Engineering Manager, Sports Core
Description
As part of the Sports Core team, you will be working with a group of talented and friendly individuals. Our team builds and operates the platform foundations that power live sports and wagering experiences at scale. We own mission-critical core services and APIs that distribute real-time sports data and event state, enabling downstream teams to ship first-class fan experiences across our Media and Sports Betting products. Importantly, we take great pride in delivering highly reliable and scalable solutions.
Responsibilities
- 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
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive Benefits package.
- Education and conference reimbursement.
