Manager, Software Engineering
Description
Rush Street Interactive is looking for a Manager, Software Engineering to lead and develop a high-performing team. This role combines people and technical leadership with accountability for delivery, quality, and operational excellence.
The Manager, Software Engineering partners across functions, manages risks, and drives continuous improvement to achieve reliable business outcomes while maintaining an inclusive team environment.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a high-performing engineering team through coaching, feedback, performance management, and development.
- Lead or contribute to cross-functional delivery teams, ensuring effective planning, execution, and collaboration across engineering, product, and other business functions to achieve shared objectives.
- Drive accountability for quality, operational excellence, incident follow-up, and continuous improvement.
- Use metrics, status tracking, and stakeholder communication to provide visibility into team performance and delivery progress.
- Proactively manage delivery risks, dependencies, and operational challenges.
- Assess current and future workloads and team capacity, aligning resources, staffing, and hiring plans with business priorities.
- Promote engineering standards, scalable solutions, and systems thinking to improve problem solving and organisational effectiveness.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, software delivery, or related technical roles, including leadership of engineers, technical initiatives, or cross-functional delivery efforts (required).
- Demonstrated experience leading software engineering teams in an agile or iterative delivery environment (required).
- Experience managing software development lifecycles, stakeholder relationships, delivery planning, and operational excellence initiatives (preferred).
- Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, performance management, employee development, and team building (required).
- Ability to manage competing priorities, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations (required).
- Understanding of software architecture, APIs, distributed systems, operational practices, and software delivery lifecycles (required).
- Experience using metrics and data to improve delivery effectiveness, quality, and operational performance (required).
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders (required).
- Ability to identify systemic issues and implement sustainable solutions (required).
- Traveling occasionally, both domestically and internationally (required).
Benefits
- Comprehensive compensation
- Work-life balance initiatives
- Autonomy
- Creativity
- Growth
- Top-notch professionals who are passionate about what they do
- People-oriented environment and supportive atmosphere
About Rush Street Interactive
Rush Street Interactive is an online casino and sports betting operator founded in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago. It runs the BetRivers brand in regulated US states and Ontario, and RushBet in Colombia and Mexico. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RSI.