Front-End Software Engineer

iGaming:
If it's iGaming, we know a thing or two. At Light & Wonder, It's all about the games, and our digital team leads the global iGaming market, providing jaw-dropping content and innovative software that powers the world's most successful online gaming providers.

Position Summary

About Company

Light & Wonder is a global leader in game experiences. We create content, hardware and systems that connect iconic titles across any place or channel. By turning games into expansive entertainment, we keep thrilling players with characters and stories they can't get enough of.

Light & Wonder, Inc. is the leading cross-platform global games company. Through our three unique, yet highly complementary business segments, we deliver unforgettable experiences by combining the exceptional talents of our 6,500+ member team, with a deep understanding of our customers and players. We create immersive content that forges lasting connections with players, wherever they choose to engage. At Light & Wonder, it's all about the games. The Company is committed to the highest standards of integrity, from promoting player responsibility to implementing sustainable practices. To learn more visit  

We are committed to offering very competitive benefits that are aligned with our values and inspire employees to drive innovation and contribute to the organization's performance. Employees are the most valued resource, and we always look to improve their well-being with a wide range of benefits befitting every individual. Not limited to monetary benefits, we have robust learning and development opportunities that help them to grow professionally.

Our Values

• Dare to be bold: We combine diverse talent to look at the familiar in unfamiliar ways.

• Celebrate perspectives - We combine diverse talent to look at the familiar in unfamiliar ways

• Never settle: We relentlessly push forward to create the extraordinary in every detail.

• Uphold integrity: We promote accountability and respect to raise the bar for ourselves and the industry.

• Win as a team: We bring out the best in each other to share collective success.

Senior Software Engineer-JavaScript Frontend

Job Location:    Commerzone IT Tech Park, Yerwada - Pune.

Required Experience:  4-8 years

Position Description 

The Senior Client Engineer works on the frontlines of a game development team to create compelling game experiences for our LnW products. You will implement, debug, modify and generally support in-game features, development, and operational tools in a timely manner and actively participate in the design of the games.

You will need to have technical skills to operate independently, and the communication and collaboration skills to be an integral and valued team player. At the Senior Software Engineer level, you will need to have the solid skills, experience, and work ethic to succeed as a software engineer, and the desire to learn from your teammates, all while building games that delight our customers. Along with this, you will be expected to help and mentor junior members of the team to come up to speed.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain client-side code for desktop and mobile games in a thorough and timely manner.

• Work on client/server-based applications using a variety of technologies including JavaScript, HTML, CSS etc.

• Identify new tools/improved processes to aid the Development team in delivering new Gaming products.

• Contribute to the development of new/innovative games and different features in a game.

• Help other team members to resolve their issues.

Position Requirements 

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

Required Experience:  

• 4-8 years of software development experience 

• Strong understanding of JavaScript, its quirks, and workarounds

• Experience in Data structures (JavaScript or any programming language)

• Basic understanding of web mark-up, including HTML5 and CSS3

• Experience with development tools including IDEs, debuggers, bug tracking required

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, CVS, SVN.

• Familiarity with Object Oriented Programming techniques and languages.

Preferred Experience: 

• Knowledge of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS, jQuery, NodeJS etc.

• Hands on experience on other programming languages such as Java, C++, Python etc

• Familiarity with front-end build tools, such as Grunt

• Distributed application (client/server) development experience 

• Game Development experience.

• Experience in UI development and animations

Qualifications