Director Software Development Engineer 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. We have a longstanding commitment to Responsible Gaming (RG) that is engrained within our core business and the products we offer to customers and players worldwide. 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 the end-to-end engineering organization, including development, QA, DevOps, and operationsDefine and execute engineering strategy aligned with product, business, and growth objectives
Build, develop, and manage high-performing engineering teams, covering organizational design, hiring, workforce planning, performance, and career growth
Partner with Product and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, customer-focused solutions
Oversee delivery execution, release governance, prioritization, dependencies, and continuous improvement of engineering performance
Drive engineering excellence through metrics, quality improvement, incident prevention, reliability, and operational effectivenessLead architecture, engineering standards, and cloud-native platform evolution, balancing innovation, scalability, technical debt, and stability
Ensure secure, resilient, maintainable, observable, and compliant systems
Promote modern engineering practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability
Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Cloud, Operations, and global teams to ensure alignment and successful execution
Serve as a trusted engineering partner to leadership, Product, Operations, Sales, and customers, effectively communicating plans, risks, trade-offs, and progress
Contribute to strategic planning, budgeting, resource allocation, and management of external partners and vendors
Foster an inclusive, accountable, high-performance engineering culture

Qualifications

10–15+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership within product-driven organizations
5+ years leading engineering managers, tech leads, and multi-team organizations
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience (Master’s/MBA preferred)
Proven track record in senior engineering leadership roles delivering scalable, secure, and reliable software products
Strong expertise in modern architecture, Agile delivery, DevOps, CI/CD, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and distributed systems
Experience operating in complex product environments, including SaaS, fintech, gaming/lottery, e-commerce, payments, or enterprise software
Excellent leadership, organizational design, decision-making, communication, and executive stakeholder management skills
Based in Warsaw, Poland, with hybrid on-site presence required

Success Profile

Leading Complexity
Leading People
Leading the Business
Leading Self

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This information reflects Brightstar Lottery’s good-faith estimate of compensation for this position at the time of publication. Actual compensation will be determined in accordance with the applicable collective agreement and internal compensation policies. Factors that we consider include, but are not limited to, role, career level, performance, skills, level of expertise, experience, location, market competitiveness, and internal equity. The estimated starting compensation range is 352,304 zł – 542,006 zł. The Company will comply with all local pay requirements and collective bargaining agreements, where applicable.

In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for an annual performance-based bonus with a set target (20% of salary) aligned with individual and company performance. Eligibility and payout may be prorated based on date of hire and service during the performance period or sales commission.

Other Benefits Offered:

Paid time off
Health insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance
Opportunities to volunteer your time to company-driven initiatives, employee networks or organizations of your choice
Variety of well-being programs
Retirement benefits
Additional benefits available depending on the seniority of the role

This position is governed by collective bargaining agreement, which regulates the main terms and conditions of employment, including minimum salary levels, classification, working hours, leave, and other employment rights.

Our hiring process is conducted in line with principles of pay transparency and equal pay. We do not request or rely on candidates’ salary history during the selection process.

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