Principal Backend Engineer - AI-Driven, Global Scale

hardrockdigital; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible vacation

Hybrid work options

Global brand backing

Millions-serving products

Job summary

Hard Rock Digital is seeking a Principal Backend Engineer to lead its Casino Technology Team. You will shape backend architecture across multiple squads, drive features, and mentor staff while integrating AI-assisted tools to enhance development velocity and code quality.

The role demands 10+ years of experience, strong English communication, and deep AWS, Java/SpringBoot, and multi‑region architecture knowledge. A high-impact, startup‑minded environment awaits.

Qualifications

• Min of 10+ years work experience.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction and architecture for cross-team systems.
• Contribute to design and implementation of complex features.
• Mentor staff and engineers; conduct code reviews.
• Advise stakeholders on roadmap and architectural decisions.
• Contribute quality code; embrace AI-assisted tools to improve velocity and quality.
• Ensure deliverables meet scope and timelines.

Skills

AI-assisted development

Mentoring

English communication

Large-scale architectures

AWS cloud

Java & SpringBoot

Agile development

Performance & security

Problem solving

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Cursor

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Kinesis

SQS

RabbitMQ

PostgreSQL

CockroachDB

Job description

Hard Rock Digital is seeking a Principal Backend Engineer to lead its Casino Technology Team. You will shape backend architecture across multiple squads, drive features, and mentor staff while integrating AI-assisted tools to enhance development velocity and code quality.

The role demands 10+ years of experience, strong English communication, and deep AWS, Java/SpringBoot, and multi‑region architecture knowledge. A high-impact, startup‑minded environment awaits.