Engineering Manager - Backend

Summary

Join Underdog, the fastest-growing sports gaming company, as a Engineering Manager to lead and inspire a team of backend engineers. You will design and develop a cutting-edge platform for millions of sports fans globally, ensuring best-in-class features and performance. This role requires managing complex technical challenges, fostering professional growth within the team, and collaborating with product managers. You'll champion development best practices and build a winning engineering culture. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in building scalable systems and managing high-performing teams, along with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Underdog offers a competitive salary, equity, unlimited PTO, parental leave, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• Have a minimum of one year experience managing a high performing backend or fullstack team responsible for delivering high impact features
• Have 7+ years of experience building highly scalable, available distributed systems to handle high traffic conditions with low latency
• Have experience working with product managers in gathering requirements, investigating technical needs, and creating designs that fit within project timelines
• Have a high level of accountability, bias for action, and a desire to empower individuals on the team to perform at their best
• Have excellent communication, analytical, and problem solving skills

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering to redefine the game. Manage and inspire a team of talented backend engineers focused on delivering innovative experiences that captivate fantasy sports and betting enthusiasts
• Guide your team in tackling complex technical challenges while fostering professional growth
• Design the future of sports entertainment. Shape the development of a cutting-edge platform that provides seamless, engaging, and scalable experiences for millions of sports fans globally
• Deliver best in class features and performance. Prioritize, execute, and oversee initiatives that drive gameplay innovation, optimize user engagement, and ensure platform reliability at scale
• Build a winning engineering culture. Cultivate a collaborative, innovative environment that thrives on technical excellence, creativity, and shared passion for delivering impactful products
• Champion development best practices. Advocate for and implement engineering best practices, ensuring the team aligns with industry standards and maintains a high-quality codebase
• Collaborate to shape the product vision. Partner closely with product managers and engineering leads to define features, plan delivery, and drive the development process from ideation to launch

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience leading a team in a remote-first and fast-paced environment
• Have experience with regulated industries
• Have experience with Ruby on Rails (our backend framework)
• Have proficiency working in AWS or other cloud infrastructures like GCP or Azure

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