We seek a passionate, quick-thinking Engineering Manager to drive our vision forward. With our finger on the pulse of the industry, we’re propelling growth and innovation. Ready to make your mark in the dynamic world of iGaming?
Let’s shape the future together at Raketech 🚀!
The Role:
Reporting to the Senior Product Manager, as an Engineering Manager, you will own the technical direction of the AffiliationCloud platform within a cloud-based microservice architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, and high engineering standards. You will lead a team of six developers, ensuring engineering best practices are consistently applied across services and applications using tools like Laravel for backend services and Vue.jsfor frontend development.
A key part of this role is driving the transition to an AI-driven development mindset, embedding AI tools and practices into daily workflows to boost development speed, code quality, and team productivity.
You will work closely with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to turn business requirements into well-architected solutions.
As an Engineering Manager, you are expected to:
Leading and developing a high-performing engineering team: Providing coaching, mentorship, and clear expectations to support career growth, engagement, and retention while fostering a collaborative, psychologically safe team culture.
Lead the architecture and development of backend services using Laravel
Drive frontend development and best practices using Vue.js
Champion the adoption of AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, testing, documentation, and code reviews
Establish guidelines and best practices for responsible and effective use of AI in the development lifecycle
Identify opportunities to automate repetitive engineering tasks using AI and tooling
Write clean, testable, and maintainable code while setting technical standards, leveraging AI-assisted tools to improve code quality, automate repetitive tasks, and accelerate development
Review code, mentor developers, and provide clear technical guidance
Design and optimize APIs, database structures, and background jobs
Ensure application performance, security, and scalability
Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and monitoring
Identify technical debt and define practical plans to address it
Perform impact assessment of features and defects with the Product Team
Break down product requirements into clear technical tasks and delivery milestones
Success in this role means:
A motivated team that grows technically under your leadership
Stable, scalable platforms that handle high traffic while delivering a responsive and intuitive user experience
Increased development velocity through effective AI adoption
Reduced manual effort in repetitive tasks via smart automation
High code quality and consistent engineering standards across teams
On-time delivery of features without compromising system reliability
Proven track record of software engineering and engineering management experience at scale
Strong technical background in cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and distributed systems
5+ years of software development experience, with strong hands-on expertise in Laravel (PHP) and solid experience building modern frontends with Vue.js
Practical experience using AI-powered development tools (e.g., AI code assistants, automated test generation, AI-supported code reviews)
Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL, and caching systems (e.g., Redis)
Experience designing scalable architectures and handling performance optimization
Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based deployments
Experience mentoring developers and leading technical decision-making
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to balance technical quality with business needs