Engineering Manager – Platform & Growth

Job Description

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The Role

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Funteron sits at the intersection of sport, media, technology and commercial partnerships. We’re building ITV OddsFinder and developing the next wave of media partnerships.

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We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our engineering capability, build the team and create the technology platform needed to scale ITV OddsFinder and preparing Funteron for global rollout — ensuring that what we build can be deployed efficiently across new media partners, sports, territories and markets.

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This is a key leadership role within Funteron, combining technology strategy, people management and delivery. You’ll work closely with the founders, product and commercial teams to turn partnership opportunities into scalable technology.

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What You’ll Do

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• Lead the engineering function – build, manage and develop a high-performing engineering team.

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• Own the technology strategy – define the architecture, roadmap and technical priorities for ITV OddsFinder and future products.

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• Scale ITV OddsFinder – ensure the platform is reliable, high-performing and ready for significant audience and partner growth.

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• Enable media partnerships – build reusable APIs, integrations and technology that make launching new media partners faster and easier.

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• Drive global rollout – create a platform that can efficiently support new territories, partners, sports and market requirements.

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• Own engineering delivery – establish strong development processes, standards and accountability while maintaining pace.

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• Manage technology partners – determine the right balance between internal capability and external specialists.

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What We’re Looking For

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You’ll be an experienced engineering leader with a strong technical background and a track record of building teams and scaling digital products.

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You’ll ideally have experience in:

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• Leading and developing software engineering teams.

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• Building and scaling consumer-facing technology platforms.

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• Modern cloud architecture, APIs, data and DevOps.

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• Integrating products with external platforms and partners.

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• Translating commercial and product priorities into technology roadmaps.

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• Scaling technology across multiple customers, partners or markets.

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Experience in sports technology, media, publishing or high-traffic consumer platforms would be particularly valuable.

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What Success Looks Like

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Over your first 12–18 months, you will have:

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• Established Funteron’s technology strategy and engineering roadmap.

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• Built the core engineering team required for the next phase of growth.

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• Strengthened and scaled the technology behind ITV OddsFinder.

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• Created a repeatable technical framework for onboarding new media partners.

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• Improved the speed and predictability with which new products and features can be launched.

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• Help successfully launch Funteron products and partnerships into new markets.

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The Opportunity

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You’ll have significant ownership from day one: this is an opportunity to join Funteron at a point where technology, sport and media partnerships are coming together to create something genuinely scalable.

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You won’t be inheriting a large engineering organisation and simply keeping it running.

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You’ll have the opportunity to shape the technology strategy, build the team and create the platform that powers the next stage of ITV OddsFinder and Funteron’s global growth.

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