Engineering Manager, Sports Core at Jobgether – United States
Jobgether
United States, United States
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Engineering Manager, Sports Core
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for an Engineering Manager, Sports Core in United States.
This role offers the opportunity to lead a high-performing engineering team responsible for building the core services and APIs that power live sports and wagering experiences at scale. You will manage day-to-day team operations, drive technical excellence, and ensure reliable, scalable, and high-performance systems that impact millions of users. The role involves collaborating closely with product management to define roadmaps, mentoring engineers, and continuously improving development processes. You will play a key role in shaping the technical strategy, optimizing performance, and maintaining operational reliability while fostering a culture of empathy, trust, and accountability. Your leadership will help deliver world-class digital experiences in sports and entertainment, combining innovation with robust execution.
Accountabilities:- Manage and mentor one or more software development teams, providing coaching, guidance, and performance management.
- Collaborate with Product Managers to define the roadmap, clarify requirements, and ensure timely execution.
- Ensure documentation of deliverables, design decisions, and adherence to development processes.
- Oversee hiring initiatives and support team growth, onboarding, and career development.
- Identify process improvements and contribute to system architecture, scalability, and reliability enhancements.
- Establish and monitor success metrics, KPIs, and SLAs for team and system performance.
- Stay current with technology trends and best practices, incorporating them to improve team productivity and system quality.
Requirements:
- Minimum 35 years in a leadership or management role with at least 8 years in software development of high-scale, consumer-facing systems.
- Experience leading teams of 10+ engineers, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development.
- Strong program and delivery management skills, with the ability to manage scope tradeoffs and deliver predictably across initiatives.
- Demonstrated problem-solving, operational judgment, and decision-making under pressure.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, including conveying complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience building and operating reliable, scalable, secure services for latency-sensitive applications.
- Knowledge of clean architecture, automated testing, CI/CD, and progressive delivery practices.
- Practical experience with AI developer tooling and integrating AI capabilities into products is a plus.
- Passion for sports and understanding audience engagement in live events.
- Nice to have: Elixir, GraphQL APIs, GCP, Kubernetes, open-source contributions.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary range of USD 150,000200,000.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, retirement plans, and education/conference reimbursement.
- Remote work flexibility and opportunity to ship features impacting millions of users.
- Exposure to large distributed systems spanning cloud and on-premises environments.
- Hands-on experience managing workloads at scale with Kubernetes.
- Collaborative, innovative culture with professional growth and learning opportunities.
Why Apply Through Jobgether?
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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