Engineering Manager - Data & ML

Underdog Sports

94d • $190,000 - $220,000

About The Position

This role offers the opportunity to redesign and scale the backbone of Underdog’s data and machine learning platform, directly shaping how data powers products and decisions across the company. You’ll not only drive technical excellence in areas like data quality, availability, and scalability, but also lead a high-performing team in building innovative data systems that support a rapidly growing business. By partnering across product, engineering, and analytics, you’ll have a unique chance to influence both the technology stack and the strategic impact of data at scale.

Requirements

• At least 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data infrastructure, and/or machine learning roles with experience architecting near real-time big data systems.
• 2+ years of experience managing 5+ person teams.
• Strong familiarity with distributed computing and data storage mechanisms on the cloud environment (e.g. AWS/GCP/Azure) with hands-on experience in managing data infrastructure.
• Track record of delivering scalable and innovative solutions, leveraging cutting-edge technologies for data and machine learning technologies such as Spark, Iceberg, Kafka, and SageMaker.
• Demonstrates strong ownership and thrives in a fast-paced environment, consistently driving initiatives forward and delivering results with urgency.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills with ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• Expert proficiency with Python and SQL.
• Expert proficiency with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools.

Nice To Haves

• Strong interest in sports and/or sports betting.
• Experience building ML systems like recommendation engines.

Responsibilities

• Roadmap and technically architect a scalable data and machine learning platform.
• Establish best practices that achieve operational excellence in data availability, data quality, and data observability.
• Collaborate with the data science, data analytics, and product teams to deliver high-impact data assets in a fast-paced environment.
• Manage relevant cloud infrastructure for hosting big data applications and ML workloads such as SageMaker, Kubeflow, or Vertex AI.
• Design and implement data pipelines that are optimized for scale and data quality.
• Lead, mentor, and scale the data engineering team, cultivating a culture of innovation, learning, and excellence.
• Partner with product, engineering, and analytics teams to understand their data needs and translate their business requirements to scalable technical solutions.
• Stay on top of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices for data processing, storage, compute and ML development.
• Develop and maintain robust governance frameworks, ensuring processes for monitoring, documentation, and testing are in place to safeguard the integrity and availability of data.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO (extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season).
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• $500 home office allowance.
• A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce.
• 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Master's degree