The Principal Engineer is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of complex multi-team engineering projects. The role provides technical direction across systems infrastructure and architecture while ensuring high-quality timely and predictable delivery.
AI is central to the engineering approach. The Principal Engineer is expected to lead AI-driven development including specifying orchestrating evaluating and automating engineering workflows while maintaining strong core software engineering practices.
The role reports to the Head of Engineering and is part of the Product & Technology India team working closely with Engineering Product Technology and business stakeholders in a fast-paced agile environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership: Owns complex technical initiatives sets engineering standards and drives high-quality solutions across teams.
- AI-Driven Engineering: Promotes AI-native development practices including AI agents automation evaluation and responsible AI governance.
- Architecture & Design: Leads design reviews drives technical decisions manages architectural debt and ensures alignment across teams.
- Risk Management: Identifies and addresses technical operational security and AI-related risks.
- Delivery Management: Owns delivery predictability quality productivity and execution metrics across teams.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Works closely with Product and Engineering teams to understand requirements and balance scope speed and quality.
- Planning & Execution: Breaks down complex projects into manageable tasks defines ownership and drives execution plans.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Leads technical initiatives across teams and promotes reusable platforms tools and engineering standards.
- Knowledge Sharing: Conducts workshops shares technical expertise and encourages collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams.
- Agile Practices: Applies Agile and XP methodologies to improve development efficiency and delivery.
- Technology Strategy & Governance: Aligning technology investments with business goals including AI strategy responsible AI adoption governance and risk management.
- AI & Machine Learning: Hands-on experience with LLMs AI agents RAG model routing evaluation and observability.
- CI/CD & DevOps: Implementing automated testing and deployment pipelines including AI evaluation gates.
- Cloud Computing: Designing and managing scalable cost-effective solutions on AWS/GCP.
- IT Security Management: Managing security risks data protection access controls and AI-specific security threats.
- Change Management: Driving technology transformation and AI adoption across teams.
- Requirements Gathering: Translating business needs into technical and non-functional requirements.
- Algorithms & Problem Solving: Applying algorithmic thinking and complexity analysis to build efficient scalable solutions.
- Desired Skills & Competencies
- Experience in the betting and gaming industry.
- Stakeholder Management: Builds strong working relationships and engages effectively with stakeholders.
- Collaboration: Communicates clearly and works well across teams.
- People Development: Invests in developing personal and team capabilities.
- Analytical Thinking: Uses critical thinking and commercial understanding to make informed decisions.
- Strategic Direction: Helps define and drive business and technology priorities.
- Agility: Adapts quickly while managing risks and changing priorities.
- Performance Focus: Continuously improves standards and drives high performance.
- Integrity & Ownership: Takes accountability and makes responsible decisions.
- Results Orientation: Plans effectively and delivers outcomes.
Additional Information :
At Entain India we offer a package and the support people need to make an impact. Join us and a great compensation package is just the beginning. You can expect to receive benefits like:
- Safe home pickup and home drop.
- A regular bonus and great pension.
- 24 days annual leave.
- Extra paid leave including wellbeing and development days.
- Life assurance and Income Protection.
- Private healthcare and wellbeing support.
- INR 3000 per month Communication allowance.
- Up to INR 16000 per year in Crèche expenses (children under 3).
Equal Opportunities.
If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please contact us and well support you.
Were committed to creating a diverse equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued respected and able to be themselves.
Were an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from everyone and we do not discriminate based on age disability gender or gender reassignment pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sexual orientation marriage/civil partnership or any other basis.
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.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full time
📌 Principal Engineer (Pune)
🏢 Entain
📍 Pune
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