Director, Engineering - Games & Promotions

Summary

Join Underdog, the fastest-growing sports gaming company, as their Director of Engineering. Lead multiple cross-functional teams of mobile and backend engineers responsible for building and scaling game mechanics, promotions, and user experiences. Partner with product, design, data, and marketing teams to define roadmaps and achieve goals. Develop engineering leaders and individual contributors through coaching and mentorship. Drive engineering excellence by creating reliable, testable, and scalable systems. Scale architecture and operations to handle increased business growth and regulatory demands. Foster a culture of accountability and impact, ensuring engineers understand the purpose of their work. This high-leverage role requires experience leading large teams, managing cross-functional projects in fast-paced environments, and possessing deep technical intuition.

Requirements

• Experience building and leading large teams of managers and software engineers (30+) delivering cross-functional projects, and mentoring leaders across both technical and management tracks
• Proven success managing cross-functional teams, especially in fast-paced consumer product environments
• Deep technical intuition with the ability to engage meaningfully in architecture and system design conversations
• Strong delivery orientation—you know how to ship and scale in ambiguous, high-growth environments
• Experience partnering closely with Product and Design to co-own outcomes and align roadmaps
• Passion for team building, coaching, and creating an environment where engineers thrive and grow

Responsibilities

• Own the execution and health of multiple teams building and maintaining core game experiences, dynamic promotions, and backend infrastructure powering player-facing systems
• Partner closely with product, design, data, and marketing to define roadmaps, ensure alignment, and accelerate delivery of domain-level goals
• Develop engineering leaders and ICs through coaching, mentorship, and structured growth opportunities
• Drive engineering excellence by championing reliable, testable, and scalable systems across both mobile and backend platforms
• Scale architecture and operations to handle increased load, complexity, and regulatory scrutiny as the business grows
• Create clarity in ambiguity by setting vision, aligning teams, and driving tradeoffs that balance delivery, quality, and technical debt
• Promote a culture of accountability and impact , where engineers understand the “why” behind their work and ship with urgency and pride

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in gaming, mobile apps, or consumer-facing promotions systems is a strong plus

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• A $500 home office allowance
• A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
• 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents