Lead PHP Engineer — Game Backend & Refactor Lead

SciPlay; Austin (TX); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salaries

Annual bonuses

Matching 401k

Open office concept

Game room and lounges

Free lunches 2x/week

Paid family leave

Paid volunteer time

Annual company retreat

Descripción de la vacante

SciPlay is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for Gold Fish Casino Slots. This is a hands-on role in a nine-figure-revenue PHP codebase, where you’ll set technical standards, mentor engineers, and influence the admin tooling stack alongside the game server.

You’ll balance technical depth with judgment to deliver meaningful improvements. You’ll work with leadership to steer roadmap, write production-ready PHP, and ensure robust, scalable solutions across a mature platform.

Formación

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience on a production system.
• Deep PHP expertise including Composer and DI containers.
• Ability to set priorities at two levels: technical execution and personal scope.
• Proven testing judgment and when to write unit tests or ship behind a flag.

Responsabilidades

• Improve a PHP codebase used in production with careful refactors.
• Mentor mid-level engineers and contribute to code reviews and design discussions.
• Collaborate with leadership on roadmap and tradeoffs; write production-ready code.

Conocimientos

7+ years exp

Deep PHP

Leadership/mentoring

Dual-priority planning

Testing judgment

Herramientas

Composer

Symfony DI

Static analysis

Descripción del empleo

SciPlay is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for Gold Fish Casino Slots. This is a hands-on role in a nine-figure-revenue PHP codebase, where you’ll set technical standards, mentor engineers, and influence the admin tooling stack alongside the game server.

You’ll balance technical depth with judgment to deliver meaningful improvements. You’ll work with leadership to steer roadmap, write production-ready PHP, and ensure robust, scalable solutions across a mature platform.