We are looking for a Senior Technical Lead to join our Agile game development team at Aristocrat. This role offers an outstanding chance to demonstrate your hands-on development skills and technical expertise while working on complex game projects. At Aristocrat, we focus on our mission to bring happiness to life through the power of play. This position plays a key role in advancing our engineering guidelines and delivering seamless game experiences. If you are motivated and ready to join a world-class team, this opportunity is for you!

As a Senior Technical Lead, you will engage with a hardworking group of engineers, designers, artists, and mathematicians dedicated to producing high-quality, scalable, and performant games. You will have a meaningful responsibility to ensure our games meet exacting performance, stability, and memory optimization requirements, while adhering to firm timelines and engineering expectations. Join us and help invent the future of gaming through your proven knowledge and cooperative spirit!

What You'll Do

• Build, develop, and improve game features using Advanced C++ (11/14) and OOAD principles.
• Actively contribute to hands-on development, debugging, and optimization of game modules.
• Write high-quality, maintainable, and efficient code, and participate in code reviews to uphold engineering standards.
• Work together with diverse groups such as engineers, designers, artists, and mathematicians.
• Contribute to project planning, estimation, and tracking to support timely delivery of achievements.
• Identify technical risks early and proactively contribute to mitigation strategies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues with minimal rework.
• Contribute to the adoption and improvement of CI/CD practices, coding standards, and development processes.
• Share knowledge and contribute to team-wide improvements in debugging, profiling, and performance optimization.
• Ensure game quality standards regarding performance, stability, and memory optimization are achieved.

What We're Looking For

• Strong foundation in Object-Oriented Analysis and Build (OOAB).
• Strong practical experience in Advanced C++ (11/14).
• Experience working in Linux and Windows programming environments.
• Proficiency with tools such as Visual Studio, Git/SVN, GDB, profiling tools, and static/dynamic analysis tools.
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration systems.
• Practical experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to contribute to technical discussions and share knowledge within the team.
• Ability to independently drive complex technical problems through building, implementation, and optimization.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in software development.
• Prior experience in the gaming industry is preferred.

Compensation Philosophy

We offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support your wellbeing, and recognise your contribution to our success. Our approach is underpinned by a pay-for-performance belief in rewarding individual impact. Your specific compensation package will be determined by factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location.

Depending on your role and location, you may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives, health and wellbeing benefits, paid time off, retirement plans, insurance coverage, and other local or statutory benefits.

Specific details about compensation and benefits for this position will be discussed during the recruitment process.