Principal Software Architect

Light & Wonder

Principal Software Architect driving architectural strategy for migration to the Carbon platform. Leading technical modernization efforts for enterprise game development with cross-functional collaboration.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeLas Vegas • Illinois, Nevada • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive architectural strategy supporting the migration from legacy game technology stacks to the Carbon platform.
Establish enterprise-wide engineering standards, architectural patterns, and development best practices across multiple studios and business units.
Partner with studio and platform leaders to align technologies, tooling, and workflows while preserving studio agility and innovation.
Evaluate and guide strategic technology decisions, including framework adoption, engine strategy, and modernization initiatives.
Lead architectural reviews and technical design sessions across game platform and development initiatives.
Drive standardization efforts around shared frameworks, SDKs, CI/CD pipelines, telemetry, deployment, and development tooling.
Make effective build-vs-buy recommendations considering scalability, maintainability, cost, time-to-market, and long-term platform strategy.
Stay current with emerging technologies, software architecture patterns, and game engine trends relevant to modern game development.
Design scalable, maintainable, and performant software architectures supporting enterprise game development ecosystems.
Provide architectural guidance for game engine technologies, including Unity, Godot, proprietary engines, and supporting toolchains.
Develop architectural blueprints and technical roadmaps that enable modernization and long-term platform evolution.
Ensure systems meet enterprise standards for performance, reliability, security, and regulatory compliance.
Partner with development teams to resolve complex technical challenges and remove architectural bottlenecks.
Guide integration efforts between shared platform technologies and studio-specific game implementations.
Support adoption of modern engineering practices including automated testing, DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and cloud-enabled workflows.
Collaborate with product, compliance, infrastructure, QA, and studio engineering teams to align technical solutions with business objectives.
Influence technical direction across teams without direct authority through strong communication, credibility, and collaboration.
Act as a trusted advisor to leadership regarding technical risks, modernization opportunities, and platform investments.
Ensure gaming platform architectures comply with regulatory, security, and operational requirements across global gaming markets.
Identify technical risks early and guide mitigation strategies to ensure long-term platform stability and scalability.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent work experience required.
Experience with game engines and frameworks such as Unity, Godot, and custom engine technologies is highly desired.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

architectural strategysoftware architecturegame engine technologiesautomated testingDevOpsCI/CDscalabilitymaintainabilityperformanceregulatory compliance

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationleadershipcredibilityinfluenceproblem-solvingguidancestrategic thinkingtechnical risk managementadvisory skills

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science