Lead Unity Software Engineer - Game Dev Tools & Automation

Aristocrat Leisure; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Aristocrat Leisure in Las Vegas seeks a Principal Software Engineer to craft complex, componentized systems for Game Development Kits and Tools used in Casinos worldwide. You will lead Unity-based solutions, optimize memory and rendering, and drive CI/CD automation while mentoring developers across global teams.

The role demands deep Unity expertise, strong C# and C++ skills, and a proactive owner mindset to align with business goals. On-site collaboration with the Technology Group is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field.
• 10+ years proven experience in C# and Unity.
• 5+ years C++ experience.
• Deep knowledge of Unity Engine, APIs, memory management and rendering pipelines.
• Clear, maintainable and portable code is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture for Unity-based game tooling and GDK components.
• Design scalable client-side architectures using DI, events and state machines.
• Develop automation, tooling and CI/CD pipelines for editor and build processes.
• Coach and mentor game developers and review peer code.

Skills

Unity

Dependency Injection

State Machines

Editor scripting

Memory management

Rendering pipelines

CI/CD

C++

Code review

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

CI/CD tools

Automation tooling

Git

Job description

Aristocrat Leisure in Las Vegas seeks a Principal Software Engineer to craft complex, componentized systems for Game Development Kits and Tools used in Casinos worldwide. You will lead Unity-based solutions, optimize memory and rendering, and drive CI/CD automation while mentoring developers across global teams.

The role demands deep Unity expertise, strong C# and C++ skills, and a proactive owner mindset to align with business goals. On-site collaboration with the Technology Group is expected.