Engineering Manager - FanDuel, Hybrid

Engineering Manager - FanDuel, Hybrid

About Betfair Romania Development​:

Betfair Romania Development is the largest technology hub of Flutter Entertainment, with over 2,000 people powering the world’s leading sports betting and iGaming brands. Exciting, immersive and safe experiences are delivered to over 18 million customers worldwide, from our office in Cluj-Napoca.

Driven by relentless innovation and commitment to excellence, we operate our own unbeatable portfolio of diverse proprietary brands such as FanDuel, PokerStars, SportsBet, Betfair, Paddy Power, or Sky Betting & Gaming.

Our Values:

The values we share at Betfair Romania Development define what makes us unique as a team. They empower us by giving meaning to our contributions, and they ensure that we consistently strive for excellence in everything we do. We are looking for passionate individuals who align with our values and are committed to making a difference.

Win together | Raise the bar | Got your back | Own it | Positive impact

About the brand:

FanDuel is a leading force in the sports-tech entertainment industry, redefining how fans engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. As the premier gaming destination in North America, FanDuel operates across multiple verticals, including sports betting, daily fantasy sports, online gaming, advance-deposit wagering, and media.

The Role:

We're looking for an experienced manager who enjoy helping and coaching those around them.  You have a passion for delivery and working with other managers to help solve problems. You're comfortable talking technology with Engineers and working with external stakeholders to build and prioritize roadmaps. You know where to simplify, optimize, or extend solutions for the best outcomes. You're excited to help develop and grow engineers within your team, providing an outstanding employee experience tailored to their individual needs. If you're looking to exercise and develop your existing core leadership skills both from a technical and people management point of view, then this is the position for you!

You should have a passion for imparting knowledge and a proven ability to grow a team and lead it to success. You will show a pragmatic approach to problem-solving, your experience should be built on a solid foundation of engineering development and operational support and you should be able to show a proven background in coaching and people management.  You'll be working with your technology teams in order to create a Vision for your area of responsibility.

You'll work with your Engineering Managers to create a fantastic employee experience. You'll enable your teams to deliver high-quality, scalable software and emphasize a focus on Operational Excellence.

Key Responsibilities / Duties:

• Your team owns existing software in a segment of a business, functional area, or technology and you will own the day-to-day management of software development where you are accountable for the customer experience, project prioritization, software quality, and system maintenance;

• Responsible for delivering architecturally sound solutions in collaboration with highly experienced individual contributors;

• You help Software Engineers grow by encouraging them to contribute to cross-team technical discussions, supporting their ideas, and empowering them to make decisions;

• You will help make trade-offs; balancing the larger picture (e.g., resourcing, business goals, user experience, dependency impacts, efficiency, availability, etc.) against the needs of building, maintaining, refactoring, scaling, and extending features to support the life of the technology properly;

• You can handle most problems, decisions, and escalations providing realistic solutions to mitigate long-term risks;

• You will write tenets and clear documents around establishing best-practice processes;

• You will exhibit best behavior and exemplify our company behaviors;

• Responsible for taking part in the recruitment process identifying the best candidates and providing a great candidate experience;

Basic Qualifications:

• A strong programming technology background;

• People management, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills; 

• Experience leading teams delivering technology;

• Experience designing and delivering technology solutions for consumer-facing products required to work at scale;

• Skilled in leading cross-functional teams to problem solve and design best practice solutions for our application stack;

• Ability to pressure-test solutions, spot edge cases and work with other Engineers to solve