Senior Engineering Manager
Legend
Posted: March 16, 2026
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The ideal candidate will be a seasoned leader in the gaming industry with a strong background in engineering, responsible for managing a team of 600+ engineers in a fast-paced environment.
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About Legend
At Legend, we're building next-level player experiences. With 20+ years of proven success we’re the world's leading Sports and Gaming marketing company.
Our people are our edge. 600+ sharp, ambitious Legends across 22+ countries who move fast, learn quickly and win together. Here growth isn’t a perk, it’s the standard. You’ll stretch, level-up and carve out a career as bold as the products we build. We celebrate wins and create experiences that people talk about for years - for our players & for each other. If you’re ready to shape the future of player experience and enjoy the ride while you do it, this is where you’ll thrive.
If you’re looking for a company with momentum and the opportunity to progress at pace, Legend has it.
Unlock the Legend in you.
Legend is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to join our Gaming pillar, one of the most important revenue streams in the business. You’ll be a manager-of-managers and a strategic leader accountable for technical decision-making across squads and ensuring we’re building the right things, in the right way, at the right pace. This is a deeply technical leadership position while partnering closely with Product and commercial stakeholders to deliver outcomes that move the needle.
Your Impact::
• Lead multiple squads working with our talented team of Engineering Managers, coaching them to raise the bar on delivery, communication, and technical decision-making.
• Set and steer technical strategy across the product area and keep roadmaps on track.
• Align across the Gaming pillar partnering with engineering leaders to ensure our teams work efficiently and drive consistent standards.
• Drive clarity through data to support prioritisation and planning.
• Partner with Product and commercial stakeholders to iterate and deliver measurable improvements in customer value and business performance.
What You'll Bring::
• Proven experience as a Senior Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering / Group EM (or equivalent)
• Strong architecture and systems judgement, able to challenge proposals, weigh trade-offs, and guide multi-team technical direction without being hands-on day-to-day.
• Experience running multiple teams working on different priorities, maintaining momentum and alignment.
Deep understanding of product development lifecycle in a product-led environment.
• Nice-to-haves:
• Experience in Gaming or consumer products.
• Familiarity with modern web stacks (our Gaming stack includes Node and React) and cloud platforms.
Why Legend?:
• Starting salary from 4500 EUR per month.
• Super smart colleagues to work alongside and learn from, with company-wide team-building events twice a year, including great entertainment, catering, and accommodation in a beautiful hotel.
• Engaging development opportunities at all levels.
• Tailored flexibility for your work-life balance.
• Exciting global Legend events, where we unite in person to ignite our shared passion and unveil the exciting strategies for the year ahead!
• Unlock your full potential by joining the Legend team. To support you on this journey, we provide an extensive array of benefits and perks, as outlined in our global offerings above. For country specific benefits please reach out to your talent partner.
Legend is an Equal Opportunity Employer, but that’s just the start. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to hiring and developing the most talented and diverse team- which includes individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, identities and experiences. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout your application process, please speak to your Talent Partner or contact the team on [email protected], and we'll do all we can to support you.