Engineering Manager - Brand Experience

Betsson Group; Kentucky; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch stipend

Private & Life Insurance

Team building budget

Travel insurance

Local & Global events

Professional development

Milestone birthday

Job summary

Betsson Group is seeking an Engineering Manager to build and lead high-performing engineering teams, aligning with product, architecture and design to deliver a clear roadmap and scalable solutions.

You will own team delivery, stability and performance, while fostering a culture of empathy, growth and collaboration across multiple locations and disciplines.

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator, communicates clearly, honestly and directly with the team, adapting messages to the audience.
• Leads and builds highly functional, collaborative engineering teams with shared ownership of outcomes.
• Identifies skill gaps, capacity, and plans ahead via hiring, upskilling and proactive resourcing.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team with a culture of ownership and collaboration.
• Partner with Product, Architecture and Design to scope and plan roadmaps and delivery.
• Ensure technical stability, performance and reliability across applications.

Skills

Excellent Communicator

Team Building

Team Planning

People Management

People Development

Technical Understanding

Delivery and Execution

Stakeholder Management

Continuous Improvement

Culture and Wellbeing

Job description

Much like a rollercoaster, life at Betsson Group is fast-paced, full of twists and turns, and always exciting. With more than 2,800 colleagues representing over 75 nationalities across a global network of offices - including 1,500 at our operational headquarters in Malta - every day brings new challenges and opportunities to grow. It may not be for the faint-hearted, but if you thrive on innovation, enjoy pushing boundaries and want to be part of a diverse, international team, then you’ll fit right in at Betsson.

The Wow

As an Engineering Manager at Betsson Group, your primary responsibilities will be geared towards building and leading high-performing engineering teams, meaning a lot of your focus will be on our most important asset – our people! You will work closely with your product, architecture and design counterparts on the planning and scoping of the product and technical development roadmap, where you will be accountable for the engineering teams’ delivery. You will also be expected to take ownership and responsibility for the technical stability and performance of the applications under the tutelage of your teams.

What we are looking for:

• Excellent Communicator: Communicates clearly, honestly and directly with the team, fellow Engineering Managers and the Head of Engineering, adapting the message to the audience.
• Team Building and Collaboration : Builds highly functional, collaborative teams where people support each other, share knowledge and take shared ownership of outcomes
• Team Planning and Resourcing: Identifies gaps in skills, roles and capacity, and closes them proactively through hiring, upskilling and planning ahead of demand
• People Management: Manages the team day to day with fairness and consistency, running effective one to ones, performance reviews and hiring, and handling people matters such as conflict, absence and HR processes with care and discretion
• People Development: Invests in the growth of every team member through regular feedback, clear goals and support for career progression, addressing performance concerns early and fairly
• Technical Understanding: Brings a solid engineering background to technical discussions, partnering with Tech Leads and Architects while empowering the team to own solutions
• Delivery and Execution: Ensures the team delivers reliably by managing priorities, dependencies and risks, while balancing delivery pressure with a sustainable pace
• Stakeholder Management: Builds strong relationships with Product, Design, QA, Architecture and other teams, representing the team confidently and advocating for its needs
• Continuous Improvement: Uses data and team feedback to refine processes and engineering practices, fostering a culture where learning leads to real change
• Culture and Wellbeing: Leads with empathy and fairness, building an inclusive team and keeping an eye on wellbeing and workload before issues elevate

Great to have:

• Industry Experience: Experience in iGaming, Fintech or similar high traffic, regulated industries, with an understanding of compliance and responsible gaming considerations
• Distributed Teams: Experience leading teams across multiple locations or time zones, keeping collaboration and alignment strong
• Agile Practices : Hands on experience with Scrum, Kanban or similar frameworks, adapting them to what works best for the team
• Incident Management: Experience supporting production environments, leading teams through incidents and driving learning from post incident reviews
• Budget Awareness: Experience managing or contributing to team budgets, including tooling, training and events

A taster of what you will be involved with:

• Leading the Team: Build and lead well structured, highly functional teams with a culture of ownership and collaboration, driving excellence in hiring, onboarding and career development while removing anything that holds the team back
• Delivery and Quality: Be accountable for delivering on time and to a high standard, using clear performance metrics to track progress and drive continuous improvement of team and development processes
• System Health and Support: Promote ownership of system health, performance and stability, ensuring effective support processes are in place and SLAs are actively monitored and met
• Leadership and Collaboration: Be an active member of the area's leadership team, working closely with Product and Architecture to align the team with strategy, standards and business goals, and sharing best practices with engineering leaders across the organisation

What we offer

• Monthly Allowance for Lunch
• Private & Life Plan Insurance for you and your family
• Team Building Budget
• Corporate Travel Insurance
• Events and initiatives both Local (Quarterly Meetings) and Global
• Professional Development Programs & Internal Career Opportunities
• Milestone Birthday

Much like riding a rollercoaster, sometimes life at Betsson can be lightning fast with twists and turns but always FUN! Then again, what else would you expect from a business 75% millennial and 1900 strong, spread across 7 offices! We recognise it may not be for the faint-hearted, but if you’re a go-getter, initiator and always striving to push the boundaries and challenge yourself, then you’ll fit right in.

We offer numerous challenges where your skills will be put to good use! We encourage innovation, independence and celebrate success where you will be a part of multi-cultural and diverse company, with people from all over the world.

Challenge accepted?