Engineering Manager

Entain plc; Leeds; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports company in Leeds is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead its engineering department. You will coach and mentor teams, refine processes, and foster a strong culture of collaboration and accountability. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in management and technical leadership, with a focus on continuous improvement. Experience in mobile apps or gaming is a plus but not essential.

Benefits

Generous bonus scheme

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme – matched to 6%

Ability to buy and sell holiday

Entain & Enhance days

Sharesave scheme

Professional development opportunities

Creative team culture

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.
• Able to build trust quickly and communicate clearly and respectfully.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a growing engineering department.
• Coach and mentor engineers and team leads.
• Shape how we work by refining processes and communication patterns.

Skills

People management

Coaching and mentoring

Process improvement

Technical leadership

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

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

Tools

AWS

JavaScript

Typescript

Python

React Native

NoSQL (DynamoDB)

SQL

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.
• Strengthen 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.

Required Experience and Skills

• 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.

About Angstrom

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 football, our goal is to produce a new and exciting game that will attract millions of users.

Benefits

• 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.