Engineering Manager - Sports (UK market)

3 Months ago • 3-8 Years • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

LeoVegas Polska seeks an Engineering Manager for their Sports team in the UK market. You'll lead a team of ~6 engineers and QA specialists, collaborating with designers in a cross-functional setting. Responsibilities include overseeing daily operations, ensuring product quality, delivering on the product roadmap, fostering a positive engineering culture, and continuously improving processes and products. You'll drive agile methodologies, inspire innovation, and ensure zero downtime for the Sportsbook experience. The ideal candidate will have a solid engineering background (3+ years), proven leadership skills, excellent communication, and a strong understanding of Agile. You'll be responsible for improving the Sportsbook experience, focusing on delivering a superior customer experience.
Must have:
  • 3+ years engineering experience
  • Team leadership experience
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Agile software development knowledge
  • Deliver quality products
  • Improve processes and products
Good to have:
  • Experience with JavaScript, Java, Kotlin
Perks:
  • Hybrid work policy
  • 4 weeks Workation
  • Competitive base salary
  • Benefits package (800 PLN net/gross)
  • Complimentary snacks & drinks
  • Team social events
  • MacBook Pro 16"/14" or M3 Pro, smartphone

Job Details

Description

Position at LeoVegas Polska

 ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an Engineering Manager for a Sports Team. You will be managing a team of ~6 engineers and QA:s that work together with designers in a cross functional team. Together with the team, you are responsible for improving our Sportsbook experience in the UK market and ensure that we have the greatest igaming experience for Sports. By taking the lead in the team's daily work, setting and maintaining effective processes and ways of working, you will create value for our Sportsbook and ensure zero downtime.

 

 

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

 

        Take lead in the team's daily work and deliver a quality product to offer a customer first  Greatest Gaming Experience for Sports.

        As a team effort, take ownership of the delivery of the product roadmap, and ensure best practice from a technical perspective.

        Encourage a fun, healthy, collaborative engineering culture.

        Continuously seek to improve both your product and ways of working in the team.

        Inspire knowledge sharing and collaboration.

        Inspire climate for new innovative ideas to the team (technology, features or ways of working).

        Enable lean and data-driven ways of working to help the team deliver value efficiently.

        Drive ways of working on agile principles

 


OUR SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING:

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

        Solid engineering background, working at least 3+ years working as an engineer (frontend, backend or QA).

        Experience in leading people and teams through goals, inspiration, transparency and trust.

        Great communication skills and possess the ability to challenge the team when needed.

        Solid understanding of the agile software development process.
 

NICE TO HAVES

        Experience with JavaScript, Java, Kotlin or similar.

 

 

WHO WE ARE

 

At the core of LeoVegas Group is Team Leo. Our culture is our foundation and is what enables us to innovate, build, and lead as we trailblaze our way through the igaming industry. We’re a team of over 1400 innovators, initiators, and groundbreakers working in a fast-paced and agile environment across 11 offices worldwide.

 

BENEFITS

 

        Hybrid work policy

        4 weeks of Workation  (T&C apply)

        Competitive base salary

        Benefits package - 800 PLN net (B2B)/gross (UOP) monthly

        Our office provides complimentary snacks and drinks; on Mondays, we serve complimentary breakfast.

        Team and office social events throughout the year

        Equipment: MacBook Pro 16" (or 14")/M3 Pro 12-core CPU/18-core GPU/36GB RAM/512GB SSD + smartphone (iPhone 15 or Samsung Galaxy S24)

 

JOIN US!

In our pride, we empower our teammates to find their roar and run with their wildest ideas. We don’t wait for things to happen; we pounce and make it happen!

 

Would you be a good fit for the Leo Pride - give us a roar!

 

**As our company working language is English, we’d like to see your CV in English, please**

 

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About The Company

LeoVegas Group is a leading international igaming company with a clear vision to create the world’s greatest igaming experience. The Group offers online casino, live casino, and sports betting via 10 brands in 10 jurisdictions. The Group continues to grow rapidly, currently employing over 1,000 people in Europe, including at its headquarters in Stockholm and operations hub in Malta.


As one of the most innovative companies in the industry, the Group also invests and develops other igaming companies through its investment arm, LeoVentures. In 2022, LeoVegas Group became a subsidiary of the global entertainment company MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM). 


For more information, visit www.leovegasgroup.com.

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