Principal Software Engineer

About The Role

In Flutter COO we work with experts across Flutter to build, deploy and communicate the Flutter Edge. Together we cover Product & Payments, Technology, Sports book Product & Trading, People, Property, Corporate Communications and Strategic Partnerships & Transformation.

Location:

Leeds/Dublin Hybrid

The Global Sports book Trading (GST) is part of the Flutter Group division and works with all the Flutter brands to deliver game‑changing and scalable Risk & Trading products that can benefit the whole group, allowing brands to leverage each other’s innovation efforts and to act on rich global insights to minimise their risk exposure.

The Principal Engineer reports to a Senior Engineering Manager and works in partnership with 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.

In partnership with Engineering Management, you will 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 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, Dev Ops‑centric team that builds, tests, releases and operates its applications. This role requires exceptional communication skills, as interaction and engagement with senior management will be a regular aspect of the role.

• Attain and maintain a very deep knowledge of the whole technology stack of the system
• Research and create proofs of concept and introduce new technologies to the team
• Evaluate new technologies for usage by Flutter technology teams
• Example technologies, and languages:
  Java, Scala, .net, Kubernetes, AWS

• Own and consider the production operation and monitoring of the system and be aware of its SLOs
• Evolve the architecture to support future requirements and track and define its SLOs

• Mentor others to accelerate their career growth and encourage them to participate
• Enable coordination of team members through moderating discussions, providing effective feedback toward individual development

• Challenge team processes, looking for ways to improve them
• Contribute to adjusting the team processes, listening to feedback, and guiding the team through changes
• Influence the macro‑level direction and dynamics of the squads within the department or value stream

• Demonstrate ability to deconstruct complex problems into value‑aligned increments
• Engage in early‑stage product ideation and idea development to deliver high‑quality and high‑value outcomes

• Strong knowledge of sports betting and trading technology environments and the products that are built thereon
• Experience in designing and implementing software solutions to meet business needs
• Experience working in software engineering and understanding quality assurance in the development process
• Ability to formulate and communicate strategy
• Ability to work through many unknowns and translate them into Product, Process or Tech requirements

We are a world leader in online sports betting and iGaming, with a market‑leading position in the US and across the world. We have an unparalleled portfolio of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands including Fan Duel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, Poker Stars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, Max Bet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet. With our global scale and challenger attitude, we excite and entertain our customers in a safe and sustainable way.

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