Engineering Manager (Sports Betting Analytics)

Location: Hybrid role based in London, United Kingdom, with Thursdays in the Farringdon office. Flexible working is supported during the rest of the week; typical hours are 10 am–6 pm UK time, Monday to Friday.

Company

hirify.global builds advanced platforms for sports betting analytics and trading and has grown to more than 40 engineers.

What you will do

• Own the engineering hiring process end to end, including funnel design, role-specific interviews, evaluation standards, and substantial interviewing.
• Lead line management, twice-yearly reviews, progression frameworks, calibration, compensation recommendations, and promotion decisions with the CTO.
• Identify delivery issues, monitor the balance between maintenance and development work, and provide metrics and reporting for engineering leadership.
• Improve engineering processes and standards as the organisation scales, collaborating with the CTO and tech leads.
• Champion developer experience, evaluate new tools and techniques, and drive effective adoption of LLM-based developer tooling.
• Own cloud spend, SaaS licensing, security processes, and company-wide onboarding for technical staff.

Requirements

• Software engineering background with sufficient technical depth and credibility to work alongside strong senior individual contributors.
• Proven experience managing engineers, including review cycles, progression, and calibration.
• Experience owning engineering hiring at volume, both before and after LLMs changed candidate assessment.
• Personally led and scaled an engineering organisation of 30–50+ engineers at a startup or similarly sized scale-up; experience mainly in large corporates or with teams under 20 is unlikely to fit.
• Comfort working without dedicated HR, IT, or procurement support.
• Long-term experience improving processes, standards, and delivery in high-performing engineering teams.
• Collaborative management approach focused on improving how other teams work, with the judgment to challenge assumptions and listen before applying frameworks.
• Fluent written and spoken English required.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience rolling out LLM-based developer tooling and measuring its impact.
• Experience managing cloud spend, SaaS estates, and licensing.
• Experience owning starter and leaver access-management processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with a regular London office day and flexible scheduling.
• Participation in an uncapped company bonus scheme.
• 10% matched pension contributions.
• Private healthcare and long-term illness insurance.
• Gym membership.

Hiring process

• 30-minute introductory call covering background and interests.
• 90-minute video call with the CTO, followed by a 60-minute call with the founder.
• Onsite interview and team meeting.