Manager Engineering

Location:

Warsaw, PL, 00-807

Requisition ID: 19157

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.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a strong Software Engineering Manager with strong leadership and software development experiences who can effectively manage our team of game developers. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will interact heavily with our internal teams to ensure projects are completed in a timely manner.

The incumbent will:

Manage and prioritize the workload of your engineers
Actively promote the on-time completion of projects
Work closely with product management to determine feasibility of product features and provide alternatives when necessary
Keep interest and excitement levels high, inside and outside of the department
Set measurable objectives for the team and individual reports and guide to achieve them
Constantly look for better processes for projecting and improving project profitability
Encourage innovation of process and creative development methodologies by all
Actively lead or participate in resolving key issues that impact the performance of the team
Contribute to sales activities, customer development, proposal development, and closing sales
Present creative solutions to internal teams when possible
Design and implement critical components of the product

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related discipline or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience in client-side design and software development experience
3+ years of experience in HTML5, ActionScript, and/or Java programming
Knowledge of the implications of developing for high-availability clustered environments
Working knowledge of Linux
Experience with Agile development methodologies
Working knowledge or broad experience with SVN, Mercurial, Jira, bitbucket and Confluence
Excellent communication skills - able to communicate effectively with technical / non-technical personnel
Able to pass a Security Background Investigation

Preferred:

3+ years of supervisory/management experience
Experience with open source technologies
Experience working with geographically distributed teams (i.e. US and China)
SQL knowledge. Bonus points for MySql, CouchBase, Mongo and/or experience
Online game development experience

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.