Principal Engineer

• Possesses an in-depth understanding of multiple programming languages and paradigms.
• Demonstrates a high level of proficiency in a specific technology area while maintaining a working understanding of how related systems interact with their technology stack.
• Work on Challenge the tech status quo and provides solutions to propose improvements, automation, tech modernization.
• Enhances architecture and code structure to promote testability and maintainability.
• Analyzes the broader technical picture, bottlenecks, dependencies, influence and/synergies with other components or parts of the system
• Build high-quality, clean, scalable and reusable code by enforcing best practices around software engineering architecture and processes.
• Develop & contribute towards architectural principles, methodologies and standards for various IT groups.
• Manages security risks flagged by available security tools in the pipeline and ensures that security measures are integrated when delivering solutions.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in technologies and recommend their adoption when appropriate.
• Assist enterprise architecture team on all governance activities.
• Actively participates in the design review process, offering and seeking constructive criticism.
• Assumes accountability for ensuring that their team maintains robust documentation and records detailing the evolution of design and architecture over time (e.g., RFCs, ADRs).
• Prioritizes and values work that may be undervalued but significantly enhances predictability, quality, and delivery throughput.
• Work with other PEs, POs, SETLs on broader initiatives, helps with the decomposition of the high-level requirements, defining MVP.
• Makes work prioritization decisions based on a clear understanding of the trade-offs between quality, technical debt, and timely delivery.
• Actively engages in prioritizing cross-team initiatives and assumes a leadership role in those initiatives within their own teams.
• Provides individual mentoring to fellow engineers, covering topics such as new technologies, development standards, best practices, and design patterns.
• Actively participates in hiring top engineering talent.
  

Essential

• Candidate should have 8+ years experience.
• Expert in Agile Development, an iterative and flexible approach to software development that emphasizes collaboration, adaptability, and customer feedback throughout the development process.
• Advanced in Continuous integration / deployment, Continuous Integration is the practice of testing each change done to your codebase automatically and as early as possible. Continuous Deployment follows the testing that happens during Continuous Integration and pushes changes to a staging or production system.
• Advanced in Software Development Lifecycle, A process that encompasses planning, designing, coding, testing, deploying, and maintaining software applications, ensuring a systematic and efficient approach to development.
• Expert in APIs / Web Service Integration, connecting different software systems or applications through predefined interfaces to enable seamless communication and data exchange over a network.
• Advanced in Change Management, the ability to plan, communicate, implement, and support the smooth transition of individuals and organizations through periods of significant change, ensuring successful adoption and minimal disruption.
• Advanced in Requirements Gathering, determining user expectations for a new or modified product.
• Advances in Algorithms, A sequence of well-defined, computer-implementable instructions for performing calculation, data processing, automated reasoning, and other tasks.
  

Desired

• Some experience of working within a betting and gaming company
• Stakeholder engagement: Builds effective working relationships
• Collaboration: Communicates effectively with a positive impact
• Builds capability: Invests in developing oneself (and others)
• Analytical thinking: Thinks critically, providing well-reasoned insights through a commercial lens
• Sets direction: Contributes to a clear direction for the business
• Agility: Quickly adapts and remains flexible while managing risks
• Drives performance: Continually raises the bar for oneself (and others)
• Acts with integrity: Takes ownership and does the right thing
• Delivers results: Plans for success and gets the job done.