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Position: Principal Engineer Location: Hyderabad Experience: 10+ Years About the role: 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 Engineering and be part of the Product & Tech team, working closely with Technology, Product, and other key stakeholders. This role requires innovating quickly in an agile, high-energy environment while delivering impactful technology solutions. Responsibilities: Possesses an in-depth understanding of multiple programming languages and paradigms. Demonstrates high-level proficiency in a specific technology area while maintaining a working understanding of related systems. Challenge the tech status quo and propose improvements, automation, and modernization. Enhance architecture and code structure to promote testability and maintainability. Analyze broader technical picture, bottlenecks, dependencies, and synergies with other system components. Build high-quality, clean, scalable, and reusable code by enforcing best practices in software engineering and architecture. Develop and contribute to architectural principles, methodologies, and standards. Manage security risks flagged by tools and ensure security measures are integrated in solutions. Stay updated with the latest technology trends and recommend adoption where appropriate. Assist enterprise architecture team with governance activities. Actively participate in design reviews, offering and seeking constructive feedback. Ensure robust documentation (e.g., RFCs, ADRs) to track design and architectural evolution. Prioritize work to enhance predictability, quality, and delivery throughput. Work with other Principal Engineers, POs, and SETLs to decompose high-level requirements and define MVPs. Make prioritization decisions considering trade-offs between quality, technical debt, and timely delivery. Provide mentoring to engineers on technologies, standards, best practices, and design patterns. Actively participate in hiring top engineering talent. Skills Required: Java, Angular / React Data Structures, Algorithms, Caching, System Designing Architecture Experience, Product Development from Scratch HLD & LLD Qualifications: Essential: 8+ years of experience. Expertise in Agile Development and iterative, collaborative methodologies. Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and practices. Advanced understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Expertise in APIs / Web Service Integration. Advanced experience in Change Management. Strong in Requirements Gathering. Advanced skills in Algorithms and Data Structures. Desired: Experience in betting and gaming domain is a plus. Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship building. Excellent collaboration and communication skills. Ability to invest in self and team capability building. Analytical mindset with strong commercial insights. Flexible, adaptable, and agile approach to challenges. Results-driven with ownership and integrity.