Engineering Team Lead - NCF

Fanatics

2d•$144,000 - $180,000

About The Position

We are looking for an Engineering Team Lead who can lead a team through complex technical and product tradeoffs while delivering high-quality software predictably. This role is ideal for a lead with strong technical judgment who can navigate legacy systems, greenfield development, third-party platforms, and integrations, and help the organization make pragmatic decisions that balance speed, quality, and long-term sustainability. As an Engineering Team Lead, you will partner closely with Product Management and key stakeholders to shape roadmaps, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver outcomes. You will lead a team of engineers and contractors, ensuring the team is well-planned, well-supported, and consistently shipping capable, maintainable software. This is a hands-on leadership role that requires technical credibility, strong collaboration skills, and the ability to operate effectively in environments with ambiguity and competing priorities.

Requirements

Proven experience leading software engineering teams delivering production systems.
Strong technical background with the ability to meaningfully evaluate architecture, designs, and technical tradeoffs.
Demonstrated experience navigating legacy systems, greenfield development, and third-party platforms.
Experience partnering closely with Product Management and stakeholders to define priorities and deliver outcomes.
Strong execution skills, including roadmap planning, estimation, and capacity management.
Experience leading teams that include a mix of full-time engineers and contractors.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to align diverse perspectives around shared goals.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading teams through modernization or platform evolution efforts.
Prior ownership of systems with meaningful operational or reliability requirements.
Experience working in product-driven, fast-growing engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

Guide architectural and technical decisions across legacy systems, new builds, third-party solutions, and integrations, clearly articulating tradeoffs and risks.
Ensure technical decisions balance time-to-value, scalability, maintainability, and operational risk.
Partner with senior engineers to review designs, validate approaches, and maintain a high technical bar.
Partner closely with Product Management to define priorities, shape roadmaps, and align engineering execution with business goals.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to manage expectations, communicate tradeoffs, and provide clear visibility into progress and risks.
Translate product strategy into executable engineering plans while maintaining shared ownership of outcomes.
Own team planning and delivery, including short- and long-term roadmaps, milestones, and execution plans.
Manage capacity planning across a mix of full-time engineers and contractors, balancing delivery commitments with technical investment.
Continuously evaluate and adjust plans based on team capacity, changing priorities, and emerging risks.
Lead, coach, and support engineers to deliver high-quality, maintainable software.
Maintain technical credibility through active engagement in architecture discussions, code quality standards, and delivery practices.
Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and pragmatic problem-solving.