Engineering Manager - Flutter UKI, 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 Flutter UKI:

Flutter UK & Ireland are the UKI region of Flutter Entertainment. They unite a dozen brands, including powerhouses Paddy Power, Betfair, Tombola and Sky Betting & Gaming, bringing together hundreds of teams and thousands of colleagues, who create trusted entertainment for millions of customers every week.

Role Overview

The UKI Infrastructure and Platform team provides core services to our product and technology teams, enabling them to be independent in delivery and execution.

This role combines deep cloud infrastructure expertise with strong leadership and stakeholder management to drive operational excellence, strategic prioritization and the development of core AWS capabilities that underpin the company’s hosting strategy program.

You will collaborate closely with product engineers, infrastructure peers, solution architects, agile delivery leads, owners and product managers to ensure we provide high-quality solutions that allow our consumers to move faster.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading a team of platform engineers to successfully advance the AWS platform startegy;

• Managing the performance of your team members, ensuring they understand the expectations of their role, supporting the personal development of your team members to grow them in their role, and enhance their skills;

• Managing the delivery of strategic projects and developer experience features, working with our Agile Delivery Lead, through agile methodologies and ceremonies;

• Engaging with key stakeholders and consumers to ensure we deliver what’s important to Flutter UKI.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, with deep experience in managing and scaling cloud platforms;

• Proven track record of leading and managing engineering teams, ideally within Infrastructure, platform or cloud domains;

• A proven track record of delivering projects via Agile principles;

• Ability to prioritise and focus on the most important task;

• Strong people leadership background - skilled in building, motivating and developing high-performing teams;

• Strong CI/CD knowledge, demonstrating experience in automated deployments managed via Infrastructure as code;

• Motivation to continuously improve;

• Strong communication skills, with an ability to translate complex technical problems and solutions appropriately for the audience;

• Ability to clearly set priorities and focus on what is the most important task at hand;

• A leader of people and a mentor to engineers within your squad, you should be on point for advice and guidance. You should be a team player who works collaboratively to achieve the goals of the squad;

• Ability to work across multi-location and cross-functional teams

• Work with your peer Engineering Managers to ensure resourcing, priority and delivery commitments are aligned.

Key accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the Platform Engineering team through effective coaching, mentioring and career enablement – fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration and continuous learning;

• Partner with the Head of Platform Engineering to shape the strategic roadmap, drive platform wide initiatives, aligning delivery with organizational priorities;

• Hold operational accountability for the Cloud ecosystem, ensuring platform reliability, scalability and consistent alignment with business requirements;

• Ensure on-call rotation and incident management practices meet operational excellence standards and support high service availability;

• Deliver customer-first initiatives on the product roadmap by aligning engineering priorities with customer and business value;

• Ensure delivert commitments are met through proactive planning, clear prioritization and data-driven execution;

• Engage with stakeholders across product, architecture and delivery functions to communicate roadmap progress, surface dependencies and gather actionable feedback;

• Champion engineering excellence, process improvement, a culture of accountability, inclusion and empowerment  within the team.

What you can expect:

• An open and collaborative team that values and respects each other and that delivers quality products;

• An autonomous environment where you are empowered to make decisions;

• 25 days of annual leave;

• Share save scheme;

• ”Flexible Benefits” of your choice;

• Private health insurance (includes dental insurance and health assessments);

• Thousands of courses online through Udemy.

Ways of working:

Flexible working is our way of working! We're a diverse workforce; therefore, a 'one size fits all' approach isn't necessarily best. Whatever your personal needs may be, let's have a chat and see how we can accommodate them.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only the suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.

By submitting your application online, you agree that your details will be used to progress your employment application. If your application is successful, your details will be used to administer your personnel record. If your application is unsuccessful, we will retain your details for a period no longer than two years to consider you for a prospective role within the company.

Applications for this position are open in our Porto and Cluj offices. Specific benefits will align with the entity in your selected location, which your recruiter will discuss with you.

Disclaimer:We are an inclusive employer. By embracing diverse experiences and perspectives, we create a lasting, positive impact for our employees, customers, and the communities we’re part of. You don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role. If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you, let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only the candidates who best meet the job requirements will be contacted for an interview.
By submitting your application online, you agree that your details will be used to progress your application for employment. If your application is successful, your details will be used to administer your personnel record. If your application is unsuccessful, we will retain your details for a period no longer than three years, to consider you for prospective roles within the company.