Engineering Manager

Entain; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A sports tech innovation firm in Leeds is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and develop their engineering department. The ideal candidate will foster a positive culture, coach teams, and improve processes to ensure high performance. Experience in mobile application development is advantageous. This role offers a competitive salary and an inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Generous bonus scheme

Private medical insurance

Pension Scheme - matched to 6%

Ability to buy and sell holiday

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven people-first leader who brings out the best in others.
• Experience managing multiple engineering teams.
• Proficient in team planning, goal setting, and performance reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering department.
• Coach and mentor engineers and team leads.
• Shape communication patterns and processes to suit team dynamics.

Skills

People management

Coaching and mentoring

Cultivating positive engineering culture

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Cloud Platforms: AWS

JavaScript

Typescript

Python

React Native

NoSQL (DynamoDB)

SQL

Job description

Company Description

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Angstrom is a proprietary sports pricing and product provider, building intricate, simulation driven pricing and risk systems to support the success of key sports brands across the Entain group.

Founded in 2018 and having established itself as a pioneer in player-level, play-by-play simulations and forecasting, Angstrom was acquired by Entain in 2023. Today, we operate as a semi-autonomous division, responsible for delivering the group's most advanced pricing and risk capabilities with a focus on the US market. We're committed to building the next generation of sports betting products - sports-first, recreationally-focused, and designed to make betting more engaging, more intelligent, and more fun.

We're proud to be a high-performing, low-ego team where brilliant people are empowered and people work to become brilliant. While we're ambitious and delivery-driven, we take real pride in how we operate and the health of our independent culture, underpinned by mutual trust and respect.

Join our innovative team as we embark on an exciting journey to build a ground-breaking free-to-play mobile app that aims to dominate the sports gaming market. Focused on the Football, our goal is to produce a new and exciting game that will attract millions of users.

Job Description

We're looking for an Engineering Manager who will lead and develop a high-performing engineering department. You'll oversee several engineering teams and test functions, helping them continue to grow, collaborate effectively, and deliver outstanding results.

This isn't a role about proving whether something can be done - we already know our teams are capable. The challenge is shaping how we work: fostering the right environment, structure, culture, and processes so every engineer can do their best work and love what they do.

The ideal candidate is an exceptional people manager first, with the ability to motivate, coach, and elevate already strong engineers. While experience in mobile apps or sports betting is a bonus, it's not essential, what matters is your ability to build cohesion, improve ways of working, and create a place where people feel proud to belong.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a growing engineering department.
• Coach and mentor engineers and team leads, supporting career growth, performance, and wellbeing.
• Shape how we work by refining processes, communication patterns, ceremonies, and team structures to suit the people and the work.
• Build a strong, positive engineering culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Product and Strategy to ensure alignment, clarity of direction, and genuinely shared ownership.
• Encourage and maintain high technical standards, while empowering teams to own solutions and decisions.
• Strengthening our office culture by being present, approachable, and engaged; helping make our office a great place to work.
• Help teams identify and remove delivery blockers, ensuring they have what they need to succeed.
• Model pragmatic, thoughtful decision-making; balancing innovation, speed, quality, and sustainability.

Qualifications

• A proven people-first leader who knows how to bring out the best in others.
• Experienced managing multiple engineering teams or a department-level group
• Experience in management: team planning, goal setting, 1:1s, performance reviews, roadmap development, and process improvement
• Able to build trust quickly and communicate clearly, openly, and respectfully.
• Comfortable adapting and inventing ways of working that fit the people, rather than enforcing a one-size-fits-all approach.
• Motivated by developing talent, building team identity, and improving culture.
• Welcomes collaboration and discussion, not threatened by healthy challenges.
• Someone who enjoys being in the office and naturally contributes to a positive shared environment.
• Proven technical leadership with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Hands-on software engineering experience, with solid mobile development knowledge
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience and awareness in the following:

• Cloud Platforms: AWS
• Programming languages: JavaScript, Typescript, Python
• Frameworks: React Native
• Databases: NoSQL (DynamoDB), SQL
• AWS services: Lambda, S3, API Gateway, Step Functions, SQS, Athena
• DevOps and monitoring tools such as Datadog, New Relic, Grafana

Desirable

• Experience in mobile application development.
• Experience in sports betting, gaming, or related high-scale transactional domains.
• Previous experience leading organisational change or scaling teams.

Additional Information

At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning.

Depending on your role and location, you can expect to receive benefits like

• Generous bonus scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Pension Scheme - matched to 6%
• Ability to buy and sell holiday
• Entain & Enhance days
• Sharesave Scheme
• A collaborative and creative team culture that encourages innovation.
• Professional development opportunities and support for continuous learning.

And outside of this, you'll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes, join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.