Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Location: Dublin (hybrid)

Contract type: Permanent

Role purpose:

The Engineering Manager reports to a Senior Engineering Manager and will be accountable for software planning, designing, coding, unit testing, deploying and supporting working software within Global Sportsbook & Trading.

You will drive the evolution of your team's software delivery capability and provide an exciting and rewarding career development for your team.

You understand and embrace the philosophy of Continuous Delivery (CD), and have experience of leading teams operating within a CD culture. You don't complain about recurring issues – you drive process change to fix the problems. You work with internal and external teams to create an agile, DevOps-centric team that builds, tests, releases and operates its own applications.

This role requires exceptional communication skills, as interaction and engagement with senior management will be a regular aspect of the role.

Accountabilities:

• Accountable for the delivery of technology solutions in Global Sportsbook & Trading
• Take ownership for the technology solution, and remove obstacles for the team
• Work closely with the other Global Sportsbook & Trading teams to ensure alignment of roadmaps
• Ensure standards, processes and tools are defined, agreed and maintained for engineering our products
• Provide transparency of operational health of relevant products to Global Sportsbook & Trading
• Ensure 24/7 operational support of our products
• Ensure quality is a first-class citizen in the engineering process and work closely with the QA capability within the team to meet the quality demands of the business
• Provide clear communication, team leadership, and mentoring skills for the engineers in your squad

Competencies:

• Commercially Savvy: Makes it their business to be aware and anticipate emerging external factors and changing market dynamics; constantly explores and analyses future scenarios and possibilities to help the Group respond to change and shape the future; has deep understanding of business drivers and the industry to guide decisions and lead others
• Wins Together: Gains trust and support of others, generous with time, advice and knowledge; is able to establish and engage networks to get stuff done rather than depend on authority; seeks out opportunities to break down barriers and collaborate and partner across organisational boundaries.
• Innovator: Takes smart organisational risks to drive groundbreaking innovations; champions new initiatives and encourages others to find improved ways to tackle challenges; fosters an environment which nurtures diverse thinking to promote curiosity and nurture innovation.
• Effective Communicator: Provides clarity on business goals; is effective in all types of communication; adjusts communication style to fit the audience; consistently communicates the mission, vision and values to inspire, energise and motivate others throughout the Group; ensures others understand how their efforts positively impact the bigger picture; creates an environment that encourages effective communication and the sharing of diverse perspectives
• Quality Decision Maker: Makes quality, long and short-term decisions at pace considering various inputs and through collaborating effectively; provides tools to empower teams to make decisions; regularly practices and encourages cross-functional problem solving and decision making.
• Talent Focused: Demonstrates a strong commitment to the development of talent at the Group; recommends and supports development activities in preparation for future roles; invests time to coach and mentor others; builds and proactively manages development to ensure a pipeline of talent is in place; is a talent magnet, capable of identifying, attracting, selecting and developing top talent including and not shying away from talent that goes beyond their own capabilities; finds and attracts diverse talent who have the critical capabilities needed by the organisation; works to create an organisation that is an attractive place to work

Experience:

• Strong knowledge of sports betting and trading technology environments and the products that are built thereon
• Experience working in software delivery and understanding of quality assurance in the delivery process
• Ability to formulate and communicate strategy
• Ability to work through a large set of unknowns and translate them into Product, Process or Tech requirements
• Experience of leading teams and developing talent

What’s in it for you

We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work and feel empowered to do so. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. We have an excellent benefits package that can be personalised to you:

• Bonus scheme
• Uncapped holiday allowance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Hybrid working
• £/€1,000 annual self-development learning fund
• Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme
• Paid volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Wellbeing fund (£/€250 a year)
• Recognition programs
• Gym membership, discounts, vouchers and much more!

Equal opportunities

At Flutter, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking, and working to apply.

We are committed to including everyone regardless of their race, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion.

Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don’t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role