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Product Madness 📱🎮
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Automation and AI Engineer (Unity & Backend Technologies)
Spain
· Full-time
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Entry
About The Role
As a Senior Software Automation Engineer on the Automation and AI team, you will be responsible for delivering end-to-end solutions that integrate seamlessly with our Unity-based gaming platforms and backend systems. Your work will directly influence our live game operations, player experiences, and the speed and quality of our production cycles. You will collaborate with designers, data scientists, QA teams, and other developers to conceptualize, build, and deploy cutting-edge tools and workflows that leverage the latest AI trends.
Key Responsibilities
End-to-End Development
Must-Have
As part of the Aristocrat family, we share their mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play, with a world-class team who creates top-grossing, leading titles in the social casino genre, including Heart of Vegas, Lightning Link, Cashman Casino.
With 800 team members across the globe, Product Madness is headquartered in London, with offices in Barcelona, Gdańsk, Lviv, Montreal and a remote team spanning the USA, making us a truly global powerhouse.
We live by our People First principle. Regardless of where, when, or how they work, our team members have opportunities to elevate their careers, and grow alongside us. We take pride in fostering an inclusive culture, where our people are encouraged to be their very best, every day.
But don’t just take our word for it. In 2024, we made the Global Inspiring Workplace Awards list, and won a bronze award at the Stevies for Great Employers in the ‘Employer of the Year - Media and Entertainment’ category.
So, what’s stopping you?
Our Values
Improving their experience and joy is what drives us. Every client's success is our big win!
Travel Expectations
None
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.
As a Senior Software Automation Engineer on the Automation and AI team, you will be responsible for delivering end-to-end solutions that integrate seamlessly with our Unity-based gaming platforms and backend systems. Your work will directly influence our live game operations, player experiences, and the speed and quality of our production cycles. You will collaborate with designers, data scientists, QA teams, and other developers to conceptualize, build, and deploy cutting-edge tools and workflows that leverage the latest AI trends.
Key Responsibilities
End-to-End Development
- Design, develop, and maintain both front-end (Unity) and back-end services (APIs, microservices, databases) to support AI-driven tools and automation workflows.
- Implement secure, scalable, and high-performance features that integrate with existing game codebases and infrastructure.
- Build and maintain custom Unity editor tools to automate repetitive tasks (e.g., content creation workflows, build pipelines, performance checks).
- Leverage Unity’s scripting APIs to integrate AI services and automate manual steps in the development and liveops processes.
- Develop and optimize server-side applications and microservices that power AI features, data processing, and real-time analytics.
- Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, deployment, and monitoring of AI-driven solutions.
- Work closely with data scientists and AI specialists to integrate machine learning models, autonomous agents, and other advanced AI techniques into Unity and backend systems.
- Evaluate emerging AI tools and frameworks to determine feasibility, integration points, and ROI for the business.
- Implement automated testing strategies (unit, integration, functional, regression) to ensure reliability and maintainability of new and existing systems.
- Use AI-driven or goal-led QA approaches to enhance coverage and reduce manual testing overhead.
- Partner with game developers, architects and product managers to identify challenges and opportunities for automation and AI application.
- Document designs, workflows, and best practices for broader internal adoption.
- Proactively identify areas for optimization, new tools, or process enhancements.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest AI, gaming, and automation trends to propose and implement innovative solutions.
Must-Have
- 5+ years of professional experience in full stack development, preferably within a gaming context.
- 1+ years of professional experience in AI and Automation development and implementation on relevant practices ie: G-RAG,.
- Proficiency in Unity (C#) with proven experience creating editor tools, game modules, or liveops features.
- Strong back-end development experience with a modern language (e.g., Java, C#, Python, or Node.js) and frameworks (e.g., ASP.NET, Django, Express).
- Experience with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) and designing RESTful APIs or microservices architectures preferably Graph databases such as Neo4J.
- Familiarity with DevOps & CI/CD practices and tools (Git, Docker, Jenkins, etc.).
- Solid understanding of software engineering best practices (design patterns, code reviews, testing, and version control).
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally in an agile environment.
- Experience with AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, OpenAI APIs) or integrating third-party AI services.
- Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) including serverless computing, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code.
- Familiarity with gaming analytics, real-time multiplayer systems, or other liveops-related technologies.
- Passion for gaming and a keen interest in the future of AI-driven game development.
As part of the Aristocrat family, we share their mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play, with a world-class team who creates top-grossing, leading titles in the social casino genre, including Heart of Vegas, Lightning Link, Cashman Casino.
With 800 team members across the globe, Product Madness is headquartered in London, with offices in Barcelona, Gdańsk, Lviv, Montreal and a remote team spanning the USA, making us a truly global powerhouse.
We live by our People First principle. Regardless of where, when, or how they work, our team members have opportunities to elevate their careers, and grow alongside us. We take pride in fostering an inclusive culture, where our people are encouraged to be their very best, every day.
But don’t just take our word for it. In 2024, we made the Global Inspiring Workplace Awards list, and won a bronze award at the Stevies for Great Employers in the ‘Employer of the Year - Media and Entertainment’ category.
So, what’s stopping you?
Our Values
- People First
- MAD for More
- Champion Together We excel at what we do but yet remain humble and helpful to our teammates. We champion one another and hold each other to high standards without any egos.
- Globally Inclusive
- Customer Focused
Improving their experience and joy is what drives us. Every client's success is our big win!
Travel Expectations
None
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.
Key Skills
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ai
unity
microservices
devops
cicd
c
machine learning
design patterns
restful apis
kubernetes
serverless
tensorflow
ai tools
jenkins
pytorch
python
django
docker
server
nosql
excel
java
git
sql
aws
gcp
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- Posted
- Jun 05, 2025
- Type
- Full-time
- Level
- Entry
- Location
- Barcelona
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- Product Madness 📱🎮
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Engineering
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