Sportsbook - Frontend Engineering Team Lead

Betsson Group; Ohio; On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly Lunch Allowance

Private & Life Insurance for you and a

Team Building Budget

Corporate Travel Insurance

Local & Global Events

Professional Development Programs & In

Milestone Birthday

Job summary

Betsson Group is seeking a Sportsbook - Frontend Engineering Team Lead to guide a world-class frontend team building high-scale betting interfaces. You will partner with product, design and backend to deliver robust features and maintain a top-tier user experience.

Lead with a focus on lean, agile practices, mentoring engineers, planning capacity, and driving delivery across our global sportsbook platform. This role suits experienced leaders who thrive in fast-paced, international environments.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience leading software engineering teams
• Strong frontend engineering background with scalable UI systems
• Proven ability to coach and develop staff in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with containerized services and modern messaging systems
• Familiarity with lean and agile product development principles

Responsibilities

• Lead the frontend engineering team to deliver high-quality features for Sportsbook
• Collaborate with product, design and backend teams to align on roadmaps
• Mentor engineers, run 1:1s and support professional growth
• Plan capacity and vacation timelines for direct reports
• Drive continuous improvement and maintain delivery quality and velocity
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure alignment with business goals
• Oversee project delivery and ensure customer-focused outcomes

Skills

Leadership

Frontend engineering

People management

Team motivation

Tools

.NET Core

C#

RabbitMQ

Redis

MS SQL

Job description

Sportsbook - Frontend Engineering Team Lead

Are you an experienced Software Engineer festinated about leadership? The Sportsbook Area within Product Development is now hiring! We have a world-class Sportsbook, developed in-house by our dedicated Sportsbook tech team. Our Sportsbook Platform is ours – from our Architecture to our Trading teams – we have an in-house platform which hosts our brands offering Sports betting for our customers. From the tools our traders use to the cutting edge features our customers use to bet on various sports – our teams are the backbone to making this happen!

The Wow

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 Team Lead will support the Engineering Manager in development, quality assurance and product managements whilst having direct reports.

A taster of what you will be involved with:

• Working closely with members of the team to ensure successful completion of projects and overall support with all roll‑out services;
• Enabling continuous improvement by supporting when needed;
• Being responsible for vacation planning of your direct reports;
• Holding periodic one-to-one meetings to ensure that every individual can perform at his/her best and supporting the development via close work with HR;
• Motivating the team into improving its performance and ensure that team members are always supported;
• Leading team efforts (engineers, developers, designers and other team members) towards successful project delivery for our customers;
• Collaborating with various stakeholders, maintaining a focus on business goals.

What we are looking for

• Development background in building highly scalable, containerized services and applications
• Familiarity with .NET Core, C#, messaging systems (Rabbit MQ) and in-memory databases (Redis, MS SQL)
• Deep understanding and interest in lean and agile principles for product development
• Demonstrated ability to build effective teams, motivate, direct and coach staff
• Strong people management & leadership skills

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