Director of Engineering, Fan Experience

The role

This Director of Engineering will lead 3–4 teams within the Fan Experience organization. You will manage individual contributors, Engineering Managers, and Staff Engineers while remaining hands-on with code and AI tooling. You will partner with Product and Design to drive the roadmap for consumer-facing web and mobile products.

What you will do

• Build and maintain a high talent bar through hiring, leveling, and performance
• Directly manage individual contributors, Engineering Managers, and Staff Engineers
• Act as de facto engineering manager for teams without a dedicated EM
• Set standards for using frontier models and AI coding tools to increase velocity and quality
• Partner with PMs to align on, sequence, and drive the roadmap
• Operate as a peer to Product and Design
• Identify and invest in velocity improvements like tooling and tech debt paydown
• Surface risks and provide recommendations to mitigate them
• Own the engineering roadmap and execution plan across teams
• Partner with other engineering leaders to improve the marketplace

Required qualifications

• Technically hands-on engineering leader who can write and review code
• Direct experience using frontier models, AI coding agents/harnesses, and modern tooling
• Track record of shipping consumer-facing product features that moved measurable business outcomes
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills with Product and Design
• Experience managing full-stack and/or front-end engineering teams
• Experience managing Engineering Managers and/or Staff-level engineers
• 8+ years in engineering, including several years managing managers or senior ICs
• Track record of building and holding a consistent hiring and performance bar across multiple teams
• Familiarity with SQL/analytics (Datadog, Sentry, Honeybadger, etc)
• Experience leading full-stack teams with end-to-end ownership of consumer-facing web and mobile products, backend services, and APIs in a high-traffic marketplace or e-commerce environment
• Strong understanding of modern front-end stacks (e.g., React and React Native), backend services, APIs, and full-stack architecture
• Experience partnering with Product and Design in a fast-moving, iterative environment

Nice to have

• Experience scaling or restructuring an engineering org
• Experience in consumer marketplaces or high-intent, high-conversion consumer apps
• Track record of building or championing internal tooling/platform investments

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Competitive salary & equity package
• Monthly Gametime credits for any event ($1,200/yr)
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Diverse Family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• 401k, HSA, pre-tax savings programs
• Company off-sites and meet-ups
• Wellness programs
• Tenure recognition

About the company

Gametime makes it easy for people to discover and access live experiences. Their platforms support more than 60,000 events across the US and Canada.