Senior Advanced Software Engineer (Rendering)

Location: Hybrid role based in the Chicago or Las Vegas studios, with office attendance four days a week.

Salary: $150,000–$172,000 per year, plus potential annual performance bonus.

Company

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

What you will do

• Design, build, test, and maintain core engine systems, including rendering pipelines, cross-platform runtime abstractions, and memory and performance systems.
• Build engine-level abstractions and tooling that support product development across multiple platforms and hardware configurations.
• Diagnose and resolve complex low-level performance, graphics, and stability issues.
• Contribute to engine architecture decisions and the long-term technical roadmap.
• Partner with platform, tools, and product teams to deliver stable, performant, and portable systems.
• Lead technical initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and use AI-assisted tools to improve development, testing, and code quality.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Direct experience with Unity, Unreal, or a comparable commercial game engine.
• Expertise in C++ and/or C#, with deep knowledge of rendering pipelines, graphics APIs, and GPU architecture.
• Strong understanding of low-level performance optimization, memory management, and cross-platform development.
• Ability to lead and mentor engineers, solve complex problems, and communicate effectively.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative global engineering environment supporting gaming products across platforms and hardware.
• Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off and a company-sponsored 401(k) plan.
• Tuition assistance and other employee benefits.
• Employment may require gaming or other licenses, background investigations, security checks, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.