Light & Wonder · 15 hours ago
Advanced Platform Engineer
Austin, Texas
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expSciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms. They are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, implement and maintain systems that support game development while enhancing the developer experience.
GamificationGamingInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Build and evolve the Internal Developer Platform: Design and implement platform capabilities supporting CI/CD, environment management, observability, and secure-by-default infrastructure
Identify & Eliminate Developer Friction: Proactively discover pain points through conversations, telemetry, and hands-on investigation; apply pragmatic judgement to weigh quick wins against strategic investments; propose and deliver high-impact fixes based on business insights
Develop Shared Services & Tooling: Contribute to backend services, SDKs and UI components that enable teams to ship features faster and safer
Drive Engineering Excellence: Champion reliability, simplicity, automation and maintainability across systems and workflows
Build Relationships Across Teams: Partner with developers of varied backgrounds to understand requirements, gather feedback, and build trust; use those relationships to find friction and identify incremental improvements aligned with long term business goals
Operate What You Build: Help establish SLIs/SLOs, own operational readiness, and participate in on-call rotations for the services you support
Influence Technical Direction: Help shape architectural decisions, tooling standards, and long-term roadmaps for our developer platform. Use small successes to establish a pattern of trust and gradually move the Overton window of what’s achievable with future innovation
Qualification
Required
5-10+ years of experience in software engineering, preferably with platform, infrastructure, or DevOps focus
Passion for enabling developers — you think in terms of platform as product
Strong ability to self-direct, identify opportunities, connect developers, and drive improvements to completion
Experience designing, building and operating reliable distributed systems
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially with cross-functional partners
Proficiency in at least one of our backend languages: C#, Go, Python or Typescript
Hands-on experience with cloud-native infrastructure (AWS preferred) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
Preferred
Experience working with game development or creative product teams
Knowledge of security, compliance, or auditability considerations for internal platforms
Contributions to internal developer portals or platform engineering initiatives at scale
Company
Light & Wonder
Light & Wonder engages in cross-platform games and entertainment.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2025-09-10Post Ipo Debt· $1B
1984-08-31IPO
Leadership Team
Oliver Chow
EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Kevin Kealy
Chief Information Security Officer
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