Gambling.com Group (Nasdaq: GAMB) is looking for exceptional talent interested in the fast-paced, fast-growth online sports betting and online gambling industry in the U.S. The Group operates a portfolio of websites -- including its flagship Gambling.com and sports betting brand Bookies.com, as well as a variety of state-specific websites such as NewYorkBets.com, BetArizona.com and BetOhio.com. These help consumers navigate legal online sports betting and gambling options with expert analysis, independent reviews, news, tips, odds comparisons and more.
With over half of U.S. states now offering legal, regulated sports betting, and plenty more poised to do so in 2023 and beyond, the North American market is expected to be the future of the global online gambling industry. The Group’s acquisitions of RotoWire.com and BonusFinder.com and media partnerships with Gannett and the McClatchy Company in the last 12 months have strengthened its position in North America and positioned the Group for significant growth.
As the first and only online gambling affiliate publicly traded in the U.S., the Group has won nearly every award in the gambling affiliate industry for sports and casino -- most recently winning SBC North America Sports Affiliate of the Year in 2023 -- and is a two-time winner of the prestigious EGR Global Affiliate of the Year award. The Group has a growing U.S. HQ in Charlotte, North Carolina, with offices in Tampa, Florida and Madison, Wisconsin as well.
The Director, Development will be a key leader within our North American Vertical which encompasses both our Sports and Local teams. This role will guide a talented group of developers tasked with driving data integration, re-platforming websites, optimizing site architecture, and spearheading efficiency-focused initiatives. Their work will span across various sites within the GDC group including Bookies.com, Rotowire.com, BetCalifornia.com, OntarioBets.com, USAToday.com, and several other large properties.
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of developers, with responsibility for both direct reports and skip-level oversight within North American divisions
- Lead architecture design across multiple teams
- Establish and maintain development standards and processes for scalable, high-quality development
- Ensure consistency in architecture, frameworks, languages and tools across teams and projects
- Provide technical leadership for every aspect of software development
- Collaborate with other senior leaders to help meet company goals and targets
- Distribute developers efficiently across projects and teams to prevent any potential bottlenecks
- Monitor emerging technologies and trends to drive innovation and help the team problem solve
- Evaluate projects early and often to identify and resolve any issues
- Arrange needed training and upskilling for the team, where applicable
- Aid in the recruitment and long-term retention of key talent
- Foster a culture of curiosity and continuous improvement within the team
Requirements
Technical
- Has 5+ years of commercial development experience using PHP
- Has significant experience in JavaScript (Vue), HTML, and CSS/SCSS
- Experience building and maintaining websites, applications and API’s using Laravel
- Experience with a variety of AWS products and implementation
- Comfortable with GitHub and the gitflow model
- Can use ORM’s to access data but also know how to drop down to SQL statements if needed
Leadership
- Possess a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- Has a minimum 5+ years’ experience managing a team of developers
- Experience of providing team leadership in a distributed team environment
- Skilled in developing and executing effective strategies, with a strong understanding of best practices
- Ability to identify and address any processes gaps, driving improvements for optimized outcomes
- Has a process for identifying technical tasks that need attention and working with business to get these prioritized
- Skilled at communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience
- Clear ability to work in teams, contribute to technical decisions and learn/suggest new technologies
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Clear ability to work in teams, contribute to technical decisions and deliver exciting new products to the world
Perks & Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Insurance
- 401k match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Flexible work environment and home office available
- Lifestyle Spending Allowance
- Access to courses for Personal and Career Development
- All the hardware and software you need to be successful
- Regular company events, activities, Spot Awards
- Company Paid Volunteer Day
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What We Do
Gambling.com Group is a multi-award-winning performance marketing company and a leading provider of digital marketing services active exclusively in the online gambling industry. The Group has a workforce of more than 300 and operates from offices in Ireland, the United States and Malta. Through its proprietary technology platform, the Group publishes a portfolio of premier branded websites, including Gambling.com and Bookies.com. Founded in 2006, the Group owns and operates more than 50 websites in seven languages across 15 national markets covering all aspects of the online gambling industry, including iGaming and sports betting, and the fantasy sports industry. Gambling.com Group is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker GAMB.
