Lead Big Data Engineer

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Lead to join our Data Platform team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the delivery of key milestones that align with the objectives of both the Big Data department and the wider Data Engineering function.

As a Lead, you will guide your team to ensure alignment, engagement, and focus on achieving these goals. You will play an active role in coordinating with internal stakeholders, including the Head of Platform, Product Owners, and other key teams, to provide updates, communicate risks, and ensure delivery commitments to our partners are met.

Strong collaboration and communication skills are essential, as you will work closely with peers across the Platform department to support the successful delivery of initiatives that are critical to the company’s data infrastructure and strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Communication, organisation and alignment
• Align your team with the product and technical objectives and to keep a healthy communication flow with the Head of Data Platform and other internal stakeholders
• Support the business with providing clarity on deliverables tied with your team milestones
• Provide constructive feedback to your team during 121s that are to be held monthly
• Be responsible to assist your team with different career paths, that are aligned with the teams objectives that fall under GiG’s OKRs
• Introduce processes, documentation where necessary to help your team be coordinated and for other internal stakeholders to easily access critical documentation
• Work with other central teams to support the organisation strategy of GiG. These may involve Product, Data DevOps, Architecture, Infrastructure teams etc.
• Attend client facing meetings to elaborate on obstacles faced and to manage expectations keeping the leadership informed in case you require assistance.
• To keep composure under pressure and to work against tight deadlines.
• Delegation is key, and requesting support from other leaders when in need. We are a team and we share the burden.
• Take caution with sensitive information.
• Technical ability and awareness of the team
• Continue to enable your team and support with assessing required training to continue up-skilling your team. Find the training necessary for your team.
• Find the right balance between technical contribution and time to mentor your team.
• Collaborate in technical talks in quarterly updates to the rest of the team, and encourage your team to contribute for recognition.
• Participate in technical interviews, and request support from your team to find the best possible peers.
• Contribute to incident management and be clear in communication to improve time to resolve. Be the person of contact to the Head of Platform to make sure any decisions involving risk mitigations are taken as early as possible.

Requirements

• Bachelors/Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• 5+ years in data or platform engineering
• 2+ years leading teams
• Strong leadership experience: mentoring, interviewing, stakeholder communication
• Solution-oriented mindset with ability to escalate and manage incidents
• Experience in data governance, release management and compliance

About Gaming Innovation Group

We are an award-winning iGaming platform and sportsbook provider supplying industry-leading solutions to our partners and their players. We specialise in helping online and land-based operators expand their iGaming and sports betting business on a global scale, focusing on innovation and customisation to power localised customer experiences and intimate user journeys. As a regulated markets specialist, we offer compliant entry into 36+ complex regulated markets around the world.

Our powerful iGaming platform is built to be scalable, open and user-centric, rapidly integrating with our partners' existing tech and preferred third parties. It provides a personalised user experience through our suite of real-time marketing tools, real-time data, and real-time rules engine, allowing our partners to build their own automated bespoke rules, without the need for coding knowledge.

Our sportsbook is built mobile-first and provides a premium player experience through our Bet builder, comprehensive Live betting capabilities and Player props. Our partners benefit from tailored odds, personalised margins, and risk management strategy, increasing the players’ personalised experience. Our partners benefit from an in-house trading team available 24/7 through direct communication channels, delivering unparalleled agility and service to all our partners, around the clock.