Job Details

Head of Engineering (iGaming)

Location: Hybrid - Malta based, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive DOE + Benefits | Ref: 37462

Head of Engineering – iGaming Platforms

 

  • Form part of a Tier 1 iGaming company
  • Chance to lead diverse engineering teams
  • Drive product excellence and strategy

 

  • Hybrid | Malta-based
  • Full-time | Permanent
  • Salary: Depending on experience

 

A leading and well-placed iGaming company is seeking a Head of Engineering to take charge of its technical strategy and execution across its casino products. This is a senior leadership opportunity for someone who thrives on scaling high-performance teams, driving innovation, and delivering resilient systems in a fast-evolving, high-traffic environment.

 

Your Role:

As Head of Engineering, you will:

  • Set the technical vision and engineering roadmap across multiple product verticals
  • Lead, mentor, and scale a team of engineers and tech leads across backend, frontend, and DevOps
  • Partner closely with senior product stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
  • Establish and enforce best practices in architecture, development, testing, and operations
  • Champion a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous learning
  • Drive hiring, team development, and technical performance across distributed and hybrid teams

 

What You Bring:

  • 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a technical leadership or departmental management role
  • Deep knowledge of modern engineering practices
  • Proven success managing and scaling engineering teams in complex product environments
  • Experience with AWS (or other cloud platforms), CI/CD, microservices, and event-driven architectures (Kafka, Redis, etc.)
  • Excellent communication and people management skills
  • Strong alignment with agile delivery models and product-led development
  • Background in iGaming, sports betting, or high-availability transaction systems is strongly preferred

Head of Engineering – iGaming Platforms

 

  • Form part of a Tier 1 iGaming company
  • Chance to lead diverse engineering teams
  • Drive product excellence and strategy

 

  • Hybrid | Malta-based
  • Full-time | Permanent
  • Salary: Depending on experience

 

A leading and well-placed iGaming company is seeking a Head of Engineering to take charge of its technical strategy and execution across its casino products. This is a senior leadership opportunity for someone who thrives on scaling high-performance teams, driving innovation, and delivering resilient systems in a fast-evolving, high-traffic environment.

 

Your Role:

As Head of Engineering, you will:

  • Set the technical vision and engineering roadmap across multiple product verticals
  • Lead, mentor, and scale a team of engineers and tech leads across backend, frontend, and DevOps
  • Partner closely with senior product stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
  • Establish and enforce best practices in architecture, development, testing, and operations
  • Champion a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous learning
  • Drive hiring, team development, and technical performance across distributed and hybrid teams

 

What You Bring:

  • 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a technical leadership or departmental management role
  • Deep knowledge of modern engineering practices
  • Proven success managing and scaling engineering teams in complex product environments
  • Experience with AWS (or other cloud platforms), CI/CD, microservices, and event-driven architectures (Kafka, Redis, etc.)
  • Excellent communication and people management skills
  • Strong alignment with agile delivery models and product-led development
  • Background in iGaming, sports betting, or high-availability transaction systems is strongly preferred

 

 

 

Job Information

Posted: 8th May 2025

Job contact:

Lucky Shankar
Pentasia
Malta

Tel:
+356 9999 8493
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
https://www.pentasia.com/jobs/Head-of-Engineering-iGaming-37462/

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