Director of Engineering

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Position Summary

We are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a high-performing team responsible for developing and delivering core game development technologies and tools that empower our studios to create world-class gaming experiences. This role provides hands‑on technical leadership, organizational management, and strategic direction within a key area of our technology organization.

The Director of Engineering will partner with product, platform, and compliance teams to ensure our solutions are scalable, efficient, and aligned with both business objectives and regulatory requirements. This leader will play a critical role in building a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Essential Job Functions

Technical & Business Leadership

• Define and govern a multi-year engineering strategy and roadmap that supports global business goals, product evolution, and modernization objectives.
• Oversee the design, development, and evolution of game development technologies to support high-performance game creation.
• Stay ahead of market trends, emerging tools, and regulatory requirements, incorporating them into the team's strategy.
• Collaborate with internal game studios, platform teams, and business stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs.
• Advocate for engineering best practices, ensuring robust, maintainable, and scalable systems.

Team Leadership & Organization Growth

Technology & Architecture Oversight

Risk Management & Compliance

This role is hybrid, with 3 days a week on-site reporting to our office based in Chicago, IL.

Qualifications

Training and / or Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience required; Master's degree preferred.

Physical Requirements

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 organization.

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 .

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