Senior Ai Engineer (AI/ML/R&D) Bally's Interactive

Who we are

Bally ’ s Intralot is a newly formed company established through the combination of Intralot and Bally ’ s International Interactive, positioning the group as a top iGaming operator and a leading global provider of lottery solutions.

Bally ’ s Intralot is uniquely positioned across digital online gaming markets, lottery, iLottery, and sports betting. Operating at the intersection of technology, regulation, and entertainment. We are optimally positioned to capitalise on strong global growth trends driven by digital adoption and regulatory expansion across lottery and iGaming markets.

Well, what about the team?

You'll be part of the team responsible for bringing AI innovation into the hands of millions of players. Working alongside AI researchers and experienced engineers, you'll transform proven concepts into high-quality, production-ready features that power personalised player experiences.

From recommendation systems and intelligent search to AI agents and dynamic content discovery, you'll build and scale the technology that sits behind our products. This is a senior, hands on role with genuine ownership you'll influence how solutions are designed, built and delivered while working in a collaborative team that's passionate about solving complex engineering challenges with AI.

So, what will you be doing?

• Take prototypes and validated concepts from R & D and turn them into production
• systems: hardened, tested, observable, and maintainable.
• Build and operate real-time personalisation, recommendation, search and ranking
• systems against live traffic and within real latency budgets.
• Hold a high engineering bar on AWS and TypeScript: clean CI/CD, infrastructure as
• code, observability, and testing.
• Work closely with R & D engineers, product managers, data analysts and Staff
• Engineers, bridging fast experimental work and production discipline.

And what will you need?

Experience:

• Significant commercial software engineering experience (typically 5+ years) with strong expertise in TypeScript and working knowledge of Python.
• Proven experience delivering AI, machine learning or data-driven features into production, such as recommendation engines, search, ranking systems or LLM-powered applications.
• Hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS, with a solid understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure as code and production monitoring.
• Experience developing and supporting high-performance, real-time systems with a focus on scalability, reliability and low latency.
• Experience measuring and evaluating AI model performance, using data and experimentation to drive continuous improvement.

Skills & Behaviours:

• A hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and delivering high-quality, production-ready solutions.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering best practices, with a focus on clean, maintainable and well-tested code.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment alongside engineers, product teams and AI researchers.
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive, curious and continuously looking for opportunities to improve products, processes and the way AI solutions are delivered.

This is what you'll get

Different benefits packages are tailored to fit each location, but here ’ s a taste of what may be on offer:

• Annual leave
• Pension plan
• Health insurance
• Company share scheme
• Volunteering days
• Home office allowance
• Wellness or Gym allowance

DNA / Values

At Bally ’ s Interactive, we are driven by a set of core values that we like to call our DNA. We strive to embody our DNA and keep them at the heart of everything we do!

We are Always Ready to embrace change, adapt, and do what it takes to delight our customers. We believe that You Make the Difference, which is what gives our players the best experience and keeps them coming back. We are All One Team, looking out for each other, respecting diversity while connecting through a common purpose. Our teams are Learning Every Day by showing constant curiosity and the drive to learn from successes, mistakes, new experiences, and the people around us. At Bally ’ s we Love to Lead by thinking differently, seeking innovation, and always looking for ways to raise our game.

Equal Opportunities

At Bally ’ s Interactive, we are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and working conditions.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are important to us, and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success, this is our superpower.

We do not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, political opinion or disability.