Principal Engineer

Job Description

Principal Engineer assumes individual accountability for the end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-team projects. They serve as the technical steward of significant components across systems, infrastructure, and design decisions, and they take charge of planning and the punctual completion of work within their teams. AI is the primary way we engineer — they specify, orchestrate, evaluate, and automate, and at this level they define how teams around them build with AI — but strong software engineering remains the job.

You will report to the Head of Engineering and be part of the Product & Tech India Team, working closely with 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?

• Earns recognition for delivering high-quality, impactful technical contributions within their primary technology stack, while setting the engineering standard — including AI-native ways of working — that others follow.
• Collaborates closely with Product and Development counterparts to proactively identify and address potential risks, including technical and architectural debt, system downtime, data-security issues, and execution challenges — as well as AI-specific risks (governance, autonomy levels, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, deterministic fallbacks, and auditability).
• Actively promotes participation in the design-review process and assumes accountability for system designs within their team(s); drives the RFC process and maps cross-team dependencies.
• Takes responsibility for consistently tracking and reporting delivery and execution metrics for their team(s) — including AI effectiveness measures such as agent success rates — and coaches their teams to maintain operational sustainability.
• Partners with Product and Development counterparts to gain a comprehensive understanding of non-functional requirements and negotiates scope, speed, and quality trade-offs with Product Owner counterparts.
• Ensures the predictability, quality, and throughput of their team's deliveries, keeping Product and Development counterparts informed of any changes to these aspects.
• Monitors and adjusts the pace of their team to foster a sense of urgency for success while safeguarding against burnout.
• Collaborates with Product and Development counterparts to ensure technological context is effectively provided during the specification, planning, or prioritization of complex features.
• Guides the process of breaking down complex projects into team-specific responsibilities and collaborates with team leads to outline detailed execution plans.
• Engages actively in cross-team technical and delivery initiatives and takes the lead in similar initiatives within their own team(s); builds shared platforms, agent templates, and standards so teams ship features without touching infrastructure.
• Proactively imparts knowledge to other teams within their product group, offering support through workshops and advisory sessions, and fosters an inner-sourcing culture that makes sharing tools, prompts, and learnings easier than hoarding them.
• Demonstrates Agile/XP software development lifecycle practices and adjusts them as needed based on project requirements.
• Serves as a mentor to multiple engineers, sharing knowledge and expertise, and grows them into system-level thinkers.
• Plays an integral role in the recruitment process by participating in interviews and assisting Engineering Managers with the development of performance plans for their team(s).
• Empowers others, elevating the skills and expertise of those in their vicinity.
• Provides guidance to others by offering insights and recommendations to enhance the architectural health and delivery performance of the teams.

Qualifications

 

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of technical leadership on complex, multi-team initiatives.
• Expert - Microservices / SOA: Composing applications from small, independent, loosely coupled services that communicate via APIs for flexibility, scalability, and modularity.
• Expert - APIs / Web Service Integration: Connecting software systems through well-defined interfaces for seamless communication and data exchange over a network.
• Expert - Agile Development: An iterative, flexible approach emphasizing collaboration, adaptability, and customer feedback throughout development.
• Expert - Project / Programme Management: Planning, organizing, and overseeing tasks, resources, and timelines to deliver successful outcomes within a defined scope - across multiple teams.
• Expert - Technology Strategy: The tools, processes, and methodologies that align business strategy and goals with IT services and infrastructure - including where AI creates the highest leverage.
• Expert - Technology Governance: The policies, processes, and structures guiding responsible management, decision-making, and accountability for technology activities and investments - extended to AI governance (autonomy levels, human-in-the-loop, deterministic fallbacks, auditability).
• Advanced - AI / Machine Learning: Building systems that perform tasks requiring human intelligence or improve through data-driven algorithms; hands-on with LLM/agent systems, RAG, model routing, evaluation, and observability.
• Advanced - Continuous Integration / Deployment: Automatically testing each change as early as possible, then promoting changes to staging or production - with AI eval gates built into the pipeline.
• Advanced - Software Development Lifecycle: Planning, designing, coding, testing, deploying, and maintaining software systematically and efficiently - increasingly spec-driven and agent-assisted.
• Advanced - IT Security Management: Safeguarding digital assets, data, and systems against unauthorized access, breaches, and cyber threats - including AI-specific risks (prompt injection, data exposure, supply chain for tools/MCP).
• Advanced - Cloud Computing: Designing, deploying, managing, and optimizing applications and services on cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) for flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Advanced - Change Management: Planning, communicating, implementing, and supporting smooth transitions through significant change - including driving AI-native ways of working to successful adoption with minimal disruption.
• Advanced - Requirements Gathering: Determining user expectations for a new or modified product, and translating them into non-functional requirements and trade-offs.
• Advanced - Algorithms: Well-defined, computer-implementable instructions for computation, data processing, and automated reasoning; sound complexity judgment when designing at scale.

Desired:

• Some experience 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.

Depending on your role and location, you can expect to receive benefits like:

• Safe home pickup and home drop
• 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.

Company Description

There’s nothing like a career at Entain India. We’re the technology powerhouse helping Entain – a world leader in sports and gaming – create products and experiences used by millions of customers across the globe.  

You’ll thrive here, whether you’re a product owner who wants to deliver original concepts, an engineer who’s determined to build high-performance platforms, or a customer care professional who will personalise our service every step of the way. Our unrivalled energy, innovative insights and exceptional work environments will activate your full potential. Join us to unlock a world of new possibilities – for you and the future of sports and gaming.