Senior Software Architect

Aristocrat is looking for an extremely motivated, energetic, team-oriented, and experienced Senior Software Architect for our team based out of our Sydney, NSW office. This role will play a key role in software development by creating robust platforms and innovative gaming products. The Senior Architect has a high-level of proficiency in software design producing high quality, robust, and maintainable products. This role requires strong experience in the Software Creation Process using .Net and C#. The candidate can mentor developers at all levels. They are encouraged to develop design direction with little or no supervision.

What You'll Do

• Deep experience building large-scale, reliable client-side platforms and multi-threaded desktop apps.

• Advanced understanding of design patterns/anti-patterns, threading, IPC, and client–server architectures.

• UI frameworks: WPF, Blazor, or other XAML/XML-based paradigms; strong grasp of UI event handling.

• Architecture & modeling: UML and formal technical design documentation.

• CI/CD and quality: continuous integration, automated testing, code reviews, and secure coding practices.

• Systems: Windows (strong), Linux/embedded (strong); cross-platform experience preferred.

• Networking fundamentals and inter-process communication.

• Experience in AI Tools - Champion utilization of AI tools (e.g., code assistants, code search, test generators, doc summarizers, static analyzers with AI) to accelerate developing, coding, testing, and fixing issues.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years professional software engineering experience; expert-level C#/.NET.

• Advanced object-oriented design and implementation experience in C#/.NET.

• Experience with WPF, Blazor, or similar XAML/XML UI frameworks.

• Strong background in multithreading, UI eventing, and inter-process communication.

• Proven analytical skills applied to system design and implementation.

• Ability to stay ahead of technologies, patterns, and tools—and lead team adoption.

• Excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills.

• Experience with continuous integration and automated testing practices.

• Mentor peers: Support junior engineers by sharing compose insights, code review feedback, and software development guidelines.

• Contribute to system architecture and design: Set architectural direction and produce clear technical design documents and diagrams.

• Own end-to-end feature delivery: Design and implement reliable, scalable, and maintainable software features for large scale client-facing applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Casino gaming or related industry experience.

• Strong working knowledge in one or more of: WPF, WCF, LINQ.

• Windows or Linux embedded OS experience; cross-platform (Windows/Linux) development.

• Network protocols and distributed systems experience.

• Proficiency in C# (primary) and C++ (plus).

Join us at Aristocrat to grow your career in a dynamic, collaborative environment!

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

• Robust benefits package

• Global career opportunities

Our Values

• All about the Player

• Talent Unleashed

• Collective Brilliance

• Good Business Good Citizen

Travel Expectations

Additional Information

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.