Engineering Manager

Job description

FloSports is the leading digital platform for underserved sports, combining live and on-demand streaming, original programming, data, and technology to help sports grow their audiences and build sustainable businesses, from youth to professional levels. By bringing thousands of events and communities onto one platform, Flo creates scale where none previously existed, connecting passionate fans with the sports they love while giving athletes, organizers, and rights holders the tools to reach and engage a global audience. Flo streams more than 50,000 live events annually across sports, including motorsports, wrestling, hockey, track & field, cheer, jiu-jitsu, NCAA Division II and III athletics, and more. We’re looking for people who are passionate about sports, embody accountability, collaboration, curiosity, positivity, grit, and excellence, and are motivated to help grow and elevate the communities we serve. THE ROLE: As Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading and growing a high-performing team of talented fullstack and backend software engineers. You’ll be relied upon to help drive the strategic vision of our applications alongside our Product Managers and Designers. Additionally, you’ll have an impact on elevating the entire Product Engineering Department through close collaboration with others at the leadership level—driving inclusion, diversity, ownership, and autonomy. We are open to fully remote candidates for this role with occasional travel to our Austin, TX office. Our tech stack includes: TypeScript, HTML/CSS/JS, PHP, MySQL, Redis, Sphinx, Firebase, Git/GitHub, Docker, EC2, S3, SNS, SQS, DataDog, and PagerDuty RESPONSIBILITIES: - Manage the performance, development and engagement of software engineers (4-6 direct reports) including hiring and growing of a high-performance team in shipping full stack web applications, features and services - Drives execution by organizing team work, setting goals, and holding the team accountable, including monitoring and escalating team issues - Ability to collaborate with Product Owners, designers, and QA on scheduling, planning, and sizing of functional specifications and software designs - Actively work against bottlenecks impacting the team so they can make progress towards team and department goals - Responsible for staying familiar with industry advances that may improve the team’s ability to execute more efficiently - Responsible for the quality and technical output of the team - Recruit, interview, and onboard new team members - Help to foster a culture of growth, openness, and opportunities for your team, including regular collaboration with other Engineering Leaders to drive accountability, autonomy, inclusion, diversity, and performance across the department. - Participate in code reviews, technical/architectural design and discussions, ensuring teams have healthy on-call escalations and incident management KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: - 4+ years’ experience doing software engineering in a hands-on capacity - front-end and back-end focus - 2+ years management and / or team leadership experience in a software development role - Experience in leading a team of software engineer, helping them improve their skills, grow their careers, hiring and performance management - Demonstrated ability to focus on process improvements and key performance metrics that add to the overall effectiveness of the development team - Able to collaborate effectively and act as a partner in product decisions - Ability to understand systems and software architecture similar to a Sr. level engineer with considerations towards high traffic scalable web and distributed systems with an eye towards improving quality, reliability, performance and scalability - Proficiency in Front-End and Backend-End technologies - Proficient in consuming and building RESTful APIs with JSON and CRUD - High level proficiency with CI/CD processes - Experience with containerization preferred - Experience with large data sets preferred BONUS POINTS: - Believing and encouraging all developers to own the systems and be accountable to their reliability will product the best developer satisfaction and user outcomes. - Understanding that you’re also “product”, you are a partner in this setup. You own the product and outcomes just as much as the PM, the designer folks do - Caring about the business outcomes and the customers. - Owning the how. Lean in and support the planning, estimation, and project management process along with your product counterpart. OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: FloSports exists to elevate the communities, athletes, and sports that have too often been overlooked. That mission starts with our own team. We believe that a diverse, inclusive workplace—one where different perspectives are sought out, heard, and valued—is essential to building a company that can truly serve the full spectrum of sports fans. We are committed to creating a fair and equitable environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. To help mitigate bias and expand opportunity, FloSports uses a blind recruiting process that supports more objective, inclusive hiring decisions. We’re intentional in our practices because we believe the best ideas and innovations come from teams that reflect the diversity of the world around us. OUR BENEFITS: - Recognized three years in a row as a Top Workplace by the Austin-American Statesman - Flexibility at work - you can take control of your profession and personal schedule - All-hands events hosted annually in beautiful Austin, Texas - Annual equity awards for all top performers - Competitive and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans - Peace of mind through company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance - Generous 401(K) company match vested immediately - Progressive parental leave policies - Flexible paid time off - Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events - Company donation to youth teams and leagues that our employees coach - Stocked snack bar, catered lunch and breakfast tacos every week