AI-Driven Backend Engineering Manager, Sportsbook

Hard Rock Digital; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Hybrid/remote work environment

Global brand

Job summary

Hard Rock Digital is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Sportsbook Experience backend team. You will own people leadership, team health, and engineering excellence for Java/Spring services powering Hard Rock Bet, including event data, pricing, bets, and high-throughput APIs.

You’ll partner with Product Owners, the Director of Sportsbook, and other EMs to deliver high-quality software while championing AI-driven, responsible development and continuous learning within an AI-first culture.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in tech with mentoring and delivery through others.
• Backend engineering with production systems in Java/Spring.
• Hands-on ability to read/write code and review PRs.
• Experience in fast-paced, real-time, low-latency domains preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own people leadership, team health, and engineering excellence for the Sportsbook pod.
• Partner with Product Owners, Directors, and other EMs to align on priorities.
• Review code, contribute to architecture, and unblock the team.
• Ensure reliability, latency, and compliance for in-play, high-throughput services.
• Champion AI-first practices and responsible use of AI tools.

Skills

Leadership

Backend engineering

Hands-on coding

AI-first mindset

Sportsbook domain

Collaboration

Communication

Ownership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science

Job description

Hard Rock Digital is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Sportsbook Experience backend team. You will own people leadership, team health, and engineering excellence for Java/Spring services powering Hard Rock Bet, including event data, pricing, bets, and high-throughput APIs.

You’ll partner with Product Owners, the Director of Sportsbook, and other EMs to deliver high-quality software while championing AI-driven, responsible development and continuous learning within an AI-first culture.