Software Engineering Manager

Betway Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working model

Medical aid & retirement fund

Job summary

Betway Group is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager in Johannesburg to lead a high-performing software engineering team. You will coach engineers, own delivery end-to-end, and partner with product to prioritise a healthy mix of features and platform work.

You will drive quality, resilience and on-call health while hiring, onboarding and shaping the team. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-paced, regulated online gaming environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading software engineering teams
• 2+ years as people manager
• Strong hands-on software engineering background
• Proven track record delivering software at scale
• Excellent communication across cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and grow a software engineering team
• Own end-to-end delivery for your team
• Partner with product to plan and deliver features
• Track progress, surface risks and clear blockers
• Lead incidents and post-mortems to drive improvements
• Hire, onboard and shape the team with a high hiring bar
• Design onboarding to ramp new engineers quickly
• Collaborate with QA and engineering leadership to align priorities

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Project management

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Hands-on engineering

Tools

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation. We’re building experiences that wow our customers – and that starts with bold, curious people who want to do work that matters. If you’re hungry to grow, excited by impact and ready for a challenge that will supercharge your career, this could be your moment. As our Engineering Manager, you’ll play a key part in delivering a high‑performing engineering team that ships great Super Group Africa products, getting hands‑on with leading, coaching and growing engineers, owning delivery for your team and partnering with product and senior leadership to get the right things built. Your drive and ideas will help us move faster, improve smarter, and stay ahead of the game.

What you’ll do

• Lead, coach and grow a team of software engineers
• Build a team that’s engaged, focused and proud of what they ship, where people feel safe to challenge, learn and stretch.
• Run meaningful 1:1s, give honest feedback, support career growth and have the difficult conversations when you need to.
• Own delivery for your team end to end
• Partner with product to plan, prioritise and deliver a healthy mix of features, platform work and improvements.
• Track progress, surface risks early and clear blockers, without micromanaging the engineers doing the work.
• Be accountable for the quality, reliability and operability of what your team owns
• Set the bar for engineering quality, testing and ways of working within your team, and uphold it.
• Lead your team through incidents and post‑mortems, and drive lasting improvements in performance, resilience and on‑call health.
• Hire, onboard and shape the team you need
• Lead hiring loops for your team, championing a high bar and a fair, inclusive process.
• Design strong onboarding so new engineers ramp up fast and feel part of the team from day one.
• Partner with product, QA and engineering leadership to do the right things

What you’ll bring

• Clear, confident communication (written and verbal), and the ability to breakdown complex ideas
• A collaborative mindset, working smoothly with cross‑functional teams to hit shared goals
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects without dropping the ball
• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to high‑quality work
• Adaptability – you stay sharp, productive and positive in fast‑moving environments
• Proven experience leading software engineering teams (typically 5+ years in engineering plus 2+ years as a people manager), with a track record of growing engineers and shipping consistently
• Strong technical foundations from a hands‑on software engineering background, with enough depth to make good architectural and trade‑off calls without writing day‑to‑day production code yourself

Desirable skills you’ve got up your sleeve

• In‑depth knowledge of sports betting markets, including odds calculation, betting types and market trends
• Previous experience in the online gaming or casino industry, with a strong understanding of player behaviour and industry regulations
• Familiarity with gambling regulations and compliance requirements in various jurisdictions, ensuring adherence to legal standards
• Experience in developing and executing customer retention strategies
• Experience leading agile teams in a fast‑paced, product‑driven environment, ideally across multiple squads or a multi‑disciplinary team
• Experience in regulated industries such as iGaming, fintech or banking, and familiarity with modern cloud, CI/CD and observability practices

Our values are non‑negotiables

Our culture is underpinned by core values that are linked to key behavioural competencies. Along with the below behavioural competencies, these are essential for all employees in order for you to embed in and drive our culture forward. These competencies are:

• Adaptability
• Ownership and accountability
• Initiating action
• Resilience
• Team orientation
• Integrity
• Innovation

What you’ll get back

We invest in your growth and wellbeing, so you can bring your best: Supergrowth is real here. Our learning and development programmes give you the tools, training and opportunities to level up fast. Your progress matters. Our Performance tool ensures you get meaningful feedback to support your development and superdrive your career. Support that has your back. Our Employee Assistance Programme offers resources for you and your family.

• Competitive salary aligned with experience and the South African market.
• Flexible working model that gives you flexibility while keeping the team connected.
• Medical aid and retirement fund contributions to support your long‑term wellbeing.

Ready to feel superclass? At Super Group, your experience matters. We’re honest, fair, and focused on helping you succeed – and your work will have real impact from day one.

Game on!

The perfect place to work, play and grow! Betway Group is a proud member of Super Group, who are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: SGHC). We are a leading provider of innovative and exciting entertainment across sports betting, casino and esports betting. Foundedin 2006, our teams in Malta, Guernsey, Spain and London are constantly expanding and evolving. By developing and utilising the very latest technologies,we have remained at the front end of the online gaming industry, providing innovative and interactive gaming experiences in a fair, safe and responsible environment.Driven by our shared vision to become the global leader in the online sports betting and casino industry, our people are forward‑thinking, team‑players who thrive on a collective diversity of skills and backgrounds. We provide our teams with the tools to create market‑leading, cutting‑edge interactive gaming experiences, from pre‑game and live sports betting, to esports and casino.We bring our people closer to the action – putting them at the heart, making them feel part of it.We live and breathe our values – these values define how we conduct ourselves in everything we do shaping how we interact with each other, our customers and our business partners.If you can imagine yourself in an environment which thrives off collaboration, and where everything is possible, then Betway could be the place for you.

This position requires trust and honesty it has access to customers financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification.