Principal Backend Engineer - Casino

What are we building? Hard Rock Digital is a fiercely focused team working to become the best online sportsbook, casino, and social gaming company in the world. We're building a deeply curious team with a passion for learning, operating, and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We're customer-obsessed — we care about each customer interaction, experience, behavior, and insight, and strive to ensure we're always acting authentically. Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We're taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space - ready to join us? What’s the position? We are looking for a Principal Backend Engineer to join our rapidly growing Casino Technology Team, responsible for continuous growth and support of our Casino and Sportsbook apps. This Engineer will set technical direction across multiple teams and have significant ownership over the shape of our backend architecture. It is an exciting and rewarding opportunity. As a principal-level backend engineer, you will: Set the technical direction and architecture for complex, cross-team systems Contribute to the design and implementation of complex features Work with other Principal Engineers and Architects across the entire Technical Team, and act as a mentor to Staff and Senior Engineers Be a trusted technical advisor for various stakeholders such as Engineering Managers, Technical VPs and Product Managers, influencing roadmap and architectural decisions Be technically talented, able to contribute quality code, and be passionate about the technology - including how AI-assisted tools are changing the way we design, build, and ship software Perform Code Reviews and coach Developers, Senior Engineers and Staff Engineers on why certain technical approaches need to be taken Be responsible for the quality, scope, and timeliness of all your deliverables Champion the adoption of AI-assisted development practices and tools across the team, helping raise the bar on engineering velocity and code quality Because we operate with a startup mindset, we will be reliant on your technical skill, but also your passion and ownership over all aspects of your work, including how effectively you leverage modern tools - AI included - to multiply your impact and that of the teams around you. What are we looking for? We are looking for an engineer who is willing to tackle problems with innovative ideas and quality technical implementations. We believe the perfect candidate isn’t interested in just what we’re building right now, but wants to understand where we’re going. Principal Engineers need to define and design, and help teams build, systems that can process huge numbers of transactions and user interactions in a scalable manner while focusing on giving our customers the best…