Head of AI Automation (Slot Games)

Department: 

Technology / Production / Innovation (Cross‑functional role) 

Role Overview: 

Aperion Gaming is looking for a strategic and hands‑on Head of AI Automation to lead the company’s adoption of AI‑driven workflows across game production, engineering pipelines, QA processes, and internal business operations. 

This role will define and execute the company-wide AI automation roadmap, identify high‑impact automation opportunities, and collaborate closely with leadership, artists, engineers, and operations teams to improve production efficiency and scalability within casino and slot game development pipelines. 

Key Responsibilities: 

AI Strategy & Roadmap Ownership: 

• Define and maintain Aperion Gaming’s AI automation roadmap 

• Identify high‑impact opportunities across production, engineering, QA, and operations 

• Prioritize automation initiatives based on ROI and execution feasibility 

• Align AI initiatives with studio growth strategy 

Production Pipeline Automation (Primary Focus): 

• Design AI‑assisted workflows for slot game asset production 

• Improve symbol generation pipelines and background creation workflows 

• Enable animation assistance workflows using generative video tools 

• Introduce asset variation automation pipelines 

• Improve localization automation across multiple markets 

Engineering Workflow Automation: 

• Support Unity tooling automation initiatives 

• Improve build and deployment workflow efficiency 

• Enable AI copilots for documentation and technical workflows 

• Collaborate with backend and frontend teams on workflow optimization 

QA & Testing Automation: 

• Introduce AI-assisted regression validation approaches 

• Support visual comparison automation for UI and symbol alignment 

• Improve screenshot validation pipelines 

• Identify automation opportunities in test execution workflows 

Internal Business Automation: 

• Identify automation opportunities across operations, HR, reporting, and analytics 

• Enable internal AI copilots for documentation and knowledge workflows 

• Improve reporting automation across departments 

Tool Evaluation & Governance:

• Evaluate emerging generative AI tools and automation platforms 

• Define safe and compliant usage policies for AI-generated content 

• Establish best practices for asset originality, licensing safety, and production readiness 

• Standardize internal AI workflows across departments 

Cross‑Team Collaboration: 

• Work closely with Designers, Tech Artists, Engineers, Producers, QA Teams, and Leadership stakeholders 

• Translate business problems into implementable automation solutions 

Team Leadership: 

• Build and mentor a small AI automation capability within the studio 

• Define future hiring roadmap for AI pipeline roles 

• Support adoption of AI tools across teams through training and workshops 

Required Experience: 

• 8+ years experience in game development, casino/slot production pipelines, automation engineering, or workflow architecture 

• Proven experience delivering automation solutions in production environments 

• Strong understanding of digital content pipelines 

• Experience translating business requirements into technical automation initiatives 

• Experience working cross‑functionally with technical and non‑technical teams 

• Strong documentation and solution design capability 

Preferred Experience: 

• Experience in slot game production or casino game development pipelines 

• Exposure to generative AI tools such as Midjourney, Runway, Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, Azure OpenAI / GPT APIs 

• Experience with workflow scripting (Python or similar) 

• Experience working with Unity production pipelines 

• Experience introducing automation at studio scale 

Success Metrics (First 6–12 Months): 

• Production pipeline automation initiatives successfully deployed 

• Measurable reduction in asset iteration time 

• Adoption of AI-assisted workflows across multiple teams 

• Internal AI tooling framework established 

• Automation roadmap delivered and executed 

Why This Role Matters: 

This position plays a critical role in scaling Aperion Gaming’s production capabilities by introducing intelligent automation across art, engineering, QA, and operational workflows.