Head of Engineering: Bingo

Head of Engineering: Bingo

Playtech

Sofia, Bulgaria

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We’re looking for a Head of Engineering: Bingo who can combine hands-on backend expertise with strong technical leadership and a business-oriented mindset. This is a complex, senior role where you’ll own the technology strategy, delivery, and platform health for Bingo, acting as a senior partner to Product and Commercial to drive business outcomes in a fast‑moving, product‑driven environment.

Job Description

Your Influential Mission: You Will…

• Own the Bingo technology strategy, ensuring alignment to product vision, commercial goals, and operator outcomes;
• Provide hands-on technical leadership staying close enough to the code to guide quality and architecture, particularly on Java backend systems;
• Drive architecture and technical decision‑making for complex, scalable platforms;
• Act as the primary technology partner to Product and key stakeholders, shaping solutions, influencing decisions, and translating requirements into practical technical solutions;
• Lead and develop engineering teams, setting clear direction, standards, and accountability while mentoring senior engineers, helping raise engineering standards and best practices;
• Collaborate closely with multiple stakeholders across units, owning delivery predictability, balancing short term delivery with long term technical strategy and platform sustainability;
• Play a key role in the transition and evolution of the team structure, supporting continuity and future growth;
• Ensure platform scalability, stability, security, and regulatory compliance across all markets;
• Manage and reduce technical debt, making trade-offs aligned to business impact and delivery risk;
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, tooling, and ways of working to improve efficiency and quality;
• Ensure predictable releases, strong production stability, and rapid resolution of incidents and escalations

Qualifications

Components for Success: You…

• Have strong hands‑on Java backend experience in complex, production‑scale environments;
• Bring proven experience in technical leadership within senior or lead engineering roles;
• Are comfortable balancing coding, architectural thinking, and people leadership;
• Can clearly communicate technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders;
• Have experience operating in cross‑functional, multi‑team environments;
• Demonstrate a pragmatic mindset focused on quality, scalability, and maintainability.

You’ll Get Extra Points for…

• Experience owning technology outcomes in a complex, commercially driven environment;
• Experience working across multiple business units or domains;
• Exposure to high‑performance or high‑availability systems;
• A background that combines engineering excellence with strategic thinking;
• Experience contributing to hiring, interviewing, and technical evaluation of senior candidates.

How Success is Measured

• Delivery against agreed roadmap commitments;
• Improved platform stability and reduction in incidents (reduced mean time to recovery: MTTR);
• Strong alignment and feedback from Product and Commercial stakeholders;
• Contribution to product performance and commercial outcomes (e.g. engagement, revenue, operator satisfaction);
• Reduction in technical debt and improved system performance;
• Reduced cross-team dependencies and delivery bottlenecks;
• High team engagement and retention;
• Clear, well-understood technical decisions and priorities.