About us:
Pollard Digital Solutions is a full-solution supplier of lottery management and iLottery technology for world-wide lottery markets. The company is owned by Pollard Banknote Ltd. – a leading partner to more than 60 lotteries worldwide, providing high quality instant ticket products, licensed games, retail merchandising solutions, and a full suite of digital offerings. Established in 1907 in Winnipeg, Canada, Pollard Banknote is owned approximately 66.7% by the Pollard family and is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (PBL).
Our objective is to deliver the most innovative solutions that will render industry-leading returns to good causes in an ethically responsible way. We emphasize a friendly, lively, and respectful workplace atmosphere, where team spirit is highly valued.
Role overview:
We are looking for a Technical Lead to guide one of our engineering teams toward technical excellence. This is a pivotal role in a cross-functional team responsible for ensuring the team’s deliverables are technically robust, providing insights on the technical aspects of backlog items, maintaining hands-on involvement in development, and facilitating the technical growth of the team members.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead a cross-functional, delivery-focused team where software engineers, test engineers, an Engineering manager, and Product managers work together using Agile principles in a highly autonomous and collaborative environment.
- Outline technical strategies for team backlogs, aligned with our architecture and product vision, and collaborate on long-term roadmaps.
- Define technical aspects of team projects, collaborating with architects and managers.
- Act as the go-to expert for technical queries and decision-making in a cross-functional team.
- Write exemplary code, review peers' contributions, and maintain high code quality.
- Lead code reviews, pair program with other engineers in the team, actively engage in debugging and optimizing our applications.
- Act as a mentor to less experienced engineers, promoting a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence. Stay abreast of technology trends and drive the professional growth of your team.
- Streamline development workflows in partnership with Application Architects and Engineering Managers.
You are a Technical Lead with:
- A degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum 2-year experience in a technical leadership position as part of a cross-functional team in a highly collaborative environment.
- A hands-on approach to software development, with a commitment to coding as part of your leadership role.
- Proficiency in Java and comfortable with the latest Object-Oriented practices.
- Expertise in microservices architecture and REST APIs design and implementation.
- Experience with Agile, Lean, Continuous delivery approaches and best practices like TDD and CI/CD.
- Solid English skills, both written and spoken.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
- Organized and disciplined work ethic.
We hope you have:
- Knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS, Docker, or Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of workflow and process orchestration technologies like Camunda.
- Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps.
- Experience with observability stacks like Grafana, Datadog, or similar.
- Experience with Security management tools.
Our Offer
We emphasize having a great working environment and offer the following to our employees:
- Extensive training when entering the company as well as throughout the employment introducing new technologies and work methods
- Modern office space in Belgrade
- High quality office equipment
- Agile work methodologies
- Private health insurance
- Happy Fridays
- Social activities
- Events that encourage innovation
- Being part of one of the largest Gaming Company in Europe
- Participate in the growth of the office in Belgrade
- Work in an international environment
- Opportunity to learn and grow
- Possibility of traveling
Please submit your resume in English language. All applications will be handled with confidentiality. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
