Software Development Team Lead

Requirements:

• Strong experience with GCP and BigQuery, including a deep understanding of cloud architecture.
• Experience using AI tools to enhance workflows and processes, with practical application in projects.
• Experience leading a geographically distributed software delivery team.
• Strong organisation and adaptability, with the ability to prioritise, deliver, and drive efficiency in a high-throughput, fast-paced environment.
• A positive outlook and ability to adapt to changing requirements.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders to clarify requirements and deliver solution designs within required timeframes.
• A start-up mindset, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to inspire and motivate teams.
• Experience designing and implementing software solutions within a cloud architecture is advantageous.
• Experience in a regulatory or commercial gambling environment.
• Commercial database development and optimisation experience using SQL Server 2014 or later, T-SQL, or BigQuery and GoogleSQL.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a cross-functional team delivering regulatory reporting software solutions.
• Manage team performance, provide mentoring and coaching, and support development goals.
• Support the technical lead and team in adopting AI solutions to enhance workflows and reporting capabilities.
• Establish governance to ensure team outputs meet regulatory reporting requirements and follow sound design practices.
• Own delivery of reporting solutions that meet regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Finance, Compliance, and other stakeholders to prioritise work.
• Track risks, issues, and external team dependencies through to completion.
• Identify and implement improvements to working practices, processes, and deliverables to support efficient delivery of high-quality software.
• Foster a collaborative, respectful, and supportive working environment.
• Provide management with updates on team delivery and activities, and escalate issues that could put project milestones at risk.
• Develop an understanding of existing regulatory reporting systems, including regulatory requirements and their implemented interpretations.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• BigQuery
• Cloud
• GCP
• HTTP
• Support
• REST
• SOAP
• SQL
• Web
• Windows

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We are one of the worlds leading online gambling companies, founded in 2000 by Denise Coates CBE. We employ over 9,000 people and serve more than 100 million customers in 27 languages. Our focus on in-play betting supports a market-leading experience across 96 sports and 700,000 streaming events. At peak, we handle over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures, stream more live sports than any other company in Europe, process over 6 billion HTTP requests daily, and handle more than 2 million bets per hour. We encourage creativity, new ideas, and opportunities for employees to grow and make an impact. Our Data Engineering department develops high-performance, reliable software and reporting systems for communicating jurisdiction-specific information to international regulators. Our architecture includes high-throughput, database-centric distributed applications, batch reporting, SOAP and REST API integrations, Windows and web services, and web applications. This role is eligible for our hybrid working policy. We are committed to a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive environment where everyone can grow and develop, and we can provide adjustments or accommodations during recruitment.

last updated 43 week of 2026