ENGINEERING MANAGER

Description

Summary: Gaming1 is seeking an Engineering Manager for a technical leadership role, focused on empowering a product engineering team through hands-on software engineering, people leadership, and a strong emphasis on experimentation, quality, and short feedback loops. Highlights: 1. Technical leadership role close to the team, code, and product 2. Focus on enabling the team to succeed and continuously improve 3. Opportunity to work on ambitious international projects **THE SCOPE** With 30 years of history, today Gaming1 is one of the international leaders in both land\-based and online games of chance (casino games, sports betting and poker). Its evolution at the heart of innovation is accompanied by a diversification and specialization of positions, with the creation of new cutting\-edge jobs. \#LI\-DNI As part of its sustained growth, Gaming1 is looking for a **Engineering Manager** to join its team in Portugal. An **Engineering Manager (EM)** leads **one product engineering team** and combines: * **Hands\-on software engineering (30%\-50%)** * **People leadership and mentoring** * **A strong focus on experimentation, quality, and short feedback loops** The Engineering Manager’s primary role is to **create the conditions in which the team can do its best work**, adapt to change, and continuously improve. This includes evolving practices and tools over time, such as the responsible adoption of automation and AI when it brings clear value. This is explicitly **not** a delivery or project management role. It is a **technical leadership role**, close to the team, the code, and the product, without requiring the EM to be the most senior or specialized engineer. **YOUR ROLE** As an Engineering Manager, your mission is to ensure your team: * Continuously delivers the best **customer experience and business value** * Works in **short cycles** * Experiments, learns, and improves continuously * Applies strong and pragmatic **engineering practices** You focus on **enabling the team to succeed** by setting clear expectations, fostering ownership, facilitating good decision\-making, and removing impediments. You help the team **leverage modern tools and approaches**, including AI\-assisted engineering practices and product capabilities, when they demonstrably improve quality, speed, or customer experience. **YOUR PROFILE** You: * Have a strong software engineering background and are comfortable staying hands\-on (30–50%) * Bring experience as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, or senior engineer with clear people leadership impact * Care deeply about engineering quality, maintainability, testing, performance, and security * Work closely with Product to focus the team on customer value and outcomes, not just delivery * Create a psychologically safe environment where engineers take ownership, experiment, and continuously improve * Balance autonomy and alignment, enabling the team to make decisions within clear boundaries * Lead through coaching, feedback, and mentoring, rather than command\-and\-control * Are comfortable operating in short feedback loops, experimenting and learning fast * Are curious and pragmatic about adopting modern tooling, automation, and AI\-assisted practices when they bring real value **WHAT WE OFFER** As well as enjoying a unique experience – centered around our values of Pleasure, Team Spirit, Performance, Boldness and Integrity – alongside 1\.600 colleagues worldwide, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the international development of a fast\-growing family company. Joining Gaming1 means becoming part of a human and entrepreneurial adventure where people are empowered to make an impact, grow and succeed together. We offer: * the opportunity to work on ambitious international projects within a solid and growing group * a collaborative and high\-performing work environment * leadership based on trust, autonomy, talent and shared values * continuous learning and career development opportunities through training and internal mobility * a competitive salary and benefits package aligned with the local market * a hybrid working model, with the possibility to work remotely up to 50% of your working time * an international and collaborative environment where people come first **THE INTERVIEW PROCESS**