Engineering Manager, Mobile

Summary

Join Underdog, the fastest-growing sports gaming company, and lead our mobile engineering team to redefine the game. You will manage and inspire a team of talented engineers, tackling complex challenges while fostering professional growth. Design and develop a cutting-edge platform for millions of sports fans globally, delivering best-in-class features and performance. Build a winning engineering culture focused on technical excellence and collaboration. Champion development best practices and partner with product managers to shape the product vision. This role requires significant mobile development experience and leadership skills. Underdog offers a competitive salary, equity, and excellent benefits.

Requirements

• Have a minimum of one year of experience managing a high-performing mobile development team responsible for delivering high-impact features
• Have 7+ years of experience building scalable, native mobile applications using modern iOS or Android technologies, frameworks, tooling, and architecture, for example, Xcode, Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine, MVVM, Xcode Cloud, Amplitude, Proxyman.io , XCTest, XCUITest, Android Studio, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, and Espresso
• Have experience working with product managers in gathering requirements, investigating technical needs, and creating designs that fit within project timelines
• Demonstrate a high level of accountability, bias for action, and a desire to empower individuals on the team to perform at their best
• Possess excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering to redefine the game. Manage and inspire a team of talented mobile 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 building web applications
• 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