Technical Lead

About Us

At PointsBet, we have only built a fraction of what we have imagined.

PointsBet is a leading name in the online gaming industry, delivering top-tier sportsbook and online gaming experiences to customers across Australia and Canada. With a passion for innovation and a commitment to responsible gaming, we're dedicated to crafting digital products that thrill, engage, and perform. Our mission is to redefine entertainment through cutting-edge design and technology.

About the Role

As a Technical Lead, you will support the Principal Engineer and the overall Engineering Department in leading and guiding a cross-functional development team and driving quality product development through delivery expertise & development, leadership, maintenance, and operational support of the systems built within PointsBet teams.

Leveraging your Thought Leadership skills, you'll engage, educate and enable your team and other parts of the Engineering Department with shaping the ways we work.

You will be part of and help to promote, a diverse and agile team, building & operating world-class services to support business-critical systems. This role has an important part as a People Leader where you will be driving high employee engagement and coaching and mentoring of team members.

Role Responsibilities

• Provide all necessary support to the Scrum team(s) whenever possible, leading by example rather than process
• Plan, schedule, and facilitate solution design and estimation sessions
• Provide day‐to‐day thought leadership and technical guidance
• Own team adherence to team objectives including design, coding practices, quality assurance, continuous integration, and continuous delivery processes to ensure solutions are fit for purpose
• Manage business expectations and project delivery times, ensure the team meets timelines and delivery commitments made, escalating issues early
• Communicate any risks associated with projects being progressed by the team
• Own the team's development work from planning through to deployment
• Actively contribute to relevant internal technical forums, respectfully providing opinions and suggestions
• Translate product owner expectations into fully developed functionality that meets functional and non‐functional requirements
• Maintain and support PointsBet's websites and back-office systems
• Mentor and foster growth in Developers both inside and outside your team
• Contribute to the broader business through product stakeholder discussions
• Propose solutions to business problems or features
• entify and present the technical trade‐offs and risks of different development approaches in a meaningful way
• Ensure that a variety of concerns are taken into consideration when designing technical solutions including performance, scalability, availability, and security
• Contribute to team members career goals and objectives, including performance review discussions
• Lead knowledge sharing sessions and encourage others to share knowledge and expertise
• Contribute to talent acquisition and hiring

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience in a leadership role, developing and supporting a cross functional team of 3+ members
• Extensive experience working across technology teams/environments
• Experience in an agile, large-scale, commercial environment architecting / designing and building service-oriented applications
• Experience with managing communications and setting expectations with stakeholders
• Strong collaboration skills

The PB Perks

• PointsBet Flex Program – Enjoy hybrid working, "Work from Anywhere" weeks and sabbatical leave, to name a few.
• PointsBet Day – Celebrate your PointsBet anniversary with a day off.
• Annual Bonus Scheme – Recognising exceptional performance, our bonus program rewards great work with additional earnings on top of competitive salary packages.
• Parental Leave – 18 weeks for Primary Carers and 4 weeks for Secondary Carers.
• Employee Assistance Program – Access support whenever you need it.
• Additional Perks – Social events, gym classes, pet friendly offices, stocked kitchens, sporting event tickets, wellness programs and more

Join us in our journey to change the game, innovate daily and create a platform that sports lovers across the globe can trust and enjoy.