FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products that deliver sports betting, gaming and entertainment to millions of US sports fans every day. That’s no easy task, and wouldn't be possible without a fantastic team who have helped us pioneer new products and innovative features that make us a leader in the industry. Whether you’re looking for better career progression, improved financial security or just a better sense of belonging, we believe we’ve created a culture in which everyone can succeed, no matter how you got here.

The Position

FanDuel is looking for a Senior Software Engineering Manager to join our Sportsbook domain, you’ll be working closely with our Sportsbook engineers day-to-day to coach and mentor them as they tackle tough technical challenges as we provide an exciting and innovative customer experience within the fast paced and growing Sportsbook environment.

You’ll be an Engineering Experience advocate with the ability to propose and promote initiatives that will not only make engineering easier but will harness a culture of continuous learning and improvement within Technology. You’ll bring innovative ideas, and identify opportunities in maturing our engineering practice and be comfortable in sharing that practice with your colleagues and stakeholders driving engineering community collaboration.

• Manage multiple engineering teams and managers whilst working closely with senior engineers to deliver a technical vision with an eye for an excellent Customer Experience, Engineering Experience and Security
• Help scope and define new solutions to problems while influencing the Roadmap and ensuring we delivery truly viable features and Products
• Measure, own and drive predictability through Operational Excellence and transparency through data and KPIs

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for people managers who enjoy helping and coaching those around them and who have a passion for software delivery and working with other managers to help solve problems.

• An extensive background in technology delivering software as a manager of managers
• Understanding of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances
• Experience in shipping high quality products and services within the Web, Mobile, and/or Connected Devices spaces
• Experience of writing distributed, highly scalable and available backend systems & APIs
• Demonstrated abilities driving operational excellence and best practices

What You Can Expect

• Interesting work - working in a fast-paced and ever-changing industry, new problems and exciting solutions are never too far away. There are always opportunities to learn new skills and broaden your horizons
• A sense of achievement - Our teams own their software and when that awesome new feature ships to users and the positive feedback starts rolling in, you can feel proud of what you and your team created
• Personal development - clear and defined career pathways for every role at every level, a supportive manager, loads of learning opportunities and even 10% of your time to dedicate to your learning.
• Belonging - everyone at FanDuel works for each other, we win together, make mistakes together and have lots of fun doing it.
• Trust - A trusting work environment where productivity is valued above all else, giving you autonomy and ownership of your time and work
• Great financial package - Including salary, bonus, pension, private healthcare, share save scheme, flexible working & holiday policy along with a number of other benefits.

The Interview Process

1. Initial Screening call with Talent Acquisition
2. Discussion-based interview on Software Delivery
3. Discussion-based interview on People Management; Operational Excellence; Dealing with Ambiguity and System Design Exercise

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. You don’t have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable and you are in the ballpark experience-wise, we'd love to speak to you.

We endeavour to make our interview process as accessible as possible. If you need any assistance prior to your interview, including any reasonable adjustments, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don't tolerate bias, judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.

Location: Our Scottish tech hub is based in central Edinburgh and is fitted with fabulous amenities including a Gym, showers, bike parking, gaming pods, multiple breakout areas, meeting rooms, a roof terrace and much more. We operate a hybrid model for the majority of our roles, where we normally spend a day or two in the office per week.