Software Engineering Vice President - Sportsbook

Flutter Entertainment PLC•Atlanta, GA

26d•$267,000 - $356,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The VP of Sportsbook Product Engineering will play a critical role in leading our product engineering teams to deliver rapidly incremental customer value. You will lead a talented team of engineers responsible for building a next-gen customer experience that powers America's #1 Sportsbook, including personalized experiences, live betting experiences, generosity, searching and navigation, social and other innovative features. This role requires a fast-paced technology leader that puts the customer first, using their strong leadership and communication skills to work product leadership and drive their teams to deliver customer value every two-weeks. The capacity to make decisions fast, through a blend of strategic thinking, technical expertise and a bias for action is key. In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs. In this role, you will develop and execute the strategic vision for the Sportsbook product engineering organization, ensuring it aligns with the overall Sportsbook Product and Technology Strategy and FanDuel business objectives. Collaboration with executive leadership, Product and Sportsbook Core Engineering is crucial to define goals, metrics, and ways of working. You will lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of fast-paced innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Attracting, retaining, and developing top engineering talent is key to building a high-performing and motivated team. You will oversee the design and development of innovative sportsbook customer experiences. Ensuring the teams are operating with a customer-first mindset, delivering quality and performant experiences that bring something new to the customer every two weeks is essential. Implementing best practices for engineering, including continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), monitoring, and incident response, is critical to maintain operational excellence during peak betting events and live sports. You will partner with Sportsbook Core Engineering leaders to ensure high availability, performance, and security of sportsbook services with a focus on minimizing downtime during critical sporting events and managing technical debt. The platform must handle massive traffic spikes during major sporting events while maintaining sub-second response times for bet placement and settlement. You will also collaborate with the Sportsbook Core Engineering leaders to support on complex changes to the systems and architecture and to prioritize architecture and service evolution that allows your teams in product engineering to deliver autonomously faster and better customer value. Collaboration and communication are fundamental to this role. You will work closely with product management and other cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet our business goals. Communicating Sportsbook product engineering plans, progress, and outcomes to stakeholders ensures transparency and alignment. Staying abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes is vital to drive innovation and competitive advantage in the sports betting space. You will evaluate and implement new tools, technologies, and processes to enhance sportsbook customers experience with innovative, performant and intuitive features. You will manage the Sportsbook product engineering budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources, and investment in strategic initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on product engineering and delivering customer value.
5+ years of leadership experience in a senior engineering role, such as Director or VP of Engineering.
Proven experience with leading geographically dispersed teams
Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and API design.
Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing engineering teams that can deliver incremental customer value every two weeks.
Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
Deep experience withÃ¢ÂÂ¯Lean, Agile, and Continuous DeliveryÃ¢ÂÂ¯principles.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Passion for technology and innovation, with a continuous learning mindset.
Expert in aligning engineering investment with customer outcomes and business metrics
Strong business acumen and understanding of how product engineering impacts overall business success.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
Knows when to apply structure and when to remove friction-no "process for process's sake".
Prior experience in managing a diverse office or location, with a focus on cross-functional leadership and operational excellence.
Proven ability to create, manage, and drive initiatives that enhance workplace culture, ensuring a healthy and productive environment.
Experience in creating programs and policies that boost employee morale and reduce turnover. Ability to lead efforts in inclusion initiatives.
Ability to develop and execute strategic plans for office presence, growth and development, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the strategic vision for the Sportsbook product engineering organization, aligned with the overall Sportsbook Engineering strategy
Collaborate with Sportsbook Core Engineering and Sportsbook Product team to define sportsbook product engineering goals, metrics, and ways of working
Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
Attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent, building a high-performing team
Oversee the design and development of innovative and performant customer experiences
Implement best practices for product engineering to deliver incremental customer value every two weeks, including CI/CD
Ensure high quality and performance of sportsbook customer experiences, supported by the Sportsbook Core Engineering teams, and minimizing downtime during critical events
Support Sportsbook Core Engineering in driving compliance with gaming regulations and security standards across all sportsbook systems.

Benefits

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits.
We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards.
Benefits differ across location, role, and level.
medical, vision, and dental insurance
life insurance
disability insurance
a 401(k) matching program
This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation.
This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays.
FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.