Engineering Manager - Scalable Sports Platform

Fanatics Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and scale engineering teams responsible for delivering customer-facing products and internal platforms.

You will drive architecture decisions, partner with product and design, and mentor engineers across multiple squads for reliable, high-quality software delivery. The role emphasizes building scalable, fault-tolerant systems in a fast-growing environment, with opportunities to influence roadmaps and provide executive-level updates.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience managing an engineering team.
• 4+ years of experience building highly scalable and fault tolerant systems.
• You have knowledge of a broad range of design approaches and can deconstruct an architecture to be developed by different teams.
• Able to scope a project with targeted dates to ensure they meet business needs.
• Knows how to discern which features are essential, can be triaged, or omitted and negotiates with Product Management.
• Able to effectively communicate complex technical subjects to a variety of audiences.
• Familiar with Agile software product delivery and SCRUM.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Solid report writing skills with the ability to gather, evaluate and analyze relevant information.
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, hyper-growth environment with evolving priorities.
• Team-first mentality and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done.
• Able to work cross-functionally within an enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and technical expertise within your engineering vertical.
• Build and lead one or more teams that will deliver software while adhering to engineering best practices.
• Clarify technical requirements, negotiate priorities, and manage projects to deliver on time by leading daily scrum activities.
• Clears or escalates blockers to accelerate progress of delivery.
• Work closely with your product and design partners to create an ambitious, yet achievable roadmap communicated to executives and stakeholders.
• Drive reliable and predictable team execution by setting clear objectives and using data and KPIs to drive transparency.
• Provide clear updates (KPIs, status, metrics) to an executive audience and key stakeholders.
• Determine where to simplify, optimize, or extend solutions for the best outcomes.
• Help to recruit, assess and onboard a diverse group of talented engineers.
• Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities.

Skills

Engineering management

Architectural deconstruction

Agile SCRUM

Cross-functional communication

Data-driven decision making

Team leadership

Negotiation with Product

Tools

Kotlin Multiplatform

Compose Multiplatform

Job description

Fanatics Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and scale engineering teams responsible for delivering customer-facing products and internal platforms.

You will drive architecture decisions, partner with product and design, and mentor engineers across multiple squads for reliable, high-quality software delivery. The role emphasizes building scalable, fault-tolerant systems in a fast-growing environment, with opportunities to influence roadmaps and provide executive-level updates.