Hybrid Engineering Manager – Virtuals

at KingMakers

• Job title: Engineering Manager – Virtuals
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Azure, Docker, Grafana, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, MongoDB, MS SQL Server, RabbitMQ, Redis, SQL, Terraform, .NET
• Location requirements: Hybrid, St Julian's, Malta

About the role

• Engineering Manager leading a team for the revenue-critical Virtuals vertical at KingMakers. Overseeing delivery and technical direction within a growing iGaming platform.

Responsibilities

• **What You'll Own**
• This is a full-scope Engineering Manager role combining people leadership, delivery ownership and technical direction.
• **👥 People & Leadership**
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of engineers.
• Run structured performance cycles and development plans.
• Hire and onboard strong talent.
• Foster accountability, collaboration and engineering maturity.
• Shape on-call culture and operational ownership.
• We look for leaders who build durable, high-performing teams, not short-term heroics.
• **🚀 Delivery & Roadmap**
• Drive execution of the Virtuals roadmap.
• Own planning, prioritisation and risk management.
• Align engineering delivery with business and product strategy.
• Reduce noise and bring predictability to releases.
• Contribute meaningfully to roadmap definition.
• This role requires clarity, structure and strong stakeholder alignment.
• **🔭 Architecture & Technical Direction**
• You will guide architectural decisions and engineering standards across:
• Distributed, event-driven systems
• High-concurrency environments
• Microservices architecture
• Domain-driven design
• Technical debt management
• Observability, monitoring and incident resolution
• Security-first mindset
• Architectural decisions here are not theoretical, they influence performance, uptime and revenue stability.
• **Our Stack**
• We operate with modern, scalable technology including:
• C# / .NET
• Microsoft Azure
• Docker & Kubernetes (AKS)
• MS SQL Server, MongoDB, Redis
• Kafka & RabbitMQ
• Terraform (IaC)
• CI/CD (Azure DevOps)
• Observability & monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana)
• We expect technical credibility, not necessarily daily hands-on coding, but the ability to guide and challenge engineering decisions.

Requirements

• **You bring:**
• Proven experience operating as an Engineering Manager with direct people management responsibility.
• Experience leading engineers in production environments with operational accountability.
• Strong performance leadership: structured feedback, talent development, and constructive handling of underperformance.
• Clear ownership of delivery: planning, prioritisation, risk management and predictable execution.
• Strong stakeholder partnership: able to communicate trade-offs clearly and early.
• Technical credibility: capable of guiding architecture and maintaining standards without micromanaging.
• **The Leadership Profile We Value**
• We are deliberate about the managers we hire.
• You are:
• A structured, transparent communicator.
• Comfortable making difficult trade-offs.
• Calm under pressure in revenue-critical systems.
• Consistent and thoughtful in decision-making.
• Someone who embodies the standards you expect from your team.
• Focused on sustainable performance over chaos.
• **Nice to Have**
• Experience in iGaming, Virtuals, Sportsbook or Casino (Sportsbook particularly transferable).
• Background in high-traffic or revenue-critical systems.
• Experience with distributed or event-driven architectures.
• Experience scaling both teams and engineering practices.

Benefits

• **💰 Compensation & Security**
• **Comprehensive Private Health Insurance: **Robust, meaningful coverage, not just basic benefits.
• **Performance Bonus: **Discretionary rewards aligned with real impact.
• **Wellbeing Allowance (€350/year): **Dedicated annual budget to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• **🌍 Flexibility & Time**
• **Hybrid by Design: **2 days in-office, 3 days remote. Intentional collaboration, not presenteeism.
• **Work From Anywhere (10 Days): **Up to 10 business days per year working remotely from wherever you choose.
• **Additional Time Off: **Extra leave days, including your birthday off.
• **🚀 Impact & Growth**
• **Real Leadership Autonomy: **Ownership over your team, hiring decisions and delivery model.
• **Scale With Impact: **Lead a revenue-critical platform expanding into new markets — where engineering decisions directly influence growth.
• **True International Scope: **Collaborate with engineering and product teams across Nigeria, South Africa, Spain and the UK.
• **🏢 Environment & Experience**
• **Healthy, High-Performance Culture: **Clear priorities. Direct communication. High standards without ego or chaos.
• **Thoughtful Office Experience: **Weekly in-office meals, quality coffee, team building budget and snacks and a welcoming team environment.
• **Modern Malta Office: **Professional workspace with reserved parking.