Senior Engineer

VGW is an interactive entertainment company delivering free-to-play online social games enjoyed by millions in North America. Their brands include Chumba Casino, Global Poker, and LuckyLand Slots. VGW focuses on a freemium model with optional in-game purchases and sweepstakes promotions. The company values player safety and responsibility.

• 5-7+ years of professional full-stack engineering experience with strong core engineering fundamentals
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript with solid frontend and backend development skills
• Experience with Pixi.js is highly desirable
• Experience with Node.js and Fastify is highly preferred
• Hands-on cloud experience, ideally with AWS
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration across distributed teams and global time zones
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and workflows
• Prior experience in regulated environments is a plus

Nice to have:

• Kotlin
• Fastify
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipeline experience
• Wagering/social casino domain knowledge
• Regulated industries experience
• Slot games experience
• Animation experience

• Solve complex migration problems across varied game mechanics and architectures to migrate existing games to the new platform
• Support the broader Game Studio Enablement ecosystem
• Collaboratively design, build, test, and release features while optimizing delivery metrics
• Lead team design sessions to solve architectural problems and evaluate risks
• Implement Continuous Delivery practices ensuring high coding standards and code reviews
• Maintain system uptime, performance, and security by defining and monitoring SLIs/SLOs, runbooks, and alarms
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and participate in recruitment
• Maintain living system documentation and align technical planning with team and company OKRs