Technical Engineering Manager

About Us

At FDJ UNITED, we don't just follow the game, we reinvent it.

FDJ UNITED is one of Europe's leading betting and gaming operators, with a vast portfolio of iconic brands and a reputation for technological excellence. With more than 5,000 employees and a presence in around fifteen regulated markets, the Group offers a diversified, responsible range of games, both under exclusive rights and open to competition. We set new standards, proving that entertainment and safety can go hand in hand. Here, you'll work alongside a team of passionate individuals dedicated to delivering the best and safest entertaining experiences for our customers every day.

We're looking for bold people who are eager to succeed and ready to level-up the game. If you thrive on innovation, embrace challenges, and want to make a real impact at all levels, FDJ UNITED is your playing field.

Join us in shaping the future of gaming. Are you ready to LEVEL-UP THE GAME?

The role

We're looking for a Technical Engineering Manager to lead a Frontend JavaScript team within our Gaming and Casino domain.

As a Technical Engineering Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in driving innovation, technical excellence, and team performance. You'll combine strong technical expertise with people leadership, guiding your team to design, build, and deliver scalable solutions that directly support our strategic business goals.

This role demands clear accountability for the technology your team delivers and owns—you're not a proxy, but a hands-on leader who takes responsibility for outcomes. You'll ensure the team's work meets both product expectations and business objectives, while maintaining the right balance between product evolution and technical debt reduction. Above all, you'll foster a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture where people and technology grow together.

Technical Ownership

• Own and drive the team's technical roadmap in alignment with organisational objectives, ensuring a strong collaboration with the Product Owner
• Take responsibility for production stability and quality, addressing any issues or incidents head-on
• Ensure technical debt is identified, prioritised, and systematically addressed
• Collaborate with Architects, UX Designers, and Principal Engineers to deliver scalable and maintainable solutions
• Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, security, testing, and documentation

Ways of working

• Lead, and continuously improve, the teams agile processes ensuring effective planning and execution
• Ensure the team delivers predictable, high-quality and compliant outcomes
• Honor team commitments made to timelines for strategic initiatives
• Promote fast delivery of value through experimentations and iterations
• Oversee the team's capacity planning and resource allocation
• Embrace new productivity, AI and automation tools, always striving to make the team more efficient

Accountability for Outcomes

• Take full accountability for the team's deliverables, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Secure end-to-end deliveries by establishing collaboration and clear agreements with any other teams involved
• Act as a single point of ownership for ensuring solutions meet both functional and non-functional requirements
• Actively participate in product discussions to ensure technical feasibility and alignment
• Act as the primary driver for balancing product delivery with technical excellence together with the PO

Team Leadership & People Management

• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering career growth and technical expertise
• Build and nurture a culture of ownership, accountability and collaboration within and outside of the team
• Continuously evaluate performance and provide actionable feedback to your team members, setting compensation accordingly
• Promote team wellness and engagement, driving a positive and inclusive team environment
• Recruit top talent, considering best fit, skills and dynamics for the team needs

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Serve as the key liaison between PAM, other Tech departments, product management and other stakeholders
• Clearly communicate technical challenges, risks, and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
• Ensure cross-functional alignment on priorities and deliverables
• Support your peers across the larger PAM organisation, seeing how you can help with the big picture

We think that you have

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager, Team Lead, or a similar role
• A strong technical background in JavaScript software development, with hands-on experience in system design, UX/design, architecture and managing technical debt
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and improving team processes
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership and accountability for technical and business outcomes
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, with a track record of building high-performing teams
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to balance strategic and tactical priorities

In addition, you are expcted to adhere to the Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) obligations for your role.

• Identify and raise any non-compliance incidents promptly to your line manager.
• Challenge processes, policies and projects that will negatively impact compliance within the Group.
• Complete all mandatory compliance training assigned to you.
• Reach out to the Compliance Teams if unsure of any of your compliance obligations or the requirements are unclear.

Our Way Of Working

Our world is hybrid.

A career is not a sprint. It's a marathon. One of the perks of joining us is that we value you as a person first. Our hybrid world allows you to focus on your goals and responsibilities and lets you self-organise to improve your deliveries and get the work done in your own way.

Application Process

We believe talent knows no boundaries. Our hiring process focuses solely on your skills, experience, and potential to contribute to our team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and evaluate each candidate based on merit, regardless of personal characteristics as the age, gender, origin, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity or disability.

Details

Hybrid

Stockholm

Full Time Permanent

TEC2650

Location

Stockholm

Regeringsgatan 25, Stockholm, Sweden, 111 53

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Benefits

Well-being allowance

Learning and development opportunities

Inclusion networks

Charity days

Long service awards

Social events and activites

Private medical insurance

Life assurance and income protection

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension

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