Engineering Manager - Game Studio

About Pollard Digital Solutions - Europe

Pollard Digital Solutions - Europe is a full-solution supplier of lottery management and iLottery technology for lottery markets. We’re a division of Pollard Banknote Ltd - a leading partner to 60 lotteries worldwide, known for high quality instant ticket products, licensed games, retail merchandising solutions, and innovation. Established in 1907 and headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada, Pollard Banknote 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 pride ourselves on a collaborative and inclusive workplace - where creativity, team spirit, and respect are core to how we work.

What We Offer

• A truly collaborative and supportive working environment
• Modern office space with on-site parking
• Private health insurance
• Coverage for medical treatments outside of Serbia
• Learning and development budget
• Profit sharing – every role plays a part in our success
• Budget for sports activities
• Team-building and social activities
• Employee referral bonuses
• Hybrid work environment
• Additional employee perks

What You’ll Do as Engineering Manager - Game Studio

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the growth and development of one to two teams within our Game Studio. Our teams design and deliver digital games end-to-end: shaping gameplay, integrating platform services, ensuring compliance, and continuously improving player experience. You’ll play a key leadership role in scaling our development practices, coaching engineers, and building teams that consistently ship high-quality games to players around the world.

Working closely with Product, Game Design, Architecture, Software Engineers, Test Engineers, you’ll guide your teams through the entire lifecycle: game ideation, development, integration, testing, release, and live operations. You’ll enable clear ownership, encourage technical excellence, and build a culture centered on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Lead & grow 1-2 Game Studio teams: coach and empower engineers while delivering reliable, engaging games to production.
• Guide the game lifecycle: support teams from early development through release and live operations.
• Collaborate across disciplines: work closely with Game Design, Art, Product, Software Engineers, Test Engineers, and Architecture to shape scope and balance trade-offs.
• Champion quality & delivery: embed testing, performance, and compliance while ensuring predictable, on-time releases.
• Improve how we build games: streamline processes, remove bottlenecks, and share best practices across teams.
• Support integrations & launches: partner with other teams and 3rd party integrators to ensure smooth deployments and stable operations.
• Communicate & align: keep stakeholders informed, celebrate wins, and surface risks early.

Who You Are

An engineer at heart with a solid software engineering background; confident in technical discussions yet excited to multiply impact through others. A people-first leader who believes that great products are built by motivated, supported, and empowered teams. A system thinker who can balance tech debt, delivery velocity, and business value. A natural collaborator who values transparency, humility, and shared ownership. Comfortable navigating complexity and change, and helping others do the same. You understand and are passionate about the principles behind modern software delivery- such as continuous integration, rapid iteration, and scalable architecture - even if you're not the one implementing them day-to-day. You lead with empathy but aren't afraid to challenge and hold teams to high standards. Collaborative by nature - you enjoy working across teams and functions to solve problems and drive outcomes.

What You’ll Need

• 2+ years of Engineering Manager or similar experience and 10+ years overall in software engineering, with solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP), front-end development, and core software engineering principles.
• Proven success leading autonomous, cross-functional product engineering teams, ideally with hands-on experience applying Team topologies in a scaling environment.
• Solid understanding of modern cloud architectures, automated testing, DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Track record of hiring, coaching and retaining engineering talent and developing high-performing, collaborative team dynamics.
• Experience working in agile, iterative development environments.
• Ability to align engineering execution with product and business goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills.

If you’re looking to join a company where your technical skills and ideas can make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and let’s shape the future of digital lottery experiences together.

Key skills/competency

• Engineering Leadership
• Game Development Lifecycle
• Team Coaching & Empowerment
• Software Architecture
• Agile Methodologies
• DevOps & CI/CD
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Front-end Development
• Stakeholder Management
• Player Experience Focus