Principal Backend Engineer - Casino
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What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 2d ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 9d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-10-01). Last seen at its source just now.
We have tracked this listing since 5 Oct 2026 (5 days). The employer's own board has carried it every time we have read it, most recently just now.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
Their board carries a remote setting on this posting — a field they filled in, not wording we read. The location field names somewhere specific, which is usually where the team or the entity sits.
Who may apply?
Poland
The description agrees: it names Poland.
What the ad says
…Location: Poland only, fully remote Job…
Pay not stated
Similar roles pay PLN 302.4k–399.8k/yr
Middle 50% of 37 listings that do state pay — Engineering · Senior · Poland · PLN/year. This employer has published no salary; this is what comparable listings we hold disclose, never converted between currencies or periods. How this is calculated.
Skills named in the ad
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Carried by 1 source
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Recruitee employer's own board first seen 5d ago · last seen just now
The listing
Location: Poland only, fully remote
Job Type: B2B, full time
Overview
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 experience possible.
The ideal candidate will have:
Min of 10+ years work experience
Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) in your day-to-day workflow, and a genuine enthusiasm for how AI is changing software engineering
Strong communication skills in English (both written and verbal)
Experience working for a company with large volumes of traffic, where every technical decision needs to be able to carry the load of our customer base
A deep understanding of AWS Cloud technologies and how to create scalable multi-region applications
Experience with the following technologies:
Java and Spring / SpringBoot
RDBMS (ex, Postgresql, CockroachDB)
o Streaming technologies (Amazon Kinesis, Kafka)
o Message Queues (SQS, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ)
Experience working within an agile development
Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)
Experience with Micro-Service and Service oriented architectures
Nice to have experience in the Casino industry or an equivalent regulated industry such as Banking, or experience championing the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices (e.g. AI code generation, AI-assisted code review, agentic coding tools) within an engineering organization