Job Description
Brightstar is an innovative, forward-thinking global leader in lottery that builds on our renowned expertise in delivering secure technology and producing reliable, comprehensive solutions for our customers. As a premier pure play global lottery company, our best-in-class lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and award-winning lottery games enable our customers to achieve their goals, fulfill player needs and distribute meaningful benefits to communities. We have a longstanding commitment to Responsible Gaming (RG) that is engrained within our core business and the products we offer to customers and players worldwide. Brightstar has a well-established local presence and is a trusted partner to governments and regulators around the world, creating value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. Brightstar has approximately 6,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com.
Responsibilities
If you get excited about online social and mobile games that leverage the power of cloud services and Facebook then this is an opportunity you will want to explore! We are looking for a strong Senior Manager with leadership and development experiences to lead our Engineering organization.
The incumbent will:
- Lead the engineering organization by daily team accountability, tasking and timely completion of projects
- Work closely with product management to determine feasibility of product features and provide alternatives when necessary
- Keep interest and excitement levels high, inside and outside of the department
- Participate in the mentoring and career development of all direct reports
- Constantly look for better processes for projecting and improving project profitability
- Participate in communicating, monitoring and enforcing company guidelines for software development
- Encourage innovation of process and creative development methodologies by all
- Actively lead or participate in resolving key issues that impact the performance of the team
- Present creative solutions to internal teams when possible-Design and implement critical components of the product
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related discipline or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience in client-side software design and development experience
- 3+ years of experience in HTML5, ActionScript, and/or Java programming
- 3+ years of supervisory/management experience
- Knowledge of the implications of developing for high-availability clustered environments
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Working knowledge or broad experience with SVN, Mercurial, Jira, bitbucket and Confluence
- Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming, FP, Components and Design Patterns for Games and Web Applications
- Proficiency in JavaScript or any FP language
- Proficiency in at least one OOP language like Java, C++, C#, AS3
- Excellent communication skills - able to communicate effectively with technical / non-technical personnel
- Able to pass a Security Background Investigation
Preferred:
- Familiarity with current generation tools and frameworks (e.g. ReactJS, ReactNative, Babel)
- History of designing and deploying well-structured JavaScript applications
- Solid Experience with DVCS
- Solid Experience in TDD / BDD methodologies
- Online game development experience
Success Profile
• Leading Complexity
• Leading People
• Leading the Business
• Leading Self
This information reflects Brightstar Lottery’s good-faith estimate of compensation for this position at the time of publication. Actual compensation will be determined in accordance with the applicable collective agreement and internal compensation policies. Factors that we consider include, but are not limited to, role, career level, performance, skills, level of expertise, experience, location, market competitiveness, and internal equity. The estimated starting compensation range is 298,607 zł – 459,395 zł. The Company will comply with all local pay requirements and collective bargaining agreements, where applicable.
In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for an annual performance-based bonus with a set target (15% of salary) aligned with individual and company performance. Eligibility and payout may be prorated based on date of hire and service during the performance period or sales commission.
Other Benefits Offered:
- Paid time off
- Health insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance
- Opportunities to volunteer your time to company-driven initiatives, employee networks or organizations of your choice
- Variety of well-being programs
- Retirement benefits
- Additional benefits available depending on the seniority of the role
This position is governed by collective bargaining agreement, which regulates the main terms and conditions of employment, including minimum salary levels, classification, working hours, leave, and other employment rights.
Our hiring process is conducted in line with principles of pay transparency and equal pay. We do not request or rely on candidates’ salary history during the selection process.
All Brightstar employees have a role in information security. Annual training will be assigned and required as appropriate.