Engineering Lead, Sports Tech – Hands-on & Mentoring

BALLY’S INTRALOT SA; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bally’s Intralot is seeking an Engineering Lead in Matchday within the Sports domain. You will lead a team of engineers, provide guidance, and actively contribute as a team member to deliver the product backlog across the SDLC with a focus on a customer experience we can be proud of.

You will mentor, coach, and develop engineering practices, balance technical and people skills, and promote high-quality software while fostering cross-team collaboration to accelerate value delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software teams.
• Hands-on software development experience with modern backend stacks.
• Coaching and mentoring abilities for team members.
• Effective communication within leadership and with product teams.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: guide the team to achieve goals and outcomes.
• Hands-on Contribution: actively participate in delivery.
• Product Delivery: collaborate with Product Owner to deliver backlog.
• Software Engineering Excellence: promote high-quality practices.
• Maximizing Efficiency: create a developer-friendly environment.
• Balancing Technical and People Skills: balance tech, people, and delivery.
• Team Collaboration: foster strong engineering practices across the team.
• Cross-Team Support: support value delivery across the Sports domain.

Skills

Team leadership

Hands-on engineering

Communication

Mentoring

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

GraphQL

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Bally’s Intralot is seeking an Engineering Lead in Matchday within the Sports domain. You will lead a team of engineers, provide guidance, and actively contribute as a team member to deliver the product backlog across the SDLC with a focus on a customer experience we can be proud of.

You will mentor, coach, and develop engineering practices, balance technical and people skills, and promote high-quality software while fostering cross-team collaboration to accelerate value delivery.