Hackajob Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
Head of Engineering
hackajob Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
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hackajob is collaborating with Flutter UK&I to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.
The Head of Engineering - Platform is a pivotal role responsible for providing strategic leadership, technical direction, and operational excellence to multiple teams of talented tombola engineers. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture, design, and development of tombola’s white label platform, ensuring its scalability, reliability, and performance.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:
Provide expert guidance and leadership in the areas of software design, and development to multiple development teams. Drive the adoption of best practices, modern technologies, and coding standards within the team. Build and maintain a world class platform capable of enabling tombola’s long term strategic plans.
Leadership
Lead, mentor, and inspire a cross-functional team of engineers, including software developers, testers, and DevOps specialists. Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment that promotes professional growth. Identify and develop future leaders by providing opportunities for individuals in the team to show off their talents. Build and empower a high performing Platform Engineering leadership team that are focused on building and delivering a world class gaming platform.
Cross-functional Collaboration
Collaborate closely with Game Studio, Product Management and other departments to ensure seamless integration of features, timely issue resolution, and effective communication. Working with other senior technology leaders from around tombola and the wider Flutter organisation to ensure learnings and experience is shared.
Strategic Planning
Collaborate with technology leadershipto define the technical vision and roadmap for the Platform Engineering Division. Translate business objectives into actionable plans and ensure alignment with overall company goals and long-term plan.
Development And Delivery
Drive the end-to-end development process, from ideation and design to implementation and deployment. Ensure that projects are delivered on time and meet high quality standards.
Technical Excellence
Champion continuous improvement initiatives, encouraging the team to enhance engineering practices, code quality, and automation processes.
Risk Management
Identify technical risks and devise mitigation strategies. Monitor the health of the platform and proactively address any technical challenges or performance bottlenecks.
Budget Management
Manage and own the budget for the department including salaries, hosting costs, travel and L&D. Working with the Director of Technology - Player Proposition to plan ahead.
Knowledge & Experience
* Prior experience in leading a multi-disciplined delivery team/function.
* Experience with all aspects of delivering a web based white label gaming product to thousands of customers in multiple territories.
* Experience within customer facing and B2B technology businesses.
* Deep understanding of the iGaming sector and relevant commercial experience that incorporates platform engineering and development operations.
* Experience with a broad range of front-end and back-end technologies would be a huge advantage. Some of the technologies we use are C#, Node, Docker, SQL Server, AWS
Personal Qualities
* A team player with a “servant” approach to leadership.
* Expert communicator. Can communicate progress of complex projects to senior stakeholders.
* Demonstrate high degree of empathy and emotional intelligence.
* You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
* Highly motivated with a “can do” attitude and the ability to use own initiative.
* Have a “down to earth” working style.
* Good attention to detail and the ability to prioritise effectively.
* Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
* Spirit of fun and engagement
At tombola we know that our differences make us stronger and that thinking differently is key to long term success. We work hard to create a culture of inclusivity where everyone can celebrate our Free to be me value. We are committed to creating opportunities for everyone here at tombola, we welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage individuals to apply, even if you don’t meet every requirement.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Director
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries
Software Development
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