Lead Software Engineer
About The Position
Chalkboard is building the future of sports gaming, aiming to create a social, immersive real-money sports gaming experience for fans. The company values clarity, fairness, and helping fans turn insight into action. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to take ownership of critical product and platform areas across engineering pods. This role involves leading a pod, owning architecture, improving systems, and raising the bar for shipping quality. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments and leads through deep technical expertise, building scalable, reliable systems to support rapid growth.
Requirements
- ~8+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong full-stack experience (Node.js, React, React Native preferred)
- Deep understanding of system design, databases, and scalable architectures
- Experience working with modern data stores (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and cloud platforms (e.g., GCP)
- Proven ability to own and operate high-impact, production systems
- Experience in fast-paced, startup environments with an enterprise-level mindset
- Ability to balance technical leadership with hands-on execution
- Strong product intuition and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
Nice To Haves
- Experience working on high-scale or transaction-heavy systems
- Background in payments, financial systems, or other mission-critical domains
- Experience in sports betting, gaming, or consumer-facing real-time products
- Prior experience leading pods or small engineering teams
Responsibilities
- Lead a pod to build and scale critical systems at Chalkboard, driving technical excellence, execution, and cross-team alignment
- Act as the technical leader for your pod, partnering with Product to shape roadmap and delivery
- Own system architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance across services
- Establish and uphold best practices in system design, data integrity, and engineering quality
- Lead sprint planning, technical decision-making, and release coordination
- Drive clarity through strong documentation and improved engineering processes
- Identify gaps in systems, processes, and architecture—and take action to address them
- Improve team velocity, predictability, and execution through better planning and communication
- Coach and support engineers while remaining hands-on in building and problem-solving
- Build strong partnerships across Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams
- Increase collaboration and trust across distributed teams
- Raise the bar for ownership, accountability, and technical excellence across pods
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage starting day 1, with the majority of premiums covered by Chalkboard
- 401(k) with company match
- Lunch on us everyday with a corporate DoorDash account
- Refuel in the office with protein shakes, energy drinks, and a snack buffet
- Flexible time off policy, plus 10 company holidays, WFH during the holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
