Engineering Manager, Sportsbook - FBG (REMOTE)

Role overview Lead the engineers responsible for a sportsbook app’s customer-facing experience, including the presentation of markets, events, statistics, and rapidly changing data. You’ll shape team priorities and engineering practices with product, design, and technical partners while supporting reliable delivery and developing the team.

Responsibilities - Hire, coach, and retain engineers, offering regular feedback and supporting career growth. - Plan delivery, clarify ownership, manage risks, and improve the team’s ability to meet commitments. - Work with product and design leaders to set priorities and balance feature work with technical debt. - Guide architecture and quality decisions, serving as a technical sounding board and player-coach. - Improve operational health, observability, and reliability; support incident escalation and reviews. - Refine Agile planning and team practices, and encourage learning and effective cross-team collaboration.

Requirements - At least seven years in software engineering and two or more years managing or technically leading software engineers. - Experience hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers and building inclusive, high-performing teams. - Technical depth in mobile or client-service systems to assess designs and guide trade-offs. - Track record of managing delivery, removing blockers, and maintaining quality in an Agile/Scrum environment. - Clear communication with technical and non-technical partners, and experience working across functions in a changing enterprise environment. - Bachelor’s degree, professional certification, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice to have - Experience with Spring Boot or similar Java frameworks, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture. - Exposure to cloud platforms, CI/CD, observability tools, functional programming, or actor-based concurrency frameworks.

Benefits and work setup The position is described as remote. Occasional travel to offices, events, or meetings may be needed; some interview or onboarding activities may also take place in person.