Engineering Manager, Android Platform

About the Role & Team

As part of the theScore Mobile Engineering team, you will be working with a team of smart, friendly, and dedicated Mobile Engineers, Team Leads, and Tech Leads determined to develop high-quality and scalable mobile apps to improve profitability, growth and the user experience. You’ll work hand in hand with the Design, Products, Backend, QA and Automation teams to develop, maintain and deliver high quality products. The ideal candidate has a passion for Mobile Apps, a strong background in Android engineering & computer science. An interest in professional sports, betting and/or eSports is a plus.

About the Work

As a key member of our Android platform team you will:

• Manage the day-to-day activities of one or more software development teams, providing goal setting, mentorship, coaching, leadership, guidance and performance management and feedback.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure team health, knowledge sharing and deliverables are defined and met.
• Ensure development deliverables are documented and key decisions are recorded in accordance with the design and development process.
• Help with hiring initiatives across the engineering department.
• Assist in identifying process problems and contribute to the continual enhancement of the design, development processes and system architecture.
• Ensure development follows the development process throughout the development lifecycle.
• Establish success metrics (KPIs and SLAs) and monitor team and system performance.
• Collaborate with the team to meet performance, scalability, and reliability goals.
• Stay current with trends, techniques, technology and other factors impacting the job incorporating as deemed necessary.
• Other duties as required.

About You

• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, distributed systems, and software/system design.
• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience in Android development.
• Minimum 3-5 years in a leadership or management role combined with at least 8 years of experience in software development.
• Experience leading teams of 5+ engineers or more.
• Demonstrated time management, project management and problem solving skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to various stakeholders, including non-technical members of the organization.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Demonstrated collaborative work style with the ability to effectively collaborate and work with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to follow through and complete overlapping projects while adhering to strict deadlines.
• High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts.
• Self-motivated, able to work independently with minimal direction, multi-tasking when required
• Excellent teamwork and team building skills with a proven ability to delegate.
• Experience with Android Development and familiar with Android Studio, kotlin, App Center etc.
• Familiar with Firebase, Amplitude, Test Frameworks (JUnit, Robolectric, AndroidX), Jira, Github, Github Actions, GraphQL
• Comfortable with code reviews and providing feedback.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package
• Fun, relaxed work environment
• Education and conference reimbursements.
• Parental leave top up
• Opportunities for career progression and mentoring others

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