Principal Engineer

Aristocrat; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Robust benefits package

Global career opportunities

State-of-the-art technology

Job summary

Aristocrat is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead enterprise applications, integrating AI-enabled features, cloud architectures, and secure DevOps practices. You will partner with Product Owners and development teams to drive architectural implementations aligned with the tech roadmap.

The role emphasizes scalability, reliability, and quality, mentoring Associate Engineers and Sr. Engineers while guiding cross‑functional squads across global locations to deliver robust gaming software solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience building enterprise applications with AI-enabled capabilities.
• Strong background in cloud deployments and DevOps practices.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define technical product requirements and high-level architectural specifications.
• Produce and ensure quality code artifacts.
• Design and implement cloud-native deployment strategies and CI/CD processes.
• Design and integrate agentic AI solutions within business rules and guardrails.
• Mentor Associate/Senior engineers and collaborate with global teams.

Skills

C#

.NET Core

GRPC

REST APIs

OAuth/OIDC

Blazor

Docker

Kubernetes

C++

Azure/AWS/GCP

AI security

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

MSSQL

T-SQL

Software Architect

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Visual Studio

Visual Studio Code

GitHub

Jira

SonarQube

SQL Server

Job description

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming entertainment, offering a diverse range of products and services, including electronic gaming machines, social gaming and casino management systems. We’re licensed in 240 gaming jurisdictions and operate in 90 countries around the world, with a team of over 3000 employees who deliver outstanding results by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity and technology. Since our humble beginnings in 1953, we’ve been driven by a desire to create the world’s greatest gaming experience, every day.

Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Principal Engineer with expertise in Software Development, System Invent, Integration, Security, Cloud Technologies, and AI-enabled solutions, with technology proficiency in .NET, C#, Docker, Kubernetes, C++, and other skills required to develop enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have experience integrating AI capabilities into production and development systems. This covers API-based model usage, agentic AI patterns, and AI-assisted features with proper validation, monitoring, and guardrails. Additionally, experience with cloud-based deployments, automated infrastructure management, and modern DevOps practices is necessary. The candidate will build and lead product development that matches Aristocrat’s strategic product roadmap. Attention will be on implementation, scalability, reliability, and guidelines. This role will interact with our Product Owners and development teams directly to lead the implementation of solutions that improve product performance, quality, processes, and standards. As a Senior Software Architect, you will be responsible for ensuring that designs are aligned with the system’s technical roadmap while supporting secure, scalable cloud architectures and operational excellence. You will mentor and guide Associate Software Architects, Sr. and non-Sr. Software Engineers.

What You’ll Do:

• You will participate in defining technical product requirements and high-level architectural specifications, ensuring feasibility, functionality and integration with existing systems/platforms.
• Produce and ensure quality code artifacts.
• Ensure quality code is checked in to avoid broken builds that can cause delays to the team.
• Participate in scrum processes like estimating, grooming, standups, code reviews, test case reviews etc.
• Supports the development of strategy, frameworks, and standard processes and patterns for the development organization.
• Design and implement cloud-native deployment strategies, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD processes that support scalable, reliable, and secure enterprise application
• Design and integrate agentic AI solutions that can autonomously plan, coordinate multi-step workflows, and take actions across systems while operating within defined business rules, validation controls, and security guardrails.
• Identify and fix code level problems quickly and efficiently
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Work with teams in other geographic locations. This includes being flexible with hours to accommodate other time zones.

What we’re Looking For:

• We need a strong candidate that can fulfill most of the items listed below:
• C# (8+ years)
• .net Core (3+ years)
• ADO.NET (5+ years)
• GRPC (2+ years)
• REST APIs (3+ years)
• OAUTH/OIDC (5+ years)
• Blazor (2+ years)
• Containerization - Docker/K8S (3+ years)
• C++ (5+ years)
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience implementing AI-powered developer productivity solutions and engineering workflows.
• Experience deploying containerized AI workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of AI security, observability, model monitoring, prompt management, and responsible AI practices.
• Build server administration and deployment automation experience, including CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience using Terraform (preferred).
• Configuration management and deployment automation experience using Ansible (preferred).
• IDE
• Visual Studio
• Visual Studio Code
• GitHub, SVN, JIRA
• Code Analysis
• Visual Studio
• SonarQube
• MSSQL, T-SQL (5+ years)
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems management or related field or equivalent experience
• Expert level of software development lifecycle, practices and implementations.

Why Aristocrat?

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment
• Robust benefits package
• Global career opportunities
• Our core values: Respect, Courage, Integrity and Passion

Our Winning Ways:

• Unite – Come together as one team, with one vision
• Develop – Empower, inspire and grow our people
• Deliver – Implement with excellence, be accountable for results
• Play – Be creative, ambitious, celebrate success

This position may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.

Cette description de poste a pu être révisée et améliorée à l’aide d’outils d’assistance basés sur l’intelligence artificielle afin d’en accroître la clarté, la cohérence et l’inclusivité. Tout le contenu final, les exigences du poste et les décisions d’embauche demeurent soumis à l’examen et à l’approbation de personnes responsables chez Aristocrat.

Philosophie de rémunération

Nous offrons un programme complet de rémunération et d’avantages sociaux conçu pour demeurer concurrentiel sur le marché, soutenir votre bien-être et reconnaître votre contribution à notre réussite. Notre approche repose sur un principe de rémunération au rendement qui récompense l’impact individuel. Votre programme de rémunération sera déterminé en fonction de facteurs tels que vos compétences, votre expérience, vos qualifications et votre lieu de travail.

Selon votre poste et votre lieu de travail, vous pourriez être admissible à des primes et incitatifs annuels, à des avantages liés à la santé et au bien-être, à des congés rémunérés, à des régimes de retraite, à une couverture d’assurance ainsi qu’à d’autres avantages locaux ou prévus par la loi.

Les détails précis de la rémunération et des avantages associés à ce poste seront discutés au cours du processus de recrutement.