Engineering Manager - Playmakers

About GameChanger:

We believe in the life-changing impact youth sports have on and off the field because they encourage leadership, teamwork, responsibility, and confidence—important life lessons that have the power to propel our youth toward meaningful futures. We recognize that without coaches, parents, and volunteers, organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community, we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports.

So if you love sports and their community-building potential, or building cool products is your sport, GameChanger is the team for you. We are a remote-first, dynamic tech company based in New York City, and we are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today.

The Position:

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of software developers building iOS and Android applications as well as optimizing the core systems of the platform. You will be a leader, mentor, and hands-on developer when needed. You will collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Marketers, QA Analysts, and other engineering leaders. You will report to one of our Engineering Directors.

The Playmakers team is spearheading a build out of game day experiences for newer sports on the GC platform. On an app that has a wild and loyal fanbase, the Playmakers team stewards some of the core technology that translates scoring and video information into a rich story about the game - including game highlights, stats, and recaps.

What You’ll Do:

• Work on building a team with high trust and performance.

• Encourage engineers to contribute at the highest level and serve our customers.

• Ship early and often. New app versions are released every week.

• Work with leadership peers to refine and improve our innovative engineering culture.

• Promote responsible engineering practices across the whole engineering organization.

• Help engineers gain technical breadth and depth, improve judgment, and develop into tomorrow’s leaders.

• Contribute to the design and implementation of critical features used by millions of users.

• Collaborate with cross-functional peers to build a roadmap and execute on projects.

Who You Are:

• A Leader with at least 2 years of experience managing engineering teams.

• At least 5 years of software development experience, including as a technical lead.

• Comfort working and leading in a Lean and Agile environment.

• Hands-on experience developing native applications on iOS and/or Android and interest in learning a variety of technology stacks.

• Experience working on back-end API solutions for mobile applications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Someone who can connect people to the mission of serving our users.

• History of successful product delivery.

Perks:

• Work remotely or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.

• Unlimited vacation policy.

• Paid volunteer opportunities.

• WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.

• Snack stipend - $60 monthly to have snacks shipped to your home office.

• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA/HRA., and coverage for family/dependents.

• Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.

• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.

• Retirement savings - 401K plan offered through Vanguard, with a company match.

• Company paid access to a wellness platform to support mental, financial and physical wellbeing.

• Generous parental leave.

• DICK’S Sporting Goods Teammate Discount.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

The target salary range for this position is between $210,000 and $250,000. This is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes incentive, equity, and benefits for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all teammate pay regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay.

DICK’S Sporting Goods has company-wide practices to monitor and protect the company from significant compliance and monetary implications as it pertains to employer state tax liabilities. Due to said guidelines put in place, we are unable to hire in AK, DE, HI, IA, LA, MS, MT, OK, and SC.