Engineering Manager, Sports Core

Role Overview

• Manage the day-to-day activities of one or more software development teams, providing goal setting, mentorship, coaching, leadership, guidance and performance management and feedback.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Manager on the team to build the roadmap, flesh out requirements, and ensure the team executes.
• Ensure development deliverables are documented and key decisions are recorded in accordance with the design and development process.
• Help with hiring initiatives across the engineering department.
• Assist in identifying process problems and contribute to the continual enhancement of the design, development processes and system architecture.
• Ensure development follows the development process throughout the development lifecycle.
• Establish success metrics (KPIs and SLAs) and monitor team and system performance.
• Collaborate with the team to meet performance, scalability, and reliability goals.
• Stay current with trends, techniques, technology and other factors impacting the job incorporating as deemed necessary.
• Other duties as required.

Requirements

• Minimum 3–5 years in a leadership or management role combined with at least 8 years of experience in software development of consumer-facing, high-scale systems
• Experience leading teams of 10+ engineers, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development
• Strong program and delivery management skills in managing scope tradeoffs and delivering predictably across overlapping initiatives and tight deadlines
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and strong operational judgment to manage risk, unblock teams, and make high-quality decisions under pressure
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to various stakeholders, including non-technical members of the organization
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, including writing crisp technical narratives for decision records, incident reviews, executive updates
• Demonstrated collaborative work style with the ability to effectively collaborate and work with all levels of the organization
• Platform mindset building and operating reliable, scalable, secure services for high-traffic, latency-sensitive experiences
• High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and reasoning to identify underlying causes
• Passionate about clean architecture, software craftsmanship, automated testing, CI/CD, and progressive delivery practices
• Practical experience using AI developer tooling to improve throughput and quality with sensible guardrails
• Able to evaluate and integrate AI capabilities into products to drive personalization, amplify feature enhancements, and support automation
• Comfortable operating in regulated environments and embedding secure SDLC practices
• Data-driven mindset leveraging product and engineering metrics to experiment and guide prioritization
• A drive for finding simple solutions to complex problems, balancing speed, quality, and long-term maintainability
• Passion for sports and fan culture, with an understanding of what fuels audience engagement and live event moments
• NICE TO HAVE: Elixir, building GraphQL APIs (Absinthe), GraphQL schema stitching & subscriptions, GCP, Kubernetes, contribution to open source software.

Tech Stack

• Elixir
• Google Cloud Platform
• GraphQL
• Kubernetes
• Open Source
• SDLC

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive Benefits package.
• Education and conference reimbursement.