Engineering Manager

About Us

Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this.

We recently migrated all of our customers onto our very own proprietary platform - so it's an exciting time to join us. With the help of our new platform, we're able to pioneer new products and drive more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.

Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our new platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, then it's to time to join us.

Job Purpose

You will be responsible for leading a cross-functional team of local and remote Software Developers and Test Engineers delivering high quality software in a fast-paced environment.

You will build, inspire and motivate your team to hit aligned objectives, while focusing on high quality software that gives a first-class user experience.

You will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of the software, from design and coding to deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. You build it, you run it.

While this is primarily a hands-off role, it is essential you understand modern software engineering and quality assurance best practice enabling you to build a high performing team.

Job Duties

People

Lead and manage a high performing agile team of Software Developers and QA.

Provide guidance, support, and career development for team members, helping them grow their skills and advance in their careers.

Conduct performance reviews, set goals, and provide feedback to help team members improve and succeed.

Recruit new team members and ensure a smooth onboarding process, fostering a positive and productive team culture.

Delivery

Take accountability for the planning, delivering team's backlog and the overall SDLC

Partner with a Product Manager to balance new product development, operational excellence and defects.

Embrace a team first mindset ensuring individuals focus on working together, sharing knowledge, and support one another ensuring a sustainable pace of delivery.

Demonstrate continues improvement through metrics and story telling

Tech

Take ownership of the technical direction of the team working with the Architects ensuring we are building for the future but delivering for today.

Ensure that the engineering efforts are aligned with the broader company objectives and contribute to achieving business goals.

Participate in or facilitate code reviews and design discussions to maintain high standards of quality and consistency.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

Metrics driven approach to delivery

Experience of leading agile teams, managing and coaching team members.

Demonstrable understanding of modern software engineering and quality assurance best practice.

Flexible communications styles to manage stakeholders from different areas of the business.

Delivery focused, with the leadership skills to drive the team to succeed.

Self-motivated, with excellent problem-solving skills and a drive for improvement.

Mentored and coached team members.

Passion for keeping up to date with new and emerging technologies and way of working

Experience of C#.NET development, either as team member or leader

OR

Experience of modern JS frameworks, either as team member or leader.

Desirables

Experience of building or supporting services on AWS.

Worked with and supported remote team members.

Been part of a recruitment panel (either as hiring team manager or participant).

What's in it for you?

We offer a variety of competitive benefits, some of which vary depending on the role you're recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:

• A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution (£70,000 - £90,000)

• Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions

• An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service

• Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.

• Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay

• Long Service Recognition

• Access to a pay day savings scheme, financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday, through Wagestream.

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