Head of Engineering

Bet On Talent; À distance; EUR 100 000 - 125 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A growing technology company is seeking an experienced engineering manager to lead high-performing engineering teams and drive technical strategy. You'll ensure production stability while implementing and refining delivery processes. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in software engineering and 3-5 years in leadership roles, with a strong focus on backend technologies and a solid understanding of cloud environments. This position offers a chance to significantly impact a rapidly growing organization.

Prestations

Private health insurance

Wellness allowance

Healthy lunch on Wednesdays

Employee discounts

Extended second-parent leave policy

Private parking space

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience in fast-paced online environments.
• 3-5+ years leading engineering teams or engineering managers.
• Strong database experience and knowledge of APIs and microservices.
• Active coding ability to support teams when necessary.

Responsabilités

• Build and lead high-performing engineering teams.
• Orchestrate high-speed delivery across workstreams.
• Define and guide architectural decisions aligned with company vision.
• Ensure production stability and lead complex troubleshooting.

Connaissances

7+ years of software engineering experience

3-5+ years leading engineering teams

Strong backend experience (Node.js, Java, Go, Python)

Understanding of modern frontend development

Solid grasp of distributed systems

Strong database experience (PostgreSQL/MySQL)

Solid cloud experience (AWS or GCP)

Ability to switch between strategic and hands-on thinking

Description du poste

Location: Remote from Europe (working hours: day time CET)

Key Responsibilities

• Build & Mentor: Build and lead high-performing engineering teams (Backend, Frontend, DevOps, Internal Games), fostering a strong culture of quality, ownership, and growth with clear career paths.

• Drive Execution: Orchestrate high-speed, predictable delivery across concurrent workstreams (Casino, Sportsbook, Sweepstakes, etc.), managing resources, capacity, and driving swift technical decisions to resolve blockers.

• Technical Strategy: Define and guide architectural decisions aligned with the CTO's vision, ensuring system scalability, contributing code when critical, and maintaining elite standards for code quality and reliability.

• Operational Excellence: Guarantee production stability, incident readiness, lead complex troubleshooting, flawlessly prepare the platform for major releases and traffic spikes, and ensure the system is observable and cost-optimized.

• Process & Alignment: Implement and refine processes (CI/CD, testing, etc.) for high-quality delivery, ensuring consistent practices across teams, and streamlining release planning and workflows with Product Delivery.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Main requirements:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience in fast-paced online environments, iGaming background is preferred.

• 3-5+ years leading engineering teams or engineering managers.

• Proven experience scaling engineering organizations (ideally 15-40 engineers).

• Strong track record developing engineering leads and senior technical contributors.

• Strong hands-on backend experience (Node.js, Java, Go, Python, or similar).

• Understanding of modern frontend development (JavaScript/TypeScript, modern web architectures).

• Solid grasp of distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures.

• Strong database experience (PostgreSQL/MySQL), caching (Redis), and messaging systems.

• Experience building highly available, low-latency platforms.

• Solid cloud experience (AWS or GCP) and container ecosystems (Kubernetes/ECS).

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and observability tooling.

• Ability to switch between strategic architectural thinking and hands-on technical problem-solving.

• Active coding ability (up to ~20%) to contribute to critical paths, unblock teams, and support architectural validation.

Why Join us?

• The chance to make a tangible impact in a rapidly growing, global company.

• A culture that rewards ambition, innovation, and collaboration.

• Comprehensive benefits package for Malta-based employees, including:

  • Private health insurance, wellness allowance, and communication allowance.

  • Healthy lunch on Wednesdays, Social Fridays, and Summer & Christmas events.

  • Employee discounts in restaurants and businesses.

  • Extended second-parent leave policy.

  • Private parking space.