Head of Engineering

Bet On Talent; Hinoba-an; Remote; PHP 1,000,000 - 1,250,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-paced online gaming company is seeking a senior engineering leader to build and mentor high-performing teams. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of software engineering experience, preferably in iGaming, with a strong focus on driving execution and ensuring system stability. This role offers comprehensive benefits including 28 days of paid vacation, health insurance, and a culture that rewards innovation.

Benefits

28 days paid vacation

Comprehensive benefits package

Private health insurance

Wellness allowance

Healthy lunch on Wednesdays

Employee discounts

Extended second-parent leave policy

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in iGaming.
• 3-5+ years of experience leading engineering teams.
• Strong backend experience with modern technologies.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and container ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead high-performing engineering teams.
• Manage resources and drive technical decisions.
• Define architectural decisions aligned with CTO's vision.
• Ensure production stability and operational excellence.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Leadership of engineering teams

Scaling engineering organizations

Technical problem-solving

Tools

Node.js

Java

Go

Python

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Redis

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Location: Remote from Europe (working hours: day time CET)

Key Responsibilities

• Build & Mentor: Build and lead high-performing engineering teams (Backend, Frontend, DevOps, Internal Games), fostering a strong culture of quality, ownership, and growth with clear career paths.
• Drive Execution: Orchestrate high-speed, predictable delivery across concurrent workstreams (Casino, Sportsbook, Sweepstakes, etc.), managing resources, capacity, and driving swift technical decisions to resolve blockers.
• Technical Strategy: Define and guide architectural decisions aligned with the CTO's vision, ensuring system scalability, contributing code when critical, and maintaining elite standards for code quality and reliability.
• Operational Excellence: Guarantee production stability, incident readiness, lead complex troubleshooting, flawlessly prepare the platform for major releases and traffic spikes, and ensure the system is observable and cost-optimized.
• Process & Alignment: Implement and refine processes (CI/CD, testing, etc.) for high-quality delivery, ensuring consistent practices across teams, and streamlining release planning and workflows with Product Delivery.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Main requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience in fast-paced online environments; iGaming background is preferred.
• 3-5+ years leading engineering teams or engineering managers.
• Proven experience scaling engineering organizations (ideally 15-40 engineers).
• Strong track record developing engineering leads and senior technical contributors.

Technical Expertise

• Strong hands-on backend experience (Node.js, Java, Go, Python, or similar).
• Understanding of modern frontend development (JavaScript/TypeScript, modern web architectures).
• Solid grasp of distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong database experience (PostgreSQL/MySQL), caching (Redis), and messaging systems.
• Experience building highly available, low-latency platforms.
• Solid cloud experience (AWS or GCP) and container ecosystems (Kubernetes/ECS).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and observability tooling.
• Ability to switch between strategic architectural thinking and hands-on technical problem-solving.
• Active coding ability (up to ~20%) to contribute to critical paths, unblock teams, and support architectural validation.

Why Join us?

• The chance to make a tangible impact in a rapidly growing, global company.
• A culture that rewards ambition, innovation, and collaboration.
• 28 days of paid vacation & public holidays for remote workers.
• Comprehensive benefits package for Malta-based employees, including:

• Private health insurance, wellness allowance, and communication allowance.
• Healthy lunch on Wednesdays, Social Fridays, and Summer & Christmas events.
• Employee discounts in restaurants and businesses.
• Extended second-parent leave policy.
• Private parking space.