Engineering Manager

Description

• The Winner at BFTH Arena Awards — Best Online Casino Game
• Shortlisted for SBC Awards 2024 — Casino/Slots Developer of the Year
• A strong player across 10+ global markets
• A trusted workplace for hundreds of specialists from 34 countries

• Develop engineers and QA through structured people management, including regular 1-on-1s, goal setting, performance evaluations, and continuous feedback to maintain high performance, engagement, and ownership 
• Shape architecture and evolve the technical roadmap to improve scalability, performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency — aligned with product and business goals
• Own end-to-end execution from planning to release, improving predictability, quality, and time-to-market through strong processes and KPIs
• Partner with Product, PMs, and other Engineering Leads to align priorities, reduce friction, and make sustainable technical decisions
• Continuously improve engineering workflows, team processes, and platform reliability, including incident management and post-incident improvements
• Support complex technical decisions and contribute to the codebase when needed

• 3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams
• 7+ years of hands-on development experience with a strong mix of backend and frontend expertise
• Strong track record of active people management including regular 1-on-1s, performance reviews, goal setting, and development plans 
• Working knowledge of Java, Spring, Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis, and CI/CD pipelines
• Solid understanding of cloud environments (GCP, AWS, or Azure), 
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL is a plus) and NoSQL solutions
• Upper-Intermediate English or higher
• Experience in the iGaming industry is highly desirable

 What you’ll tackle early on: 

• Polishing people management processes
• Taking full delivery ownership across the team, ensuring accountability and predictability
• Refining a technical roadmap aligned with business priorities
• Breaking down knowledge silos and increasing cross-functional ownership within the team

 Success metrics you’ll own:

• Consistent, on-time delivery of projects with high predictability
• Stable and continuously improving team KPIs
• Full coverage of performance reviews and clear goal-setting across the team
• Strong team engagement and high retention levels

What success looks like in a year:

• The team operates with full end-to-end ownership of their domain
• Delivery processes are predictable, scalable, and efficient
• Critical knowledge is distributed — every key area is covered by multiple engineers
• The team is stable, engaged, and continuously improving