Engineering Manager - 12 month FTC

Flutter Entertainment Plc; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment provider in Leeds is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a software delivery team. You will be responsible for managing a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring quality of delivery, and implementing Agile methodologies. The ideal candidate has experience in project management and a strong background in software engineering. The role offers an excellent benefits package including a personal development fund and flexible employer policies.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Uncapped holiday allowance

Enhanced pension

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Income protection

Annual self-development learning fund

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

• Consistent track record of leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience using Agile methods for software delivery.
• Proven project management experience.
• Release management experience.
• Background in DevOps culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a software development team.
• Ensure software delivery aligns with stakeholder expectations.
• Drive continuous improvement through Agile methodologies.
• Balance commercial needs with technical requirements.
• Communicate strategies and manage technical resources.

Skills

Leadership

Agile methodologies

Software project management

Continuous Integration/Delivery

Cloud Infrastructure

Job description

Overview

Engineering Manager. Location – Leeds. Hybrid - 2 days per week. FTC - 12 months. The Engineering Manager is accountable for a Software Engineering delivery team and its software delivery. You will lead a team of 5 software engineers and 1 QA engineer to deliver value to our customers. You and your team will be working as part of a multi-team, multi-location environment to evolve the gbp platform to become a world-class sports betting platform to power the Flutter Group to innovate and differentiate the customer experience across multiple brands. Using lean and agile methodologies, you will be responsible for the pace, scale, and performance of your team’s delivery. A technical background with experience in all aspects of software engineering processes, from inception to release, will set you up for success.

You will also be accountable for hiring, performance appraisal, and reward of your team, focusing on helping your people define their career path and goals for the short and long term. Your exceptional communication skills will be key to leading your team in a constantly evolving environment and in interactions with a diverse group of stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Leadership & People: Lead, inspire, empower and line manage a multi-disciplinary software development team.
• Coach, hold 1 to 1s, set and review objectives, appraise performance, and assist with career development, ensuring effective performance management.
• Lead a delivery approach that is outcome oriented, high-quality and accountable.
• Ensure engagement and retention of team members.
• Meet ambitious timelines while balancing business risks and trade-offs.
• Drive the team to continuously improve processes in a changing environment.
• Maintain employee motivation and strong management to retain staff.

• Software Delivery: Actively work with peer Engineering Managers to align delivery initiatives, clarify dependencies, and optimize progress toward common goals.
• Identify risks early and provide mitigations to ensure effective delivery.
• Understand dependencies between components and how they combine to deliver value to end users and the business.
• Apply Agile/Lean methodologies (e.g., Scrum) to continuously improve pace, efficiency, and quality.
• Serve as liaison between the delivery team and key stakeholders.
• Plan and lead changes to meet evolving needs and requirements.
• Review product requirements within the team and communicate feedback to product stakeholders.
• Provide technical direction for design, development, testing, and deployment from definition through maintenance.
• Balance commercial needs against technical requirements and capabilities.
• Identify system deficiencies and drive effective solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes through automation and standards.
• Prioritize tasks across all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Measure and review velocity, quality, and delivery duration; take corrective action as needed.

• Ownership: Own products and components with accountability for efficient, effective, high-quality implementation of the roadmap.
• Collaborate with key customers, stakeholders, and external partners across Group Technology.
• Ensure software and system components are supported to appropriate quality standards.
• Communicate and promote strategies, roadmaps, dependencies, and plans for products/components.
• Manage technical resources and capacity planning within budget and schedule.

What You’ll Need

• Consistent track record of leading and running multi-disciplinary teams on sophisticated software projects.
• Experience using Agile methods for software delivery.
• Experience with distributed, redundant, and transactional systems and quality assurance of these systems.
• Experience managing team development by aligning tasks with each member’s career path; strong analytical and diagnostic skills for technical risks and constraints.
• Proven project management experience.
• Release management experience.
• Background in Continuous Integration/Delivery environments.
• Background in DevOps culture.
• Experience working with Cloud Infrastructures.
• Consistent track record of Incident Management.

What’s In It For You

• Flexible employer policies to support personal commitments and hobbies.
• Excellent benefits package that can be personalised, including bonus scheme, uncapped holiday allowance, enhanced pension, private healthcare, life assurance, income protection, a £1,000 annual self-development learning fund, Sharesave scheme, and enhanced parental leave.

About Flutter

We are a world leader in online sports betting and iGaming with a market-leading position in the US and worldwide. We operate brands including FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet. We aspire to be an inclusive employer and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. If you need adjustments to make this role work for you, please let us know.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Entertainment Providers