Senior Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Provide leadership and technical guidance within the engineering domain.

• Build and manage one or more teams to deliver software while adhering to and enhancing engineering best practices.

• Oversee, mentor, and develop engineers across both mobile and backend platforms.

• Clarify technical requirements, prioritize tasks, and manage projects to ensure timely delivery through leading daily scrum sessions.

• Collaborate with product and design teams to establish a bold yet achievable roadmap for executives and stakeholders.

• Foster reliable and predictable team performance using clear objectives, data, KPIs, transparency, and a focus on continuous improvement.

• Promote the adoption of AI-assisted engineering workflows, including development tools, documentation, testing support, code review enhancements, and developer empowerment.

• Provide KPIs, status updates, and metrics reports to executives and key stakeholders.

• Recruit, evaluate, and onboard a diverse range of engineering talent.

• Align stakeholders across Fanatics with actionable roadmaps.

• Stay technically engaged in discussions regarding architecture, operational reviews, development processes, and engineering quality practices while empowering engineers with implementation specifics.

• Travel occasionally to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities.

• Develop software for the Fanatics App, a digital sports platform that integrates free-to-play games, live events, e-commerce, and innovative product experiences.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3+ years of experience managing one or more engineering teams.

• 4+ years of experience in building highly scalable and fault-tolerant systems.

• Knowledge of a wide array of design methodologies and the ability to break down architecture for development by various teams.

• Capable of scoping projects with specific timelines to meet business objectives.

• Skilled in identifying essential features, triaging tasks, and negotiating with Product Management.

• Proficient in communicating complex technical topics to engineers, technical leaders, marketing and operations teams, and non-technical functional leaders.

• Familiarity with Agile software delivery and SCRUM methodologies.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent report writing skills with the capability to gather, evaluate, analyze, and logically organize information.

• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, rapidly growing environment with shifting priorities and swift decision-making processes.

• Team-oriented mindset and a willingness to do what is necessary to complete tasks.

• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally within an enterprise setting.

• Preferred: experience in a start-up environment.

• Preferred: a robust background in mobile software engineering.

• Preferred: experience with Kotlin Multiplatform and/or Compose Multiplatform.

• Preferred: enthusiasm for sports cards, collectibles, or live commerce.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus compensation in addition to the base salary.

• Full-time employment benefits.

• Benefits information available at https://benefitsatfanatics.com/.

• Remote work arrangement.

• Occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities.