Principal Software Dev Engineer WOTC

At Hasbro, our mission is to entertain and connect generations of fans through the wonder of storytelling and exhilaration of play. We’re looking for adventurous and curious people who want to explore, experiment, and innovate to come up with the best ideas. Our culture has inspired our diverse team of highly skilled, highly creative, and highly committed individuals for 100 years and we believe the best is yet to come.
 

Are you ready to tackle a pivotal role that crafts the future of technology at Hasbro?

The Central Technology Team owns critical services that power some of Hasbro and Wizards most popular brands. Collaborate with partners and demonstrate extreme ownership in the end-to-end product development lifecycle, including ideation, rapid experimentation, customer research, and execution. As a Principal Engineer, you will bring a wealth of technical expertise and industry experience spanning software development and live services. The ideal candidate for this role has extensive live service experience, exposure to AWS, is self-driven, has acted as a mentor, a great communicator, and has the ability to bring clarity to complex problems.

What You'll Do:

As a Principal Engineer, you will:

• Lead the design and development of high-quality software solutions that meet business and customer needs.
• Drive the adoption of AWS serverless technologies and ensure their successful implementation.
• Coordinate closely with multi-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of services.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of live services, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Strong mentoring skills. Able to influence and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical people
• Understands customer behaviors and partners with cross-functional partners to influence and drive end-to-end solutions for customer problems.

Team Leadership

• Prefers working in a team and collaborates with other cross-functional partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work with global teams across time zones
• Communicate effectively with collaborators, sharing updates and insights on project progress.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, sharing your extensive knowledge and experience.

Community

• Contributes to standards, patterns, and practices that improve the engineering community.
• Provide perspective on leading industry trends, recommendations on new and emerging technologies, technology prototypes, patent proposals, and engineering process improvements.

What You'll Bring:

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Ability to drive velocity in a highly matrixed environment, partnering with numerous customers.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in software development.
• Proven expertise in developing and scaling live services that scale for millions of customers.
• Prior experience working with or on AAA game development teams.
• Prior working experience in a cloud computing environment like AWS/GCP, serverless is a plus.

Compensation Range, Currency USD:

• Starting Pay Range: $161,800
• Pay Range End: $242,600

Join Us

At Hasbro, we believe in the power of collaboration and innovation. You'll be part of a team that values your contributions and is committed to your growth and development. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a difference, we want to hear from you!

Hasbro’s world-class brands and talented people are our greatest assets. One of the ways we invest in you is through a competitive and contemporary benefits package. Your particular benefits package will depend on your position, location, local legal requirements, and years with the company. Here’s a look at what your benefits package may include: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Paid Vacation Time and holidays, Generous 401(k) match, Paid Parental Leave, Team Hasbro Volunteer Program, Employee Giving and Matching Gifts Programs, Tuition Reimbursement, Toy Discounts and more!

Hasbro is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. We are committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, or any other legally protected status.