Tech Lead

Caesars Sportsbook & Casino; Kraków; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Caesars Digital in Kraków is seeking a Tech Lead to manage a team of engineers, ensure smooth delivery within a Scrum framework, mentor teammates, and actively contribute to code and user stories.

You will drive quality through best practices, code reviews, and addressing technical debt, while collaborating with Solutions Architects and Product to plan work and align on risks.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in Agile environments.
• Strong Scrum framework knowledge and practice.
• Ability to mentor engineers and improve development processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers within a Scrum framework.
• Develop, implement, and maintain best practices and standards.
• Advocate for high-quality, test-automated code.
• Perform code reviews and address technical debt.
• Collaborate with Solutions Architects to review architectural docs.
• Plan with Product to size work, identify risks and dependencies, and assign stories.
• Contribute by picking up user stories each sprint.
• Support hiring and people management.

Skills

Team leadership

Scrum

Mentoring

Hands-on coding

Job description

Job Description

As a Tech Lead, you will manage a team of engineers, ensuring smooth delivery within a Scrum framework. You will mentor team members, enforce best practices, be responsible for your team’s quality output, and actively contribute to improving development processes. You will also write code and pick up user stories to keep your team on track. This role requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams, ownership of technical excellence, and the ability to drive high-quality deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain best practices and standards that drive higher quality and operational excellence within your team.
• Advocate for and oversee the delivery of high-quality, test-automated code.
• Perform quality control by ensuring effective code reviews and addressing technical debt alongside product development.
• Collaborate with Solutions Architects to create and review architectural documentation before team engagement.
• Track your team’s technical debt and advocate for time to address technical issues alongside product development.
• Ensure adherence to Agile/Scrum best practices throughout delivery in partnership with the Delivery Lead.
• Collaborate with Product in planning activities, including sizing of work, identifying risks and dependencies, and assigning out user stories to team members.
• Directly contribute to team efforts by picking up user stories each sprint.
• Support developers through refinement, breaking down requirements into technical tasks, user story creation, and providing estimations. Push back on unrealistic timelines as needed.
• Hold the team accountable throughout delivery, ensuring that the team follows appropriate processes.
• Report out on progress against prioritized initiatives to stakeholders. Regularly communicate engineering risks and dependencies.
• Support the team in feature readiness, including preparing for releases and deployments
• Act as the direct manager of a team of engineers. Conduct regular 1:1s, provide mentorship, and deliver constructive feedback to foster team growth.
• Support hiring and people management processes.

About Us

At Caesars Digital, We Don’t Just Play the Game — We Set the Standard.

As a proud part of Caesars Entertainment, the world’s premier gaming company with more than 80 years of sports betting leadership, Caesars Digital is Blazing The Trail in digital innovation, customer experience and industry excellence.

We believe every Team Member should be treated like royalty because We Are All Caesars. This guiding principle fuels our commitment to delivering legendary service and creating unforgettable experiences for our customers.

From cutting-edge digital platforms including Caesars Sportsbook, Caesars Palace Online, Horseshoe Online Casino and Caesars Racebook, to the continuing expansion of our retail footprint and our William Hill legacy, along with powerhouse partnerships across sports and entertainment, we’re building something extraordinary. And we want you to be part of it.

Ready to make your mark on the Empire?

Join us. Blaze the Trail. Because at Caesars Digital, We Are All Caesars.