Engineering Manager
An Engineering Manager opportunity within the Platform organization, leading the Payments & Cashier team with end-to-end ownership of the Cashier platform- covering Money In & Money Out flows. This role is responsible for managing mission-critical, high-volume transaction systems while ensuring compliance with diverse geographic regulations. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, the ideal candidate is a seasoned leader who can effectively balance tech delivery, stakeholder management, portfolio oversight, and people management - driving teams to plan and deliver with quality and consistency.
- Own and evolve the end-to-end technical payment ecosystem, including deposits, withdrawals, wallet, and real money flows across multiple markets and brands.
- Build and maintain scalable, low-latency, and highly reliable Tier-1 systems , ensuring fault-tolerant design and seamless operations.
- Drive vendor and payment gateway integrations (e.g., PayPal and other providers), ensuring robust and resilient connectivity.
- Ensure regulatory compliance across all operating geographies, proactively adapting to evolving market requirements.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, balancing trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality.
- Lead end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects, aligned with business objectives, timelines, and quality standards.
- Proactively identify risks, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate issues early to ensure smooth project delivery.
- Lead, inspire, and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance - including code reviews - on best practices, coding standards, and architectural principles.
- Continuously improve engineering processes, workflows, and tooling to drive efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
- Drive data-informed decision-making using metrics and KPIs to measure team performance, delivery health, and system reliability.
- Champion engineering excellence, test automation , and cost-effective solutions - including leveraging AI for productivity improvements.
- 15+ years of experience driving large-scale enterprise projects, with deep proficiency in Java, system design, distributed architecture, and object-oriented principles - building high-frequency, low-latency, and highly available applications (required).
- Ability to handle a team of 50 people (required).
- Strong command of the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including API/web service integrations, CI/CD automation, application monitoring, end-to-end tracing, and performance tuning (required).
- Proven ability to design and operate Tier-1, business-critical systems at scale, with a strong background in wallet systems, revenue platforms, or payments infrastructure (required).
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and deliver complex engineering projects on time and within budget, with a focus on quality, reliability, and engineering excellence (required).
- 4+ years of people management experience with a technologist mindset - hands-on leader capable of conducting code reviews, guiding architectural decisions, and driving a culture of continuous improvement (required).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions in distributed environments (required).
- Product-oriented mindset with a solid understanding of customer experience, software testing standards, and system reliability (required).
- Safe home pickup and home drop (Hyderabad Office Only).
- Group Mediclaim policy.
- Group Critical Illness policy.
- Communication and Relocation allowance.
- Annual Health check.
- Recognition from leaders and colleagues can be turned into amazing prizes.
Entain is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming entertainment groups and a FTSE 100 company. Formed when GVC Holdings rebranded as Entain in December 2020, its brands trace their history back to the 1880s and include bwin, Coral, Foxy, Gala, Ladbrokes and partypoker. Through its joint venture with MGM Resorts International, it powers BetMGM in the United States with its proprietary technology. Headquartered in London, Entain employs over 30,000 people with offices across 19 countries.
