Android

iOS

GameDev

Job description

Light & Wonder in Manchester is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and evolve a next‑generation cross‑platform game framework powering experiences across web, mobile, desktop, and land-based platforms.

You will design core framework components, influence architecture, and tackle performance challenges while collaborating with game developers, QA, and platform teams in an Agile environment. The role is based in the Manchester studio with office attendance.