Head Of Engineering F - M H/F

Détail du poste

WHY JOIN US? 🚀

At Betclic, success comes from passionate and committed teams. Here's why you'll love working with us:

💡An international and creative environment where every project is an opportunity to innovate

📈Hypergrowth that brings new challenges and development opportunities every day

🏡A healthy work-life balance: flexible remote work and workplace well-being are essential pillars for us.

🌟A unique and friendly atmosphere, with 1,600 employees across 5 countries and our headquarters in Bordeaux

Are you passionate about sports and tech? Join us and help shape the future of online gaming!

ENTER THE GAME🎮

Betclic places technological performance at the core of its business. Our applications are fully developed in-house to ensure maximum control. Our interfaces are designed to deliver an immersive experience to millions of players - highly secure, scalable, and capable of handling significant traffic peaks.

As Head of Engineering, you lead a Tribe composed of several Squads within one of Betclic's key development domains. You support high-performing, passionate teams that put innovation and quality at the heart of everything they do.


YOUR ROLE WITHIN BETCLIC🔥

In this role, your main missions will be:

Technical Guidance

  • Define and own the technical roadmap, aligning architecture and technological initiatives with long-term business objectives.
  • Ensure the quality and robustness of technical deliverables: clean code, scalable architectures, CI/CD, observability, and DevSecOps best practices.
  • Guarantee the security and compliance of all technical implementations, fostering a culture of data protection, reliability, and responsible risk management.


Team Management & Leadership

  • Lead a Tribe composed of several Squads (around 3 to 4) working on one of our key products, fostering autonomy, ownership, and impact.
  • Directly manage several Engineering Managers, and functionally oversee dedicated experts within the Tribe (Data, AI, Architecture, SRE).
  • Set clear goals and empower the team to grow and succeed.
  • Oversee recruitment and ensure a balanced mix of skills within the team.
  • Support talent development through mentoring, structured feedback, and continuous coaching - with the aim of nurturing future leaders and outstanding engineers.
  • Guide your Engineering Managers through change and transformation


Production Oriented

  • Ensure reliable operations ("run") are properly managed by the team and that production remains under control.
  • Efficiently coordinate incident management to ensure fast resolution and minimize downtime.
  • Monitor delivery performance, define relevant KPIs, and continuously improve velocity, quality, and sustainability of development efforts.


Delivery Management

  • Be responsible for the successful execution of the roadmap, including feature interdependencies, data integration, AI/GenAI opportunities, and platform scalability.
  • Co-lead the product roadmap with the Head of Product, ensuring alignment between technical, product, and strategic goals.
  • Continuously challenge our practices and systems, bringing innovation and continuous improvement to our solutions.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?🔍

We are looking for passionate and curious professionals who bring kindness and a touch of enthusiasm!

This job is for you if:

  • You have at least 5 years of experience in a Head of Engineering or Tech Director role, ideally within large-scale, real-time B2C platforms, built on modern architectures and operating in agile delivery environments.
  • You have a proven strategic vision, with the ability to align technology with product and business goals.
  • You're known for your ability to lead Engineering Managers, develop talent, create career paths, and recruit effectively.
  • You're drawn to the world of gaming and sports.
  • You're fluent in English and use it daily.
  • You have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • You're highly organized, able to prioritize tasks efficiently, and structure your work effectively.

WHAT ARE THE RECRUITMENT STEPS?📝

If your application is shortlisted, Etiennewill contact you within a week for an initial HR screening (30 minutes). Then, you will complete the AssessFirst test (personality, motivation and cognitive reasoning).

About two weeks later, you will either take a technical test with one of our Technology experts.

Next, you will meet your future Tech Director, followed by Benoit, our CTO. Finally, Etienne will conduct a final HR interview to review your AssessFirst results together.

The recruitment process usually takes between 4 to 6 weeks to ensure an optimal experience for you.


WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?🎁

✅ 25 days of paid leave and 10 RTT days

🍽️ A Ticket Restaurant® card credited with €11 per day (€6 per day funded by Betclic)

🩺 100% health insurance coverage for you and your children

🚆 50% reimbursement of public transport costs or an annual sustainable mobility allowance (€230 for commuting with sustainable transport)

🏡 Hybrid work model

📚 Access to a vast training catalog, with opportunities for professional development every year

🏢 Extraordinary office spaces with a rooftop where you can enjoy sunny breaks with a view of the Cité du Vin

🎉 Internal events to liven up your daily life

🏋️ On-site sports classes and organized tournaments (Pilates, circuit training, boxing, yoga, futsal, padel, tennis...)


Permanent contract, available immediately in Bordeaux / remote possible from another city (on-site presence required twice a month)
📍 Betclic Group - 117 Quai de Bacalan, 33300 BORDEAUX