Role purpose:
The Principal Engineer reports to a Senior Engineering Manager and works in partnership Engineering Management, Product Owners and Architecture, to inform and guide the technical direction for multiple squads’ Products and Services through the Product Delivery Lifecycle. They are accountable for designing and guiding software products with a particular emphasis on the PLDC stages relating to planning, designing, coding, unit testing and deployment, as well as the effective operations of products, including monitoring performance to ensure stability and future-proofing.
You will, in partnership with Engineering Management, inform the evolution of your team's software delivery capability, to ensure we develop and attain the skillsets required to invest in our products now and into the future.
You understand and embrace the philosophy of Continuous Delivery, and have experience of leading teams operating within a CD culture. You don't complain about recurring issues – you drive process change to fix the problems. You work with internal and external teams to create an agile, DevOps-centric team that builds, tests, releases and operates its own applications.
This role requires exceptional communication skills, as interaction and engagement with senior management will be a regular aspect of the role.
Accountabilities & Competencies:
Technical Expertise:
Will attain and maintain a very deep knowledge about the whole technology stack of the system
Researches, creates proofs of concept and introduces new technologies to the team
Evaluates new technologies for usage by Flutter technology teams
Example technologies, languages: Java, Scala, .net, Kubernetes, AWS
System Impact:
Will own and consider the production operation and monitoring of the system and is aware of its SLOs
Will evolves the architecture to support future requirements and tracks and defines its SLOs
People Scope:
Mentors others to accelerate their career-growth and encourages them to participate
Enables coordination of team members through moderating discussions, providing effective feedback toward individual development
Process Engagement:
Challenges the team processes, looking for ways to improve them
Contributes to adjusting the team processes, listening to feedback and guiding the team through the changes>
Influence:
Influences the macro-level direction and dynamics of the squads within the department or value stream
Product Scope:
Demonstrates ability to deconstruct complex problems into in value-aligned increments
Engages in early-stage product ideation and idea development with a view to delivering high quality and high value outcomes
Experience:
Strong knowledge of sports betting and trading technology environments and the products that are built thereon
Experience of designing and implementing software solutions to meet business needs
Experience working in software engineering and understanding of quality assurance in the development process
Ability to formulate and communicate strategy
Ability to work through a large set of unknowns and translate them into Product, Process or Tech requirements
Who Are We?
Paddy Power Betfair is an international sports betting and gaming operator, with a market-leading presence in the UK and Ireland, as well as a range of operations across Europe including Romania, Portugal and Malta.
We are online-led, mobile-led and sports-led: and our proprietary technology, unique products and innovative marketing all combine to offer a superb experience to our five million customers worldwide.
Our spirit, talent and ambition has taken us into the FTSE 100 index of the London Stock Exchange and we now employ over 7,000 people in sixteen locations across the globe; from Dublin to Los Angeles, and London to Melbourne. Our culture rewards innovation, teamwork and we like to stay fast-moving in a dynamic industry.
ON A LARGER SCALE
We are part of Flutter Entertainment, a global sports betting, gaming and entertainment provider for over thirteen million customers worldwide.
Established in 2019, Flutter merged with The Stars Group in 2020. As the parent company Flutter Entertainment now has a host of brands that sit under it including Paddy Power and Betfair (PPB), Sky Betting and Gaming, PokerStars, Timeform, Oddschecker, Sporting Life, SportsBet in Australia and FOX Bet, TVG and FanDuel in the US.
Across the globe, Flutter employs over 14,000 people across more than 40 offices and over 600 retail sites. We pride ourselves on being a responsible operator, committed to making a positive contribution to the communities we operate within.
WHAT IS YOUR CHALLENGE?
- We deliver products at scale for over 5 million customers, 99,9% of transactions in less than a second
- The products you'll develop will comply with ambitious uptime targets: less than 50 minutes downtime expected per year
- Our systems process more than 7 million transactions every day (more than all the European stock exchanges combined)
- We deliver high transitional products, serving more than 2.5Bn calls a day
- We have a diverse and up to date technical landscape to explore, leverage and innovate on
What Will I Get in Return?
Let's start with a fantastic salary and an uncapped Holiday Allowance - Yes, you heard that right - UNCAPPED holiday! We're all about on going development2, so you'll receive a self-development fund of €1,000 per year to spend on your learning. We love the concept of Flexible Working. That's why we have a host of flexible working options that are available to you. Add to that, we are part of a global company with offices on four continents. We offer the opportunity to work with people and teams in these offices and the possibility to work from those locations for a period or permanently. We are part of a large diverse global company and we encourage and support people to move to different roles or parts of the company to further their career development aspirations.
What else can I expect in the way of benefits?
The Fun Stuff: Annual Target bonus, Health & Wellbeing, with free classes such a yoga, boot camp, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, running & cycling clubs among others and a hybrid working model between home and office working.
What about the not so fun, but necessary, benefits?
We have a subsidised canteen, a great Pension/Flexible Financial Wellbeing package as well as Private health insurance, Life assurance and Income protection.
Ways of working:
Flexible working is our way of working! We're a diverse workforce, and therefore a 'one size fits all' approach isn't necessarily best. Whatever your personal needs may be, let's have a chat and see how we can accommodate them;
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only the suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.
By submitting your application online, you agree that: your details will be used to progress your employment application. If your application is successful, your details will be used to administer your personnel record. If your application is unsuccessful, we will retain your details for a period no longer than two years, to consider you for prospective Paddy Power Betfair role.
BETTER FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU
All our live jobs champion hybrid working, offering a flexible blend of home and office working with full autonomy to decide how many times you travel into the office each quarter.
Looking for a remote role? Let's chat – we're open to discussing remote working for all our live jobs.
Inclusive Employer
We are an inclusive employer and we encourage people from all backgrounds. Flexible working is our way of working! We're a diverse workforce and therefore a 'one size fits all' approach isn't necessarily best. Whatever your personal needs may be, let's have a chat and see how we can accommodate them.
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