About Us: The Future is AI-Native

At Create Future, we believe the next frontier of innovation lies in seamlessly integrating artificial intelligence into the very fabric of our products and processes. We are on an ambitious mission to become a truly AI-native business, revolutionising how software is conceived, built, and delivered. This isn't just about using new tools; it's about fundamentally transforming our culture and up-skilling our teams. We're looking for a pioneering engineer to help us build this future.

The Role: Build the Future of AI-Powered Software

As a Principal Engineer, you will be a key technical leader and practitioner in our evolution. You are an AI-native engineer who is fluent in agentic coding tools and convinced that AI will redefine the craft of software engineering. Your core mission is to champion and implement AI-assisted development practices within our teams, acting as a hands-on mentor and a catalyst for innovation through your technical expertise and enthusiasm.

You will be at the forefront of adopting and mastering cutting-edge AI tools and platforms, ensuring our engineers are not just using them, but are excelling with them. This role requires a blend of hands-on coding excellence, technical leadership, and a product-focused mindset to drive meaningful improvements in how we build.

Key Responsibilities:

Pioneer Advanced Engineering Practices: As a senior technical contributor, you will actively shape and refine our engineering discipline for the AI age. You will challenge current practices, introducing new workflows and development patterns that are faster, more creative, and uniquely suited to AI-powered development.

Teach, Coach & Mentor: Serve as a go-to expert on AI development tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, Cline, Kiro or Cursor. You will lead by example through pairing sessions, insightful code reviews, and hands-on guidance, helping to elevate the skills of the entire engineering team.

Lead by Example: Remain at the cutting edge by being an active, hands-on developer. You will embed within teams to model best practices, solve complex technical problems using AI tools, and demonstrate the art of the possible, inspiring others through your exceptional engineering skill.

Champion AI-Powered Development: Drive the adoption of AI-first methodologies with a pragmatic and persistent approach. You will work with your peers, tech leads, and product managers to foster a culture of curiosity and innovation.

Translate Technical Gains to Product Value: Develop a keen understanding of how new AI-powered methodologies impact our products. You will be responsible for articulating the value of these new approaches—from productivity gains to enhanced capabilities—to product and engineering stakeholders.

Who We're Looking For:

A Technical Leader and Mentor: You are a hands-on coder who also excels at guiding and influencing your peers. You know when to build, when to teach, and how to elevate the engineers around you.

Technically excellent: You are an engineer who excels at building high-quality software, able to build production software in .NET, Java, Python or another common backend programming language

An AI Tool Expert: You have deep, practical experience with multiple generative AI and AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Co-pilot, Claude, Cursor, etc.). You don't just know the features; you know how to wield them for maximum impact in a professional development environment.

A Workflow Innovator: You don't just adopt new tools; you rethink the entire development lifecycle. You are comfortable challenging established norms to introduce new ways of working that unlock greater potential.

A Passionate Technologist: You are fully bought into the paradigm shift that AI represents for software delivery. Your enthusiasm is infectious, and you are relentless in your pursuit of technical excellence.

An Effective Communicator: You possess strong communication skills, capable of discussing complex technical concepts with engineers, collaborating effectively with product managers, and demonstrating the value of your work.

Why Join Create Future?

Lead the Change: This isn't a role where you'll just follow trends; you'll be setting the standard for our AI-native future.

High-Impact Work: Your efforts will directly accelerate our development lifecycle, enhance our products, and shape the skills of our entire engineering team.

Autonomy and Support: We will provide you with the autonomy to innovate, backed by a leadership team that is fully invested in the AI mission.

Shape the Future: Be at the absolute forefront of the most significant shift in software development in a generation.

If you are a pragmatic, curious, and skilled engineer ready to build the future of software development, we want to hear from you.

What we’ll offer you:

We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do.

We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed.

We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look.

Our hiring process

We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process.

It usually looks like this:

Call with our Talent Acquisition Team
Role specific capability interview

Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens.

Inclusion at CreateFuture

We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work.

If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help.

We look forward to your application!

About the company

CreateFuture appears to be a rebranded entity, with the only available information pointing to a new LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/createfuture-digital/) and an invitation to follow them on their new journey. No details are provided about specific products or services, how those products work, or how the company differentiates itself from competitors. Based on the available data, the company’s stated goal is to engage audiences via its new LinkedIn page and to share its journey under the CreateFuture brand. If you can share more about their offerings, I can compose a fuller, more concrete summary.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Founded

2016

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Version 1's April 30, 2026 acquisition gives CreateFuture 4,250 employees and €500 million revenue.
September 2026 SBC Summit sponsorship keeps CreateFuture visible among gambling operators.
CreateFuture's unified-data work with evoke and MONY Group drives sticky modernization revenue.

What critics are saying

Version 1's April 2026 deal still awaits regulatory clearances, threatening closing delays.
Operator-side iGaming demand concentrates revenue in regulated markets with licensing shocks.
If integration stalls, Version 1 can absorb CreateFuture and erase its standalone identity.

What makes CreateFuture unique

AI-native, practitioner-led consultancy serving regulated iGaming, financial services, and utilities.
September 2026 hires Eddie Bennett and Andy Wright deepen operator-side iGaming credibility.
CreateFuture's 2026 partnerships with Skyscanner and MONY Group show enterprise trust.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Parental Leave

Paid Vacation

Flexible Work Hours

Hybrid Work Options

Remote Work Options

Professional Development Budget

Company News

Global Gambling News

Sep 22nd, 2026

CreateFuture appoints Eddie Bennett and Andy Wright.

CreateFuture appoints Eddie Bennett and Andy Wright. CreateFuture has announced the appointment of Eddie Bennett as Director of Lottery & iGaming and Andy Wright as Strategic Advisor to its iGaming practice. Both will report to Hass Peymani, Industry Director of iGaming, as they begin their roles this month. The gambling industry faces a significant challenge in integrating AI not due to technical limitations, but because of business and regulatory hurdles. Many AI programs in the sector falter not from weak models, but from fragmented data estates and outdated operating models. Bennett and Wright bring extensive experience in navigating these challenges, thus strengthening CreateFuture's position in the market by leveraging their expertise to tackle complex industry issues. The AI obstacle in gaming is primarily a data issue. Operators often face challenges with AI programs due to inconsistent data accrued from years of acquisitions and platform migrations. This inconsistency leads to inefficiencies in personalization engines and trading models, requiring a consolidated data estate and a revised business model to unlock AI's full potential. CreateFuture is addressing these challenges with its work with evoke plc and others, focusing on building a unified data foundation. This foundation supports live production workloads such as fraud detection, customer service and personalization, ensuring consistent data accessibility across departments, which is crucial in regulated markets. Eddie Bennett arrives with two decades of senior management experience in companies like Allwyn and Skybet. His focus will be on ensuring that the AI investments yield returns and meet regulatory compliance. Andy Wright, with 27 years of executive experience, will advise on completing AI projects that have stalled at the operational level. Eddie Bennett says: "I have sat on the other side of this table. A model that performs in a test is not the same thing as a model a regulator will let you run. That takes a business case, an operating model and an audit trail. "CreateFuture has the engineering and data depth already. My job is to make sure the commercial argument stands up as well as the technology does." Andy Wright adds: "Boards rarely struggle to approve the first investment. They struggle to explain the second when the first never reached the floor. "The operators calling now are not asking how to start; they are asking how to finish what they have already funded." Hass Peymani concludes: "Almost every operator Global Gambling News meet has a slide deck of AI pilots and a data estate that cannot support any of them. This is not a failure of ambition; it is the cost of 15 years of growth by acquisition. "The work that matters now is consolidating the platform and changing how the business runs on top of it, and that is a transformation job rather than a technology purchase. Eddie and Andy have both done it from the inside." CreateFuture is actively participating at SBC Summit, where it will sponsor the AI Academy. The company's leaders will discuss how AI is revolutionising the industry and share insights on navigating these technological advancements.

DIGIT.FYI

May 1st, 2026

Version 1 Acquires Edinburgh's CreateFuture

Version 1 announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CreateFuture for an undisclosed amount.

Newsletter.co.uk

Apr 30th, 2026

'Strong strategic fit': northern ireland offices form part of €500m, 4,250-strong technology services powerhouse following new acquisition.

'Strong strategic fit': northern ireland offices form part of €500m, 4,250-strong technology services powerhouse following new acquisition. By Claire Cartmill Published 30th Apr 2026, 12:29 BST Belfast-based offices at Lanyon Place part of Version 1's growth following the acquisition of CreateFuture in an undisclosed deal, boosting its AI capabilities and international reach Version 1, the global AI and digital transformation consultancy with offices at Lanyon Place in Belfast, has announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire technology services firm CreateFuture for an undisclosed sum. CreateFuture employs around 550 people and works with clients in highly regulated sectors including iGaming, financial services and utilities. The company is known for its AI-native, practitioner-led approach to delivering complex digital transformation programmes for large enterprises. The combined group will have around 4,250 employees and annual revenues of more than €500 million, significantly expanding Version 1's scale and expertise across both public and private sector markets. Together, Version 1 and CreateFuture will deliver AI-driven digital transformation programmes at scale across complex, regulated environments in both public and private sectors. You May Like CreateFuture is a practitioner-led, AI-native partner to large enterprise clients, focused on iGaming and other sectors where technical precision and regulatory compliance are critical. Combined, the organisations will bring deeper expertise and greater delivery capacity to support clients across a broader range of industries. "This acquisition is a strong strategic fit for Version 1, strengthening our capabilities and expanding the markets we serve," said Roop Singh, chief executive officer at Version 1. "CreateFuture is an exceptional business, with high-calibre talent, deep client relationships and sector expertise that directly complements our own. They have built something genuinely impressive for clients, leveraging AI-driven capabilities with a flexible and agile approach, and have delivered sustained growth ahead of the market. This is a growth acquisition and reflects exactly where we are as a business, confident in our people, clear on our strategy and ready for what comes next." Euan Andrews, founder of CreateFuture, said: "We started CreateFuture 16 years ago with a simple belief that the best work happens when great people are trusted to do great work for clients who care about the outcome. That belief has not changed, and this partnership accelerates our ambition for CreateFuture with a highly culturally aligned partner in Version 1. "It enables us to better serve our clients with enhanced capability and scale whilst unlocking significant opportunities for our team members. I am genuinely excited about what this means for our people, for our clients, and for the next chapter of the business we have built together." The CreateFuture leadership team will remain in place, continuing to lead its existing teams and client engagement. Completion of the acquisition remains subject to receipt of customary regulatory clearances.

Yahoo Finance

Aug 14th, 2025

CreateFuture Secures Strategic Tech Partnership With Skyscanner

Digital consultancy CreateFuture will partner with global travel marketplace Skyscanner across its Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, and Barcelona offices

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Jul 29th, 2025

CreateFuture partners with MoneySuperMarket's MONY Group

CreateFuture partners with MoneySuperMarket's MONY Group.

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