Principal Engineer
This is a high-scope technical role responsible for shaping the strategy and architecture behind Grandstand's web and backend systems. The Principal Engineer will spend most of their time designing, building, and shipping directly, while also driving the technical direction across teams and initiatives.
The core of this role is leading through influence and strong technical judgment, with scope evolving based on the needs of the team. The Principal Engineer will partner closely with engineering, product, and leadership to make sure the right things are built, the right way, and moving fast enough to stay ahead.
- Set technical direction and architecture across our full stack (Python, Go).
- Identify where our systems need to evolve to support scale, and drive those changes end to end.
- Build APIs and services that support data-heavy, high-scale workloads.
- Build low latency highly performant ETL pipelines.
- Design and implement scalable features directly - this role stays close to the code.
- Lead by example through code reviews, technical documentation, and direct contribution.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and reliability issues before they become problems.
- Partner with engineering leadership to shape roadmap, priorities, and technical strategy.
- Mentor other engineers and raise the technical bar across the team.
- Work closely with Product and Growth teams to launch new features rapidly.
- 8+ years of Python/Go experience (required).
- Someone who moves fast and isn't scared to experiment with new technologies, frameworks, and rapidly test ideas (required).
- Strong system design judgment and the ability to influence technical direction across teams (required).
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment where priority is are evaluated every 2 weeks (required).
- Experience with event driven systems (nice-to-have).
- Experience with Typescript (nice-to-have).
- Experience with Redis/Valkey (nice-to-have).
- Comprehensive private Healthcare Insurance
- Flexible work environment and home office available
- Home office allowance
- Gym & Leisure Allowance
- All the hardware and software you need to be successful
- Regular company events and social outings, activities, Spot Awards and a Monthly Social Club
- Access to courses for Personal and Career Development
- Company Paid Volunteer Day
Grandstand is a multi-award-winning performance marketing company and a leading provider of digital marketing services active exclusively in the online gambling industry. The Group has a workforce of more than 300 and operates from offices in Ireland, the United States and Malta. Through its proprietary technology platform, the Group publishes a portfolio of premier branded websites, including Gambling.com and Bookies.com. Founded in 2006, the Group owns and operates more than 50 websites in seven languages across 15 national markets covering all aspects of the online gambling industry, including iGaming and sports betting, and the fantasy sports industry. Grandstand is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker GRSD.