Software Development Manager (Build Pipeline & Tools)

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States; hybrid with four days per week in the office

Company

Light & Wonder develops gaming technology, products, and content for casinos and gaming operators worldwide.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and grow the engineering team responsible for CI/CD, build systems, development tools, and asset pipelines.
• Define the technical strategy and roadmap for build infrastructure, automation, developer tooling, and content workflows.
• Own CI/CD across supported platforms, including compilation, test orchestration, packaging, signing, and release.
• Optimize asset processing, validation, and delivery for gaming content across platforms.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD workflows and improve build and release quality.
• Collaborate with Game Development Kit engineers, platform teams, and game studios while using AI-assisted tools to improve productivity and code quality.

Requirements

• Four days per week in the Las Vegas office are required.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including build engineering, CI/CD, developer tools, and pipeline engineering.
• 3+ years of engineering management experience with responsibility for hiring, mentoring, and team performance.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, build systems, source control, automation, Jenkins, Perforce or Git, and on-premise build infrastructure.
• Strong programming or scripting skills in C++, C#, Python, or similar languages, plus experience with Unity, Unreal, or a comparable commercial game engine.

Nice to have

• Experience building cross-platform solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a gaming organization supporting casino products across multiple platforms and hardware requirements.
• On-site collaboration supports studio culture and close partnership with development teams.
• Employment is subject to applicable gaming licensing, background investigation, security checks, and regulatory requirements.