Software Engineering Director

fanduel.design

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
On-site
Manage multiple software development teams
Shape strategic direction for developer tooling
Deliver architecturally sound solutions
As a Software Engineering Director, you will manage and mentor multiple engineering teams responsible for building foundational capabilities, tools, and services that enable mobile and front-end applications

Job Summary

  • As a Software Engineering Director, you will manage and mentor multiple engineering teams responsible for building foundational capabilities, tools, and services that enable mobile and front-end applications.
  • Your mission is to ensure application platforms and backend-for-frontend (BFF) services have the right capabilities, infrastructure, and developer experience to support rapid, high-quality feature delivery.
  • FanDuel offers interesting work in a fast-paced industry, a sense of achievement, personal development opportunities, a supportive and fun team environment, and a trusting work environment valuing productivity.

Matching Summary

As a Software Engineering Director, you will manage and mentor multiple engineering teams responsible for building foundational capabilities, tools, and services that enable mobile and front-end applications.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Manage multiple software development teams
  • Shape strategic direction for developer tooling
  • Deliver architecturally sound solutions
  • Drive predictability through Operational Excellence
  • Experience with mobile application platforms
  • Experience with backend-for-frontend (BFF) architectures

Nice-to-have

  • Foster a culture of enablement and collaboration
  • Provide status updates to leadership
  • Balance build vs. buy decisions
  • Lead with empathy
  • Focus on employee experience

Key Requirements

  • 10+ Years in a software role
  • 5+ years managing SE team(s)
  • Experience managing managers
  • Experience designing and delivering technology solutions
  • Experience supporting software systems in production
  • Experience delivering distributed highly scalable and available backend systems & APIs

Work Rights

Not specified

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