Full-stack Principal Engineer

The Opportunity

Principal Engineers hold a central role in the Technology department. They are expected to help teams devise elegant and performant solutions in response to real business problems, guide them in designing and implementing these solutions in code, as well as teach coding, testing, debugging, and performance analysis techniques, while also carrying out code reviews.

Principal Engineers will frequently attend team’s scrum events (esp. refinements) and help team’s product owners shape a better understanding of the technical challenges involved. Production problems are usually escalated to the Principal Engineers, for triaging before landing in a team's backlog. Principal Engineers should also stay up to date on the latest technologies and drive their adoption.

Organization

At Kaizen, we operate in verticals, which represent the connection with our customers and the way that we are creating sustainable growth and seamless entertainment experiences. Each vertical (Sportsbook, Gaming, Account & Services, Rewards & Comms), as well as our core technology lines (Platform and International Expansion), consists of Technology and Product teams. Technology department is organized across tribes with each tribe focusing on a particular aspect of the business. Each tribe is led by their tribe-leader, who reports to the Vertical Director. Tribes are composed of teams and an architect may lead one or more of them.

Tech Stack

Our tech stack consists of many services and applications written in C#/.NET (both full framework and Core) for the backend stuff.

We use jQuery/Knockout.js for some of the older apps and Angular or Vue.js for the newer frontend stuff. We use MSSQL server and PostgreSQL for most of our storage needs interspersed with Redis and ElasticSearch, whenever it makes sense to do so. RabbitMQ is the message broker ubiquitously used in our systems and we deploy using a mixture of regular good old VMs and Docker containers on our on-prem Openshift installation. We're using git and Gitlab for version control and our CI/CD pipeline.

We use the latest versions of our frameworks. 

Responsibilities

For our Gaming & Experience Vertical, we are looking for a Full-Stack Principal Engineer to support up to 3 scrum teams in the area of Gaming Experience via all channels ( web, mobile and natives) and as well as the Virtuals & Lotto οffering.

• Support Product and Delivery in building highly scalable solutions aligned with non functional requirements in terms of performance, security & regulatory.
• Analyze, plan and document architectural decisions both tactically and strategically and provide a solid bridge of communication with the engineering teams.
• Mentoring teams on existing and future technologies and design patterns.
• Plan and design solutions with reusable components and features in mind.
• Provide clear hands-on solutions with POCs or actual implementations depending on the particular case and scenario.
• Participate in research and development efforts by testing new technologies and tools.

Skills & Requirements

• 5+ years of working as a software engineer at least some of which for high traffic websites.
• Full- stack exposure.
• Experience in C#.
• Current and up-to-date software engineering skills.
• Team playing spirit and good communication skills .
• Analytical thinking and problem solving; ability to self-organize.
• Ability to learn and adapt to a fast paced environment.
• Experience in using monitoring tools to troubleshoot errors and recognize performance bottlenecks.
• Solid foundation in computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and coding.
• Interest in maintaining and improving the codebase.
• Fluent in English, both oral and written.

Nice to have:

• Experience in Vue.js.
• Familiarity with Mobile Native (Android or iOS)..
• Familiarity with micro-frontend techniques / libraries.
• Knowledge of SPAs, Server Side Renders and web development fundamentals.
• Familiarity with functional programming, distributed architectures and eventually consistent systems.
• Bonus points for an active GitHub or StackOverflow (or similar) account.

Kaizen Gaming Perks

🕑We offer both work from the office (hybrid model) & remote working options.
🏃 A buddy will support you with your onboarding.
💸Competitive salary package and bonus scheme.
👩‍⚕️ Health and life insurance for you and your family.
💰 Monthly allowance for lunch & commuting expenses.
💻Nice rigs - 2.5K monitor, latest i7, tons of RAM, fast SSD.
📚 Pluralsight, unlimited access to Udemy & continuous training for all your learning and development needs.
⭐Clear career paths & a developmental 360° feedback framework.
✈️ Relocation package and "Brain Gain" relocation bonus for Greek expats