Dir Software Eng (Dev) I

Location:

Warsaw, PL, 00-807

Requisition ID: 19362

Brightstar is an innovative, forward-thinking global leader in lottery that builds on our renowned expertise in delivering secure technology and producing reliable, comprehensive solutions for our customers. As a premier pure play global lottery company, our best-in-class lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and award-winning lottery games enable our customers to achieve their goals, fulfill player needs and distribute meaningful benefits to communities. Brightstar has a well-established local presence and is a trusted partner to governments and regulators around the world, creating value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. Brightstar has approximately 6,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Director of Software Engineering to lead the engineering organization responsible for the development, scalability, and long-term evolution of one of business-critical products within BrightStar’s lottery technology portfolio.

This role combines strategic technology leadership, people management, product delivery ownership, and strong cross-functional collaboration. The successful candidate will be accountable for building and leading high-performing engineering teams, driving predictable delivery of the product roadmap, ensuring technical excellence, and partnering closely with Product, Architecture, Delivery, Operations, Security, and senior business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end engineering function (development, QA, DevOps, operations)
Define and execute engineering strategy aligned with product and business goals
Build and manage high-performing teams (Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, Engineers, QA)
Partner with Product to translate business needs into scalable solutions
Oversee planning, estimation, dependencies, and release governance
Identify and remove delivery bottlenecks
Track and improve metrics (cycle time, defects, reliability, performance, team health)
Balance feature delivery with technical debt, modernization, and stability
Lead architectural direction and engineering standards
Drive cloud-native, modular, and scalable platform design
Ensure systems are secure, resilient, maintainable, and observable
Promote modern practices (CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing, observability)
Align with Architecture, Security, Cloud, and Operations teams
Improve software quality, incident prevention, and root-cause analysis
Ensure compliance with security, data protection, and regulatory requirements
Act as key engineering partner for Product, Operations, Sales, and leadership
Communicate plans, risks, trade-offs, and progress clearly
Support customer discussions requiring senior technical expertise
Collaborate across global and distributed teams
Contribute to strategic planning, budgeting, and prioritization
Define engineering organization structure for current and future needs
Recruit, retain, and develop strong engineering talent
Set performance expectations and support career growth
Build an inclusive, accountable, high-performance culture
Manage external partners, vendors, and contractors
Own workforce planning, budgeting

Qualifications

10–15+ years of experience in software engineering, including strong background in product-oriented development
At least 5 years leading engineering teams, including managers, tech leads, or multi-team structures
Experience in senior leadership roles such as Director of Engineering, Head of Engineering, Senior Engineering Manager, or VP Engineering
Proven track record of delivering complex, scalable, reliable, and secure software products or platforms
Strong knowledge of modern software architecture, SDLC, agile delivery, DevOps, CI/CD, and test automation
Experience managing engineering delivery in product organizations (e.g., SaaS, fintech, gaming/lottery, ticketing, e-commerce, payments, enterprise software, or high-volume transactional systems)
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
Hands-on experience with microservices, APIs, distributed systems, event-driven architecture, or real-time processing
Ability to make sound technical and prioritization decisions in complex, ambiguous environments
Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, performance management, and organizational design
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including working with executive leadership
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Master’s or MBA is a plusBased in Warsaw, Poland, with required on-site presence (hybrid model)

Success Profile

• Leading Complexity
• Leading People
• Leading the Business
• Leading Self

Brightstar is committed to sustaining a workforce that reflects the diversity of the global customers and communities we serve, and to creating a fair and inclusive culture that enables all our employees to feel valued, respected and engaged. Brightstar is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, covered veteran status, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable local, state, federal laws or other laws. We thank all applicants for applying; however, only those selected to interview will be contacted.

All Brightstar employees have a role in information security. Annual training will be assigned and required as appropriate.

For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com.