At KingMakers, we’re redefining sports and gaming entertainment across Africa through innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a talented team of engineers, driving the delivery of scalable, high-quality technical solutions while fostering a culture of growth, learning, and continuous improvement. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring alignment between business goals and technical execution, enabling Kingmakers to remain at the forefront of the industry.
We’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager for Payments to lead a team of 12 talented engineers in building scalable, high-performance systems. If you're passionate about technology, love mentoring others, and thrive in fast-paced environments, this is your chance to drive real impact while shaping the future of our platform.
About the RoleAs an Engineering Manager, you will:
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, ensuring the delivery of innovative, scalable, and maintainable solutions that align with business objectives.
- Drive technical excellence by promoting best practices, resolving complex challenges, and fostering a collaborative environment.
- Act as a bridge between technical teams and stakeholders, aligning technical roadmaps with business goals while communicating risks and opportunities effectively.
- Focus on team growth, ensuring engineers have the tools, guidance, and support to excel in their roles.
- Guide the team in designing and developing scalable, secure, and reliable payment systems.
- Oversee system architecture, balancing innovation with maintainability and performance.
- Ensure smooth execution of complex, cross-functional projects.
- Champion best practices, testing, and quality assurance in all deliverables.
- Mentor, coach, and grow engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and innovation.
- Provide clear feedback, career guidance, and motivation to help team members excel.
- Build cohesion across frontend and backend squads, ensuring alignment on goals and delivery.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical roadmaps aligned with business goals.
- Drive continuous improvement in workflows, observability, and incident management.
- Balance priorities between new feature development, system maintenance, and bug fixing.
Requirements
We are looking for a dynamic leader who is passionate about technology and thrives in a rapidly growing organization. To be successful in this role, you’ll need:
Top Attributes- Team player & humble leader
- Exceptional communication skills
- Proactive problem-solver
- Strong people management skills
- Proven experience leading engineering teams
- Strong expertise in React, Tailwind, Angular, C#, .NET, SQL, MongoDB, Kafka.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (Azure or similar) is highly valued.
- Familiarity with financial/booking systems.
- Knowledge of microservices, event-driven systems, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
- Solid grounding in CI/CD, test automation, and Agile practices.
- Payments or iGaming industry experience
- Game integration expertise
Benefits
At KingMakers, your work will have a real impact. Here’s what makes us different:
- Work Globally: Collaborate with exceptional talent from across the world in an inclusive and dynamic environment.
- Opportunities for Growth: Develop your skills and advance your career in a team that values learning, innovation, and personal development.
- Impactful Work: Be part of a company redefining sports and gaming entertainment, making a real impact across Africa.
- Embrace Challenges: Take on exciting projects that push boundaries and allow you to grow in your field.
Our benefits are tailored to each location, ensuring they meet the needs of our global team. Here are some examples:
- 🛡️ Private Health Insurance: Comprehensive plans for you.
- 🌴 Extra Time Off: Additional leave days, including your birthday off, to relax and recharge.
- 🏠 Hybrid Work: A flexible arrangement with 2 days in the office and 3 days remote each week.
- 🚙 Parking: Reserved spots available in our office in Malta.
- 🏟️Team Activities: Regular events to build connections and foster collaboration.
- 🍿 Office Perks: Free snacks, coffee, and a welcoming environment to keep you energized.
- 🏆 Performance Bonuses: Discretionary rewards recognizing your contributions.
Top Skills
What We Do
KingMakers is the leading sports and digital entertainment platform company across the African continent.
We are focused on creating opportunity. Opportunity that allows individuals and communities to realise their dreams – to be the best they can be. Opportunities to grow, to change, to build a business, to make a difference. Opportunity for individuals. Opportunity for our communities.
Our proprietary technology, delivered through our agency and online platforms, brings sports fans and their communities closer to the games they love.
We do this by building products and content experiences that delight our customers daily, that empower our partners and sustain their communities.
That’s why at the heart of KingMakers is a passion to empower individuals and to give back to the community. We do this by allowing agents in our network to grow their own business and in so doing enrich the communities in which we operate.
Our goal is always to put the customer first : by combining technology, customer insight and talent we strive to give African sports fans a superior, more rewarding and engaging experience, online, offline 24/7.
Our Values:
• Customer Focus
• Passion & Dedication
• Openness, Honesty & Directness
• Innovation & Big Thinking
• Ownership & Accountability
• Speed & Focus
• Low Ego
• Fun
