Engineering Manager

FloSports has led the way in establishing a world-class digital streaming experience for millions of fans, families and athletes of over 25 different underserved sports. Imagine creating a digital platform that unites the casual fan with the most dedicated spectator, both experiencing thrilling live events from around the world with interactive features, real time analytics, powerful broadcast technology and more. Combine that with our unique original sports content ranging from breaking news and expert commentary to feature films, documentaries and multi-episodic series. That's what FloSports is all about. We have successfully revolutionized the global sports media industry- the result of creating a diverse team of technologists and die-hard wrestlers, creators and devoted cheerleading experts, designers and hockey enthusiasts, communicators and motorsport fanatics, producers and casual sports fans... united by a shared passion to delight the underrepresented communities we serve. We are creating a home for underserved sports and we're looking for people like you to help us!

THE ROLE :

FloSports is currently seeking an Engineering Manager to join our Event Management & Acquisition team, focusing on our MileSplit property. Our team focuses on developing solutions that allow sports organizations to plan, run and stream their sporting events while collecting and leveraging valuable sport data to build an immersive experience for participants and fans.

You will work on improving our event management platform for athletes, coaches, and meet managers while enhancing the user experience by building products fans can use to immerse themselves in Track & Field.

Our mission is to galvanize the track and field community by creating a holistic product where data transfers seamlessly between meet registration, meet management, live results, and the core milesplit website.

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 that support the overall MileSplit product experience for our users.
• 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

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OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY :

At FloSports, we are bonded by our passion for sports and our purpose to unite communities around experiences that finally give underserved sports the love they deserve. We recognize the need to build a company that seeks out, embraces, and celebrates our individual differences, ideas, and talent. FloSports is committed to the pursuit of a fair, equal and inclusive workplace where everyone is given the opportunity to grow to their fullest potential. As such, we are intentional in our hiring practices in an effort to overcome systemic biases we may be blind to. FloSports has adopted the "blind recruiting" process, which aims to open our opportunities up to more candidates, help us be more objective in how we review applicants and mitigate bias in our decision making processes.

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