Engineering Manager: Lead Scalable, AI-Driven Platform Teams

DraftKings Inc.; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DraftKings Inc. in Ireland seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact team delivering scalable platform solutions. You’ll guide automation, system performance, and engineering excellence while mentoring engineers and aligning technical work with product and business goals.

You will drive architecture discussions, oversee roadmaps, and collaborate across Product, Design, and Business teams to ship critical features on time.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams and driving technical excellence.
• Proven track record delivering full software lifecycles from design to release.
• Strong mentoring and leadership capabilities for a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations for an Engineering team including sprint planning, execution and delivery.
• Own the team roadmap and priorities in alignment with product goals.
• Provide ongoing coaching and career development to engineers.
• Facilitate architectural discussions for scalable solutions.
• Act as technical point of accountability and participate in code reviews when needed.
• Collaborate with Product, Design and Business stakeholders to deliver features.
• Drive complex projects under tight deadlines while promoting quality and security.
• Advocate best engineering practices across the team.

Skills

Team leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Software lifecycle

Mentoring

Code reviews

Architectural discussions

Problem solving

Technical excellence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

AWS

.NET Core

.NET Framework

C#

Java

Job description

DraftKings Inc. in Ireland seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact team delivering scalable platform solutions. You’ll guide automation, system performance, and engineering excellence while mentoring engineers and aligning technical work with product and business goals.

You will drive architecture discussions, oversee roadmaps, and collaborate across Product, Design, and Business teams to ship critical features on time.