Engineering Manager , Backend

Fubo•New York, NY

2d•$200,000 - $250,000•Hybrid

About The Position

FuboTV Inc. is a consumer-first live TV streaming company that is defining the future of TV. Ranked among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies (2026) and the Financial Times’ The Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies (2026, 2025), FuboTV owns Hulu + Live TV (entertainment), Fubo (sports) and Molotov (entertainment and sports), which stream in markets around the globe. Our mission is to deliver premium sports, news and entertainment programming through a best-in-class user experience that offers greater choice, flexibility and value. This role is a New York City based HYBRID position. Candidates must be located in NYC, and willing to come into the office on a hybrid basis, three times a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of backend engineers building product features and maintaining a healthy, reliable platform. This is a hands-on role. You will design, code, and review alongside your team while shaping how we build software in an AI-first engineering organization. Your team owns backend services that power the Fubo user experience across a microservices architecture, and supports squads across Product, Design, and Engineering. You will direct your team's work wherever it's most impactful, grow your engineers' careers, and guide backend contributions from partner teams. You will own a team at the center of Fubo's platform, partnering with Engineering Managers in the US, France, and India to define a shared technical vision. You will report to an Engineering Manager in NYC and work closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate business needs into technical plans.

Requirements

8+ years experience as a software engineer and 3+ years leading medium to large software engineering teams
Proven experience building large-scale distributed systems with SOA or microservices architecture, preferably with Golang
Experience with caching, circuit-breaking, distributed traces, load testing
Experience in a CI/CD environment, and with test automation strategies
Experience with relational databases
Experience with monitoring and observability tools
Strong verbal and written communication
A self-driven, proactive, and curious team player with the ability to collaborate cross functionally with many different teams, with a focus on win-win solutions

Nice To Haves

Go/Golang
Docker and Kubernetes
Google Cloud Platform
Datadog

Responsibilities

Own the success and long-term vision of the backend services layer by designing API’s that drive the frontend user experience
Prioritize work for your team, ensuring on-time deliverables and high-quality software.
Provide hands-on technical leadership through system design, coding, code review, and mentorship
Own the health, reliability, and performance of the systems your team builds
Be hands-on and proactively discover new ways AI tools and new processes can improve speed and quality for you, your team, and the org
Lead recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding in partnership with Talent Acquisition
Partner with Engineering, Product, Design, and other teams to achieve shared goals