Fanatics
Fanatics
Fanatics is a global sports merchandise and apparel company that creates and sells officially licensed products through e-commerce and retail channels. Its work spans sports licensing, merchandising, brand protection, and fan-focused commerce, with business partnerships supporting sports organizations and related brands. The company also operates multiple business lines, including Fanatics ONE, while highlighting sourcing transparency, corporate responsibility, and investor relations.

Software Engineering Manager at Fanatics (Remote - New York)

Lead engineering teams building scalable Fanatics App products across free-to-play games, live events, ecommerce, and sports experiences. Partner with product and design leaders to deliver reliable software and guide technical execution.

Description

  • Lead engineering teams and provide technical direction across the engineering organization
  • Build and manage software teams while advancing engineering standards and best practices
  • Define technical requirements, balance priorities, and lead delivery planning through daily scrum practices
  • Remove delivery obstacles or escalate blockers when necessary
  • Partner with product and design teams to develop an ambitious, achievable roadmap for stakeholders and executives
  • Improve execution reliability through clear goals, data, KPIs, transparency, and continuous improvement
  • Report KPIs, project status, and performance metrics to executives and key stakeholders
  • Identify opportunities to simplify, optimize, or expand solutions for stronger outcomes
  • Recruit, evaluate, and onboard a diverse team of engineers
  • Lead engineering for Fanatics App products spanning free-to-play games, live events, ecommerce, and emerging sports-platform experiences

Requirements

  • At least one year of experience managing an engineering team
  • At least four years of experience developing highly scalable, fault-tolerant systems
  • Broad knowledge of software design approaches and the ability to break down architectures for implementation by multiple teams
  • Ability to scope projects against target dates and business objectives
  • Ability to distinguish essential, deferrable, and omittable features and negotiate priorities with Product Management
  • Ability to explain complex technical topics to engineers, technical leaders, marketing and operations teams, and non-technical functional leaders
  • Experience with Agile software delivery and Scrum methodology
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Strong report-writing skills with the ability to gather, assess, analyze, and logically organize information
  • Ability to operate in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment with changing priorities and rapid decision-making
  • Team-oriented mindset and willingness to contribute wherever needed to complete the work
  • Ability to collaborate across functions in an enterprise environment
  • Preferred: experience in a startup environment
  • Preferred: strong mobile software engineering experience
  • Preferred: experience with Kotlin Multiplatform and/or Compose Multiplatform

Benefits

  • Base salary plus bonus
  • Benefits associated with full-time employment
  • Benefits details available through Fanatics benefits resources
  • Remote work arrangement
  • Occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities

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