Head of Engineering Bingo

Your Influential Mission: You Will

• Own the Bingo technology strategy ensuring alignment to product vision commercial goals and operator outcomes
• Provide hands-on technical leadership staying close enough to the code to guide quality and architecture particularly on Java backend systems
• Drive architecture and technical decisionmaking for complex scalable platforms
• Act as the primary technology partner to Product and key stakeholders shaping solutions influencing decisions and translating requirements into practical technical solutions
• Lead and develop engineering teams setting clear direction standards and accountability while mentoring senior engineers helping raise engineering standards and best practices
• Collaborate closely with multiple stakeholders across units owning delivery predictability balancing short term delivery with long term technical strategy and platform sustainability
• Play a key role in the transition and evolution of the team structure supporting continuity and future growth
• Ensure platform scalability stability security and regulatory compliance across all markets
• Manage and reduce technical debt making trade-offs aligned to business impact and delivery risk
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices tooling and ways of working to improve efficiency and quality
• Ensure predictable releases strong production stability and rapid resolution of incidents and escalations

Qualifications :

Components for Success: You

• Have strong handson Java backend experience in complex productionscale environments
• Bring proven experience in technical leadership within senior or lead engineering roles
• Are comfortable balancing coding architectural thinking and people leadership
• Can clearly communicate technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders
• Have experience operating in crossfunctional multiteam environments
• Demonstrate a pragmatic mindset focused on quality scalability and maintainability

Youll Get Extra Points for

• Experience owning technology outcomes in a complex commercially driven environment
• Experience working across multiple business units or domains
• Exposure to highperformance or highavailability systems
• A background that combines engineering excellence with strategic thinking
• Experience contributing to hiring interviewing and technical evaluation of senior candidates

How Success is Measured

• Delivery against agreed roadmap commitments
• Improved platform stability and reduction in incidents (reduced mean time to recovery: MTTR)
• Strong alignment and feedback from Product and Commercial stakeholders
• Contribution to product performance and commercial outcomes (e.g. engagement revenue operator satisfaction)
• Reduction in technical debt and improved system performance
• Reduced cross-team dependencies and delivery bottlenecks
• High team engagement and retention
• Clear well-understood technical decisions and priorities

Thrive in a culture that values

• Open collaboration and crossteam partnerships
• Engineers who stay handson while thinking big picture
• Continuous improvement learning and knowledge sharing
• Ownership accountability and technical excellence

Additional Information :

HOW TO APPLY

In addition to your CV please add a brief motivation letter covering your goals your current experience in senior backend or engineering leadership roles and your experience working in a corporate or complex technical environment.
You can write this in the comment section at the end of the application page (under your message to the hiring manager).

ENGINEERING TEAM

Youll be joining a highly skilled engineering group responsible for building and evolving complex backend systems that support key business initiatives. The team works closely with product and business stakeholders and plays a central role in shaping technical direction and innovation across the organisation.

Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time