Principal Engineer

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, in

Company Description

Entain India is the engineering and delivery powerhouse for Entain, one of the world’s leading global sports and gaming groups. Established in Hyderabad in 2001, we’ve grown from a small tech hub into a dynamic force, delivering cutting-edge software solutions and support services that power billions of transactions for millions of users worldwide. 

Our focus on quality at scale drives us to create innovative technology that supports Entain’s mission to lead the change in global sports and gaming sector. At Entain India, we make the impossible possible, together.  

Job Description

The Principal Engineer assumes individual accountability for end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-team / Squads' projects. They serve as the technical stewards of significant components within the systems, infrastructure, and design decisions. Additionally, they take charge of, and ensure, the planning and punctual completion of work within their respective teams.  

You will report to the Head of Engineer you will be part of the Product & Tech India Team, who work closely with the Technology & Product and other key stakeholders. Our team innovates quickly and works closely with our commercial partners and customers in a very agile, high-energy environment.

Are you ready to be part of our journey to be crowned the undisputed champions of the sports betting, gaming, and interactive entertainment industry?

• 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. 

Qualifications

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

Additional Information

We know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning. Working for us you can expect to receive great benefits like:

• Safe home pickup and home drop (Hyderabad Office Only)
• Group Mediclaim policy
• Group Critical Illness policy
• Communication & Relocation allowance
• Annual Health check

And outside of this, you’ll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes. Join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.

At Entain India, we do what’s right. It’s one of our core values and that’s why we're taking the lead when it comes to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive future - for our people, and the wider global sports betting and gaming sector. However you identify, across any protected characteristic, our ambition is to ensure our people across the globe feel valued, respected and their individuality celebrated. 

We comply with all applicable recruitment regulations and employment laws in the jurisdictions where we operate, ensuring ethical and compliant hiring practices globally.

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.