Platform Engineering Manager

FanDuel

  • Scotland
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
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.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 PositionWe're looking for passionate technologists, good communicators and those with a commitment to continuous improvement to manage the delivery of a group of engineers. You can represent your team, and contribute to the management of the team's structure, software, and technical deliverables. You partner with your engineers and leadership to define a vision and tenets that communicate how your team makes decisions. You'll own your software, helping define solutions to problems while mitigating long-term risks. You'll raise and help mitigate blockers while keeping leadership in the loop.Some of your responsibilities will include:
  • Foster a safe, inclusive environment that drives a high-performing team culture.
  • Host team ceremonies such as stand-ups, retros and refinements to provide clear direction on work priorities.
  • Coordinate prompt and effective remediation of production incidents, keeping relevant stakeholders informed with clear and timely updates.
  • Manage a team of Platform Engineers working on delivering impactful technology solutions to a wide variety of stakeholders.
  • Work cross-functionally to align priorities, manage dependencies and remove blockers - ensuring technical solutions align with broader engineering and business strategy.
What We're Looking For
  • Proven experience leading platform engineering (or similar) teams focused on infrastructure, developer tooling, and platform capabilities.
  • Experience managing performance, coaching team members, and supporting their personal development.
  • People management, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
  • Experience managing or being a part of DevOps Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering teams.
  • Working with AWS, Terraform, and has experience scripting is also a plus
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 own software and when that awesome new feature ships to users and the positive feedback starts rolling in, you can feel really 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
  • Recruiter Screening - 30mins
  • Competency Interview - 60mins
  • Technical Paired Programming Exercise - 60mins
Diversity, Equity and InclusionWe 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.

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