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Software Engineering Director

Edinburgh / Hybrid💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead multiple engineering teams to drive performance, reliability, and modular architecture for the FanDuel Sportsbook app across iOS, Android, and Web.

Role type

Senior IC Software Engineering Director (Mobile & Platform)

Builds

High-performance mobile apps, observability platforms, and modularized codebases for a global sportsbook.

Domain

Consumer-facing mobile gaming and betting

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Mobile app performance optimization, cross-platform framework leadership (React Native), large-scale architecture modernization, observability strategy, team leadership, strategic technical vision, on-call incident management, vendor/outsourcing management

Preferred skills

Managing managers, near-shoring/off-shoring experience, 3-5 year strategic planning

Technologies

React Native, NX monorepo, Datadog RUM, Sentry, Crashlytics, iOS, Android, Web

Responsibilities

Define technical vision for performance and modularization; own end-to-end app performance metrics; drive observability instrumentation; lead monorepo restructuring; manage on-call stability; oversee outsourced development; execute long-term platform strategy.

Seniority

Director, hands-on leadership with strategic scope

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