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.

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