Engineering Manager, Fan Experience

Gametime United•Chicago, IL

22h•Remote

About The Position

Gametime's Fan Experience team is responsible for how fans discover, decide on, and purchase tickets on the demand side of their marketplace. This role will lead a team of full-stack and front-end engineers in building features that define the fan experience. The Engineering Manager will partner with a Product Manager and Designer, working hands-on with the team to develop, test, and monitor code using AI coding tools and new harnesses to improve both velocity and quality. This position reports to the VP of Product.

Requirements

Hands-on engineering management experience, comfortable writing and reviewing code with the team.
Direct experience using frontier models, AI coding agents/harnesses, and modern tooling to improve engineering velocity and quality.
A point of view on the future direction of AI in engineering.
A track record of shipping consumer-facing product features that impacted measurable business outcomes.
Strong cross-functional partnership skills, operating as a peer to Product and Design.
Experience managing full-stack and/or front-end engineering teams.
Meaningful people-management experience (typically 5+ years in engineering, including several as a manager).
Familiarity with SQL/analytics to diagnose funnel and feature performance.
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.
Technical depth to lead teams across the stack.
Experience partnering with Product and Design in a fast-moving, iterative environment (feature flags, A/B testing, rapid experimentation).
A data-driven approach to prioritization and technical trade-offs.

Nice To Haves

Experience in consumer marketplaces or high-intent, high-conversion consumer apps.
A track record of building or championing internal tooling/platform investments that compounded team velocity over time.

Responsibilities

Spend a meaningful share of time coding alongside the team, leading from the front.
Set the standard for using frontier models, AI coding agents/harnesses, and new tooling to generate, review, test, and monitor code.
Partner closely with a dedicated Product Manager and Designer, contributing to product and feature direction.
Identify and invest in initiatives that increase team velocity, such as tooling, domain foundation design, tech debt paydown, and AI utilization.
Surface risks in proposed products and features, providing concrete recommendations for mitigation.
Own the engineering roadmap and execution plan for the area, balancing speed, quality, and technical debt.
Mentor engineers, maintain a high talent bar for hiring and performance, and assist in leveling up talent on other teams.
Partner with engineering leads and counterparts on other teams to improve the marketplace technically.
Drive fan-facing feature velocity, quality, and business outcomes on the demand side of the marketplace.