Principal AI Engineer Full-time

We are Kaizen Gaming

Kaizen Gaming is the leading GameTech company in Greece and one of the fastest-growing in the world, operating in 16 markets with 2 brands, Betano & Stoiximan.

We always aim to leverage cutting-edge technology, providing the best experience to our millions of customers who trust us for their entertainment.

We are a diverse team of more than 2.500 Kaizeners, from 40+ nationalities spreading across 3 continents. Our #oneteam is proud to be among the Best Workplaces in Europe and certified Great Place to Work across our offices. Here, there’ll be no average day for you. Ready to press play on potential?

Let’s start with the role

As a Principal AI Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing and implementing cutting-edge, scalable, high-performance, real-time Data & AI products. The ideal candidate will be a tenured Backend Engineer that has a proven track record in building robust and efficient software solutions and combined with a passion for emerging technologies would like to continue doing so in the fascinating area of AI.

As a Principal AI Engineer your main responsibilities will be

• Architecture: Architect scalable, secure, reliable and high-performance backend systems and their corresponding data storages.
• Innovation: Tech-lead the AI tribe in order to deliver state-of-the-art AI models in production.
• Engineering Excellence: Lead by example by demonstrating best engineering practices in code development, code reviews and all other phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Mentorship: Inspire and mentor fellow tech leaders and senior individual contributors, fostering technical and soft skill growth.
• Performance Optimization: Lead the charge in identifying and enhancing system performance of existing data pipelines, ETL products and data storages.
• Seamless Integration: Work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure smooth integration of the AI products in Kaizen’s overall architecture.
• Staying Ahead: Stay ahead of the tech curve, applying emerging technologies to enhance our capabilities and disrupt the industry.
• Strategic Technical Roadmap: Define the company-wide AI technical roadmap unencumbered by the more time-sensitive business needs of the product roadmap.

What you’ll bring

Must have:

• 10+ years of experience in software development, working with a diverse set of programming languages and paradigms. 5+ years of experience working with Python.
• Proven track record of designing, implementing, optimizing and scaling performant, distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Experience with message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ and messaging patterns
• Experience with DevOps/MLOps practices and containerization technologies
• Ability to work autonomously on highly complex tasks, keeping in mind various aspects such as performance, security, observability, and code quality
• Passion for monitoring and troubleshooting production systems and being able to make data-driven decisions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills targeting a diverse audience from stakeholders to cross-functional technical teams, in order to provide technical guidance and insight

Nice to have:

• A deep understanding of classic ML, Deep Learning and genAI algorithms.
• A deep understanding of the ML development lifecycle and how that differs from the traditional software development one.
• Experience in building data-intensive and AI-empowered products.
• Experience in building experimentation, feature serving and model serving platforms.
• Familiarity with a wide range of big data technologies, such as Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink and NoSQL databases.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about AI and wants to be at the forefront of innovation in the igaming industry. Join us in shaping the future of gaming with “wow” experiences that thrill and delight players around the world.

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