Tools & Pipeline Engineer

Job Title:

Tools \& Pipeline Engineer

Location

: Greenville, NC

Department:

AI Studio

Reports To:

Director

Status:

Exempt

WHO WE ARE:

Headquartered in Greenville, North Carolina, with a dedicated game studio in Wilmington, Valicy represents a bold new chapter in gaming innovation. Formerly known as Grover Gaming, the rebrand reflects a renewed commitment to exploring what’s possible in land-based gaming.

As a developer and distributor of engaging electronic gaming experiences, the work is guided by clear mission, vision, and values, with a shared focus on being relational, excellent, and innovative.

There’s a FIGHTER mindset behind how things get done, showing up focused, taking ownership, working as a team, and pushing for better outcomes every day. Collaboration, creativity, and long-term partnerships are central. It’s an industry that never stands still, and there’s genuine excitement about building what’s next as we enjoy the journey together.

SUMMARY:

Valicy is looking for The Tools / Pipeline Engineer is responsible for creating, evaluating, refining, and maintaining tools, integrations, automations, and workflows that improve how the Innovation Studio builds games.

This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, AI orchestration, workflow design, systems thinking, and practical production support. The ideal candidate can identify friction quickly, build useful solutions, and turn repeatable pain points into scalable tools that help others move faster.

This role requires someone who actively uses AI and emerging tools to accelerate development, integrate systems, automate repetitive work, improve pipelines, and move from rough tool concept to reliable workflow improvement with speed and clarity.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understand company Mission, Vision, and Values and be an ambassador of MVV.
• Build internal tools, pipelines, integrations, automations, and workflow improvements for the Innovation Studio.
• Leverage AI tools and agents to accelerate creation, curation, testing, documentation, analysis, and decision-making.
• Identify workflow bottlenecks, repeated manual effort, and areas where better tools can increase speed or quality.
• Turn rough needs into practical tools, prototypes, dashboards, scripts, integrations, or repeatable systems.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, art, QA, coordination, and leadership to understand needs and reduce friction.
• Iterate quickly based on user feedback, technical constraints, reliability concerns, and changing priorities.
• Stay current with emerging AI tools, agent workflows, development platforms, automation methods, and integration possibilities.
• Support and scale systems that allow others to produce more with less friction.
• Maintain a practical balance between speed, reliability, usability, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Use AI responsibly and thoughtfully, with awareness of code quality, data sensitivity, security, brand risk, and production standards.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong software development fundamentals and practical problem-solving ability.
• Experience building tools, pipelines, integrations, automation, internal systems, or workflow-supporting software.
• Sharp systems judgment with the ability to quickly identify which problems are worth tooling, automating, or leaving alone.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools as a meaningful part of development, automation, or workflow design.
• Strong awareness of emerging AI capabilities and a proactive approach to learning and applying new tools.
• Ability to make clear technical decisions with incomplete information.
• Strong debugging, integration, documentation, and user-focused thinking skills.
• Clear communication skills, especially when translating messy workflow needs into practical solutions.
• Ability to balance speed, reliability, complexity, security, maintainability, and team value.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with evolving requirements and undefined processes.
• Low ego, high ownership, strong follow-through, and a team-first mindset.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with casino gaming, slot machine development, land-based gaming, or regulated gaming products.
• Experience with Unity, C#, Python, scripting, build pipelines, data workflows, APIs, or internal developer platforms.
• Experience creating custom tools to assist and supercharge your workflow.
• Experience working with engineers, artists, designers, QA, or production teams through a full development cycle.

This Job Description is to be used as a guide for accomplishing Company objectives. The description incorporates the most typical duties performed and covers only the primary functions and responsibilities of the position. It is recognized that other related duties not specifically mentioned may also be performed. The inclusion of those duties would not alter the overall evaluation of this position.