Engineering Manager

Underdog is a rapidly growing sports company focused on making sports more enjoyable through innovative products. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the development of their new Non-Sports Prediction Markets initiative, collaborating closely with product leadership to build a roadmap and cultivate a winning engineering culture.

Responsibilities:

• Build the future of our product. Shape the development of the non-sports prediction markets roadmap that provides seamless, engaging, and scalable experiences for millions of users globally
• Build a winning engineering culture. Cultivate a collaborative, innovative environment that thrives on technical excellence, creativity, and shared passion for delivering impactful products
• Operate in true zero-to-one mode. Your first months will be a mix of exploration, technical validation, rapid prototyping, and high-velocity building. You’ll determine the right architecture, the right bets, and ultimately the right team to scale
• Collaborate to shape the product vision. Partner closely with product managers, product designers and engineering leads to define features, plan delivery, and drive the development process to launch new and improved experiences around our non-sports offerings

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of experience managing a high-performing cross-functional team responsible for delivering high-impact features
• At least 7 years of experience building heavy-traffic consumer mobile applications and/or systems
• Strong product intuition; you work tightly with PMs and designers to translate ambiguous goals into clear technical plans
• Strong background as an IC engineer: you're comfortable diving into architecture, design reviews, and technical tradeoffs with your team
• Experience working with product managers in gathering requirements, investigating technical needs, and creating designs that fit within project timelines
• High level of ownership, accountability, and bias for action. You move work forward, unblock others quickly, and make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed and quality
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills. You thrive in feedback-heavy, high-expectation environments and see clear goals and frequent check-ins as the norm. You set that tone for your team as well
• Demonstrable experience in both native mobile and backend development
• Experience delivering engaging, mobile-first consumer product experiences
• Experience owning an entire product vertical or leading engineering at a high-growth startup