Software Development Manager

Light & Wonder; Las Vegas (NV); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Light & Wonder in Las Vegas is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the team that builds and operates the build, release, and asset pipeline behind our next generation gaming platform.

You will manage and grow engineers, set the technical direction for how our code and content get from game studios to a running game on every support platform.

This role emphasizes CI/CD leadership, tooling, automation, and collaboration with game development teams to ensure reliable, scalable pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including significant time in building engineering, CI/CD, developer tools, and pipeline engineering.
• 3+ years engineering management experience, with direct responsibility for hiring, mentoring and team performance.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, build systems, source control and automation.
• Strong programming or scripting skills in C++, C#, Python, or similar languages.
• Deep understand of Jenkins, Perforce/Git and on premise build infrastructure.
• Direct experience working on Unity, Unreal or a comparable commercial game engine.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team responsible for CI/CD, build system, development tools, and asset pipeline supporting game development.
• Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for build infrastructure, automation, developer tooling, and content/asset workflow.
• Own and continuously evolve the CI/CD pipeline across platforms, providing fast, reliable, and repeatable compilation, test orchestration, packaging, signing and release.
• Drive the development and optimization of asset pipelines, enabling efficient processing, validation and delivery of game content across supported platforms.
• Partner closely with test automation to integrate automated testing into CI/CD workflows, improve test feedback cycles, and strengthen overall build and release quality.
• Collaborate with Game Development Kit(GDK) engineers, platform team and game studios to improve development workflows and deliver effective tools and automation.
• Ensure development infrastructure, tools, and pipelines are reliable, scalable, maintainable and efficient across every supported platforms.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to improve development efficiency, code quality, testing effectiveness, and team productivity.

Skills

CI/CD

Build systems

Dev tooling

Automation

Python

C++

C#

Git

Jenkins

Game engines

Engineering mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Perforce/Git

Unity/Unreal

On-prem build infra

Job description

Gaming:

Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.

Position Summary

Engineering Manager, Build Pipeline & Tools

Gaming:

Welcome to the world of casino gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.

The Mission

Build and evolve the shared technology platform that powers Light & Wonder’s next generation gaming experiences across multiple platforms and hardware requirements.

Job Summary

As an Engineering Manager at Light & Wonder, you will lead the team that builds and operates the build, release, and asset pipeline behind our next generation gaming platform. You will manage and grow a team of engineers, set the technical direction for how our code and content get from game studios to a running game on every support platform.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team responsible for CI/CD, build system, development tools, and asset pipeline supporting game development.
• Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for build infrastructure, automation, developer tooling, and content/asset workflow
• Own and continuously evolve the CI/CD pipeline across platforms, providing fast, reliable, and repeatable compilation, test orchestration, packaging, signing and release.
• Drive the development and optimization of asset pipelines, enabling efficient processing, validation and delivery of game content across supported platforms.
• Partner closely with test automation to integrate automated testing into CI/CD workflows, improve test feedback cycles, and strengthen overall build and release quality.
• Collaborate with Game Development Kit(GDK) engineers, platform team and game studios to improve development workflows and deliver effective tools and automation.
• Ensure development infrastructure, tools, and pipelines are reliable, scalable, maintainable and efficient across every supported platforms.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to improve development efficiency, code quality, testing effectiveness, and team productivity.
• Stay current with industry trends and technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including significant time in building engineering, CI/CD, developer tools, and pipeline engineering.
• 3+ years engineering management experience, with direct responsibility for hiring, mentoring and team performance.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, build systems, source control and automation.
• Strong programming or scripting skills in C++, C#, Python, or similar languages.
• Deep understand of Jenkins, Perforce/Git and on premise build infrastructure.
• Direct experience working on Unity, Unreal or a comparable commercial game engine.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to lead and mentor team members.
• Experience building cross-platform solutions is highly preferred.

Additional Information

This is a hybrid role based in our Las Vegas, NV. Team members are expected to be in the office4 days aweek tosupport collaboration and studio culture.

Physical Requirement

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.

Work Conditions

The work conditions are representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations.

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, L&W) are engaged in highly regulated gaming businesses. As a result, certain L&W 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.

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.