Engineering Manager, Entain

• The ideal candidate is an exceptional people manager first, with the ability to motivate, coach, and elevate already strong engineers
• While experience in mobile apps or sports betting is a bonus, it’s not essential, what matters is your ability to build cohesion, improve ways of working, and create a place where people feel proud to belong
• A proven people-first leader who knows how to bring out the best in others
• Experienced managing multiple engineering teams or a department-level group
• Experience in management: team planning, goal setting, 1:1s, performance reviews, roadmap development, and process improvement
• Able to build trust quickly and communicate clearly, openly, and respectfully
• Comfortable adapting and inventing ways of working that fit the people, rather than enforcing a one-size-fits-all approach
• Motivated by developing talent, building team identity, and improving culture
• Welcomes collaboration and discussion, not threatened by healthy challenges
• Someone who enjoys being in the office and naturally contributes to a positive shared environment
• Proven technical leadership with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Hands-on software engineering experience, with solid mobile development knowledge
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience and awareness in the following:
• Cloud Platforms: AWS
• Programming languages: JavaScript, Typescript, Python
• Frameworks: React Native
• Databases: NoSQL (DynamoDB), SQL
• AWS services: Lambda, S3, API Gateway, Step Functions, SQS, Athena
• DevOps and monitoring tools such as Datadog, New Relic, Grafana

Desirable

• We’re looking for an Engineering Manager who will lead and develop a high-performing engineering department
• You’ll oversee several engineering teams and test functions, helping them continue to grow, collaborate effectively, and deliver outstanding results
• This isn’t a role about proving whether something can be done — we already know our teams are capable
• The challenge is shaping how we work: fostering the right environment, structure, culture, and processes so every engineer can do their best work and love what they do
• Lead and develop a growing engineering department
• Coach and mentor engineers and team leads, supporting career growth, performance, and wellbeing
• Shape how we work by refining processes, communication patterns, ceremonies, and team structures to suit the people and the work
• Build a strong, positive engineering culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Work closely with Product and Strategy to ensure alignment, clarity of direction, and genuinely shared ownership
• Encourage and maintain high technical standards, while empowering teams to own solutions and decisions
• Strengthening our office culture by being present, approachable, and engaged; helping make our office a great place to work
• Help teams identify and remove delivery blockers, ensuring they have what they need to succeed
• Model pragmatic, thoughtful decision-making; balancing innovation, speed, quality, and sustainability