Senior Platform Engineering Manager - FanDuel, Hybrid

Senior Platform Engineering Manager - FanDuel, Hybrid

Senior Platform Engineering Manager

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 favourite 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.

Role Overview:
We’re looking for passionate & experienced technologists, strong communicators, and those with a commitment to continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate will have the confidence to propose pragmatic solutions to complex problems and be eager to learn from and educate
others. As a Senior Platform Engineering Manager you will work amongst multidisciplinary
teams, autonomously tackling complex challenges that provide the very best experiences and products as we build out an exciting and
innovative customer experience within the fast paced and growing Platform engineering environment. You thrive on technological advancement of the
team and always working towards its improvement.
You will perform a vital role within Delivery Engineering and so you will need to be a driven, self motivated, strategic thinker to ensure the goals of the
team are being met, and if not, how to make the necessary changes to get there.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
We’re looking for passionate technologists, strong communicators and those with a commitment to continuous improvement to coach and
develop a group of SRE and DevOps engineers. You are able to represent your teams autonomously, require minimal guidance and are
accountable for the team's structure, software, and technical deliverables. You partner with your engineers and leadership to define a vision
and tenets that communicate how your team makes decisions. You provide the larger picture, the long-term perspective, and the context
(past, current, future) behind business and technology choices. Your roadmap influences organisational goals. You effectively participate in
FanDuel's planning process. You evangelise our company values.

• Experience of managing team functions and objectives, developing deliverables and capacity planning.
• Manage a teams of engineers working to deliver impactful technology solutions to a wide variety of stakeholders whilst protecting the team from burnout.
• Preemptively identify technical risks and provide mitigation plans before delivery goals are jeopardised.
• Own your infrastructure systems by helping to guide your teams to deliver and support them while providing appropriate support for endusers, both internal and customer-facing.
• Work with engineering leadership to deliver a technical vision with an eye for customer satisfaction and security.
• Lead the team to align with and contribute to the growth of the organisation. Leverage existing FanDuel solutions where appropriate.
• Provide technical guidance on code and architecture. Take the long-term growth for the teams and the wider organisation into account when making architectural decisions.
• Work with senior stakeholders to scope and define new solutions to problems while influencing the roadmap and ensuring we delivery truly viable features and products.
• Seek diverse perspectives and making trade-off decisions that balances the value for customers with other business goals.
• Contribute to the recruitment process by identifying the best candidates and providing a great candidate experience. Build a diverse and talented team.
• Define Ways of Working and regularly seek feedback from the teams to continuously improve the process as we grow.
• Influence team culture and lead the team to positive outcomes even during difficult situations. Create an environment where we learn from our mistakes and share our learnings with each other.
• Act as representative of the teams when needed to provide succinct and tailored communications in an empathetic and respectful manner.
• Coordinate quick and sensible remediation for production incidents and provide relevant stakeholders with concise and timely updates.

Skills, Capabilities & Experience Required:

• Ability to manage performance, team coaching and promotion of personal development.
• Technical experience in managing a highly available and highly scalable cloud environment, preferably AWS.
• Ability to read code and evangelise best practices.
• Ability to build cross-team working relationship, and liaison with partner teams to achieve business goals.
• Experience in coaching engineers to improve code and platform quality.
• People management, communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
• Ensure technology solutions are testable, monitored, and maintainable.
• Remain calm under pressure while effectively boosting team morale.
• Knowledge of DevOps, Incident Management and SRE are preferred.

Benefits:

• Hybrid & remote working options
• €1,000 per year for self-development
• Company share scheme
• 25 days of annual leave per year
• 20 days per year to work abroad
• 5 personal days/year
• Flexible benefits: travel, sports, hobbies
• Extended health, dental and travel insurances
• Customized well-being programmes
• Career growth sessions
• Thousands of online courses through Udemy
• A variety of engaging office events

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.

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