Game Mechanic Engineer

Brightstar is an innovative, forward-thinking global leader in lottery that builds on our renowned expertise in delivering secure technology and producing reliable, comprehensive solutions for our customers. As a premier pure play global lottery company, our best-in-class lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and award-winning lottery games enable our customers to achieve their goals, fulfill player needs and distribute meaningful benefits to communities. Brightstar has a well-established local presence and is a trusted partner to governments and regulators around the world, creating value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. Brightstar has approximately 6,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a pragmatic and detail‑oriented Game Mechanic Engineer to join our team in Manchester, UK. You will play a key role in translating Game Design Documents (GDDs) into testable rules and constraints, and in building and maintaining the tooling and automation that generates validation artefacts (such as error lists, example scenarios, and datasets) for our interactive iLottery products.

This role sits at the intersection of game design intent, implementation reality, and validation quality. You will work closely with Game Designers, SMEs, QA, and Engineers to ensure mechanics are consistently interpreted, testable, and auditable.

If you enjoy turning complex rule systems into robust tooling and high‑confidence validation outcomes, we want to hear from you.

Responsabilities:

• Interpret Game Design Documents (GDDs) and translate design intent into clear, testable rules and constraints.
• Create and maintain validation artefacts such as error lists, example scenarios (valid/invalid), and supporting datasets.
• Provision mechanics for operators, including prize structures and configuration parameters, ensuring they meet customer requirements and are set up correctly and consistently.
• Build and enhance internal mechanic validation tooling, primarily in Delphi, with supporting components in JavaScript / Node.js.
• Maintain and improve automation and CI pipelines (Jenkins/Groovy, Node.js) used to generate and validate mechanic artefacts.
• Collaborate closely with Game Designers, SMEs, QA, and Engineers to clarify rules, resolve ambiguities, and ensure consistent interpretation.
• Ensure validation outputs are accurate, deterministic, traceable, and audit‑friendly.
• Contribute ideas for using AI‑assisted tooling to reduce manual effort in validation and audit preparation (human‑in‑the‑loop).

Qualifications:

• Relevant work experience or a bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Strong knowledge of object‑oriented programming concepts and software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience working with structured data formats (e.g. Excel, CSV, JSON).
• Comfortable working in a mixed codebase and learning existing systems quickly.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
• A logical, methodical approach to problem‑solving with strong attention to detail.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Delphi, or strong fundamentals in another language with the ability to ramp up quickly.
• Experience with JavaScript / TypeScript, including Node.js.
• Familiarity with Jenkins, Groovy, and CI/CD automation.
• Experience with build and dependency tooling (e.g. Yarn, NPM).

Success Profile

• Leading Complexity
• Leading People
• Leading the Business
• Leading Self

Why Join Us:

At Brightstar, you will thrive in a challenging multicultural environment where you can use your initiative and contribute to the company’s goals. We strongly believe in personal development and continuously invest in training and coaching.

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Brightstar is committed to sustaining a workforce that reflects the diversity of the global customers and communities we serve, and to creating a fair and inclusive culture that enables all our employees to feel valued, respected and engaged. Brightstar is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, covered veteran status, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable local, state, federal laws or other laws. We thank all applicants for applying; however, only those selected to interview will be contacted.

All Brightstar employees have a role in information security. Annual training will be assigned and required as appropriate.

For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com.