Full-Stack Engineer

Join Aristocrat, where we build world-class gaming experiences that deliver happiness to millions! As a Full-Stack Engineer, you will work in an agile, well-resourced environment blending startup energy with established company strengths. This role plays a key part in crafting the future of our social casino games, providing an outstanding opportunity to innovate and influence player experiences worldwide.

What You'll Do

• Participate in end-to-end feature development, growing social and gameplay systems.
• Own features from concept through release and monitoring.
• Implement frontend functionality in JavaScript across iOS, Android, and Web.
• Compose and build backend services and APIs in PHP to power new gameplay, social, and LiveOps features.
• Develop scalable RESTful APIs consumed by client applications.
• Contribute to data modeling and persistence for player progression, rewards, and events.
• Improve backend efficiency to handle high concurrency and sizable player populations.
• Ensure features are reliable, testable, and production-ready.
• Assess and optimize frontend and backend performance to provide a fluid player experience.
• Partner with Product to scope technical solutions and make pragmatic tradeoffs.
• Monitor post-launch performance and iterate based on player behavior and metrics.
• Translate creative concepts into engaging, scalable systems.
• Help foster an inclusive engineering atmosphere dedicated to education and constant progress.
• Proactively find opportunities to improve architecture, tooling, and delivery practices.

What We're Looking For

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with JavaScript in production environments.
• Experience building backend services in a live environment.
• Experience crafting and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Understanding of client-server architecture.
• Experience contributing to features through the full development lifecycle.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a player-first approach.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience developing backend services in PHP (strongly preferred).
• Experience working within an existing PHP codebase.
• Experience building gameplay systems such as events, rewards, progression, or social mechanics.
• Experience in mobile gaming, social casino, or Games-as-a-Service environments.
• Familiarity with experimentation, feature flags, or live feature delivery.
• Mobile development experience (iOS and/or Android).

This job description may have been reviewed and enhanced using AI-assisted tools to improve clarity, consistency, and inclusivity. All final content, role requirements and hiring decisions remain subject to human review and approval by Aristocrat.

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.

- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience. - 4+ years of professional software development experience. - Experience with JavaScript in production environments. - Experience building backend services in a live environment. - Experience crafting and consuming RESTful APIs. - Understanding of client-server architecture. - Experience contributing to features through the full development lifecycle. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a player-first approach. - Experience developing backend services in PHP (strongly preferred). - Experience working within an existing PHP codebase. - Experience building gameplay systems (events, rewards, progression, social mechanics). - Experience in mobile gaming, social casino, or Games-as-a-Service environments. - Familiarity with experimentation, feature flags, or live feature delivery. - Mobile development experience (iOS and/or Android).