Dev Tech Lead .
Development Technical Lead – Slot Games
Overview
We are seeking a Development Technical Lead to own the technical direction of online slot games across both client and server. This role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, ensuring high-quality, scalable, compliant games.
You will define architecture, uphold engineering standards, support multiple teams, and ensure smooth integration of gameplay logic, maths, outcomes, and animations, while driving the adoption of AI-assisted development to improve efficiency and quality.
Required Experience & Skills
- Strong expertise in JavaScript and HTML5 (ES6+), with experience using Pixi.js or similar HTML5 game engines.
- Solid Node.js experience for backend services and APIs, with a strong understanding of client-server architecture, game states, and transactions.
- Experience with JSON, Git-based workflows, code reviews, and automated testing.
- 5+ years of experience in iGaming or slot game development, with a strong understanding of slot maths, RTP, volatility, outcomes, and compliance.
- Proven experience leading and mentoring engineers, promoting high code quality and performance.
- Strong advocate for AI-enabled development, with excellent communication, debugging, and optimisation skills across client and server systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead technical delivery across the full game stack, mentoring engineers and defining best practices for architecture, code quality, testing, and tooling, including AI-supported workflows.
- Design, develop, and review scalable, secure client and server solutions, collaborating with shared platform or framework teams as needed.
- Build and optimise slot game clients using JavaScript, HTML5, and Pixi (or similar engines), delivering features, reels, bonuses, animations, and performant UI.
- Develop and maintain backend game services and APIs, integrating maths models, RTP, volatility, and outcome logic while ensuring deterministic and auditable behaviour.
- Ensure high levels of quality and reliability through testing, monitoring, logging, code reviews, and effective troubleshooting.
- Work closely with design, art, maths, QA, product, and delivery teams to support planning, estimation, and on-time release.
- Continuously improve development tools, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and technical processes, staying current with iGaming and slot development trends.
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