Engineering Manager - Sports Betting (Remote)

United States/Remote

Hi, we’re Underdog!

We’re the fastest-growing sports gaming company ever.

Our mission is to build innovative games and products for American sports fans.

Founded in 2020, our team built three of today's most widely played fantasy games and successfully launched the largest contest in the history of fantasy sports: a $15M NFL Best Ball tournament -- and there’s a lot more to come! Underdog’s modern tech environment and in-house product development allow us to continuously deliver the best experiences for our users.

The opportunity in front of us to become the biggest company in our space is massive; after all, we’re currently sitting in the fastest-growing consumer industry in the U.S. In just over two years, we reached a nearly $500 million valuation through some of the best investors in the game, including Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, BlackRock, and SV Angel. We are many times larger now and our growth is not slowing down.

At Underdog, we believe that sports are for everyone and are building a tomorrow for every fan. Want to help create that future? Join us.

Please note, Underdog is a US based company and no sponsorship is available for this position at this time.

About the role and why its unique:

• You will lead a full stack development team and help build and maintain an engaging sports betting player experience
• Lead a delivery team of talented and driven engineers to deliver features and solutions for the sports betting services
• Facilitate growth of the engineering talent on your team as they confront both technical and career issues by managing the team’s workstream, improving processes, and building a healthy and stimulating environment
• Partner with the product lead for feature discovery, day-to-day product development, and delivery planning
• Collaborate with other Sportsbook Engineering leads to help create technical roadmap for the organization
• Support the design and development of a clean, well-structured, and maintainable code to help build and maintain our sports betting services
• Build awareness of the best practice standards defined by communities of practice and ensure they are applied by your development team
• Promote diversity by nurturing a collaborative and inclusive environment where all voices are heard
• Develop a deep understanding of our sportsbook business and architectural value, and help reduce operational complexity with technical solutions
• Contribute to developing, maintaining, and reviewing the code for your team

Who you are:

• You have a minimum of one year experience managing a software delivery team
• Experience building highly scalable, available distributed systems to handle high traffic conditions with low latency
• Strong background in building platform solutions and interest in Sports betting services
• Excellent software architecture skills
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem solving skills with both engineers and product
• High level of accountability, bias to action and a desire to empower individuals on the team to perform at their best

Even better if you have…

• Experience leading a team in a remote-first environment
• Experience working with product managers in gathering requirements, investigating technical needs and creating designs that fit within project timelines
• Experience with regulated industries
• Experience building Web, Android, or iOS applications
• Proficiency working in GCP or other cloud infrastructures like AWS or Azure

Our targeted compensation rate for this position is between $150,000 and $210,000, depending on experience, plus equity. Think your skills are exceptional and warrant higher pay? Apply anyway! If we agree, we're willing to negotiate. 

What we can offer you:

• 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
• Monthly raffle to win a sports ticket reimbursement of up to $500 (including game day snacks)
• A $500 home office allowance
• Underdog credits to play on our platform
• 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

Still not sure? Don't take our word for it. See what other people have to say.

• 5.0 rating on Glassdoor and a 100% CEO Approval rating 
• A+ culture score on Comparably 
• Recognized as Best Place to Work by Front Office Sports
• Recognized by Comparably under the following awards: Best CEOs for Women, Best CEOs for Diversity, Best Company for Career Growth, Best Company in New York, Best Company Outlook

Underdog Sports is firmly committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity. We built our unique culture on the foundation of a safe and inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds. We highly value our employees' mental, physical, and emotional health and continuously ask ourselves: what can we do better? Underdog is an equal opportunity employer and doesn't discriminate on the basis of creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status, or any other defining characteristic. 

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