Fanatics

Senior Engineering Manager - Mobile, Fanatics Markets

Fanatics$204K — $268K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in software engineering with 2+ years in mobile team management
  • Demonstrated success in building scalable consumer-facing Android applications
  • Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin with mentoring capabilities
  • Strong experience in reactive programming and asynchronous data processing
  • Knowledgeable in designing offline-first data sync layers with SQLDelight
  • Proficient with Gradle build systems and CI/CD pipeline design
  • Deep understanding of Android and familiarity with iOS conventions

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop engineering teams to promote accountability and innovation
  • Oversee technical execution of complex features from design to deployment
  • Collaborate with client platform teams to establish shared standards
  • Provide architectural guidance for Kotlin/Java services
  • Set and track engineering goals for quality and operational efficiency
  • Recruit and nurture top engineering talent
  • Facilitate multi-team design discussions and promote best practices
  • Advocate for engineering strategies at the executive level

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Generous paid time off policy
  • Career development opportunities
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Cultural immersion experiences for onboarding
Full Job Description
Role Overview

As Senior Engineering Manager for Client Multiplatform, you'll lead the engineering team powering the Fanatics Markets app - a fast-moving, high-growth product at the intersection of sports and financial markets. You'll manage mobile engineers, set the technical direction for our Kotlin Multiplatform strategy, and partner across the organization to ship high-quality, customer-facing features consistently across platforms. This role demands a balance of deep technical credibility, strong people leadership, and the ability to influence executives and cross-functional stakeholders alike. The ideal candidate is energized by both platform enablement work and end-user product delivery - this role requires comfort with both.
Responsibilities
  • Lead, coach, and develop staff and senior engineers, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Own end-to-end technical execution of complex features - from architecture and design to deployment and iteration - including proactive consideration of edge cases, testing, and operational concerns.
  • Partner with the client platform team to define and evolve shared standards, best practices, and UI libraries across the organization - balancing your product team's priorities with contributions back to the shared platform.
  • Provide architectural oversight for Kotlin/Java services built with Spring Boot, ensuring engineering best practices are upheld and integration points and dependencies are anticipated early.
  • Set and track engineering goals around availability, performance, quality, and delivery cadence - holding teams accountable to outcomes.
  • Recruit, retain, and scale top engineering talent through thoughtful hiring, mentorship, and inclusive team culture.
  • Lead multi-team planning and design discussions, introducing innovative approaches to technical challenges and driving adoption of best practices across platform boundaries without relying on formal authority.
  • Advocate for engineering at the executive level, influencing technology strategy and investment in distributed systems and mobile infrastructure - translating complex multiplatform decisions into terms that resonate with product and executive audiences.
Experience and Skills
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years managing mobile engineering teams
  • Proven track record building highly scalable, consumer-facing Android applications using MVI architecture with deep understanding of unidirectional data flow and state immutability at scale.
  • Expert-level Kotlin proficiency - coroutines, flows (including Flow vs. SharedFlow distinctions), custom scopes, and thread dispatchers - with the ability to mentor others in its effective use.
  • Strong experience with reactive programming patterns and asynchronous data processing, including real-time data via WebSockets, gRPC, and Ktor for networking.
  • Experience designing offline-first data sync layers (e.g., SQLDelight) with an understanding of schema migrations, eventual consistency, and how distributed/async backend state surfaces through MVI to the end user.
  • Proficiency with Gradle build systems at scale - multi-module projects, convention plugins, remote build caching, dependency substitution, and custom plugin authoring.
  • Experience designing CI/CD pipelines that validate KMP changes across both Android and iOS builds, including strategies to catch shared module breakages before they reach native builds.
  • Hands-on experience with Jetpack Compose - including recomposition optimization, stability annotations, and state hoisting - and familiarity with Compose Multiplatform trade-offs.
  • Deep Android platform expertise - best practices, trends, and end-user considerations - with awareness of iOS conventions sufficient to ensure KMP modules remain idiomatic for both platforms.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multi-team programs and scale engineering organizations through high-growth phases, including building cross-team alignment and handling skepticism from platform peers.
  • Expertise in Agile/Scrum delivery, with a track record of driving process improvements and clear, effective communication across engineering, product, design, and executive audiences.

Nice to Have
  • Production experience with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), including shipped features - not just exploration. Familiarity with expect/actual patterns, interface injection, iOS interop, and the organizational challenges of cross-platform adoption.

Depending on the role, your interview and onboarding experience may include in-person components, such as onsite interviews or Launching into Better: LIVE-a multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires. These sessions are designed to build connection and bring our culture to life, though specific travel and participation requirements will be confirmed based on your role and location. Your recruiter will provide clear guidance at each stage of the process.

For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/

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Ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming. The range incorporates all of our Geographical Compensation Zones and is subject to change as the Zone associated with the actual offer is confirmed. In addition to the base and bonus, full-time employment, and more. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/

Salary Range

$204,250-$268,750 USD

About Fanatics

Fanatics is a leading retailer of licensed sports merchandise. The company was founded in 1995 and has grown to become the largest online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise in the world. Fanatics offers a wide range of products, including jerseys, hats, and other apparel, as well as collectibles and memorabilia. The company has partnerships with all major sports leagues and teams, as well as with individual athletes. Fanatics is committed to providing a seamless shopping experience for its customers and has invested heavily in technology and logistics to ensure fast and reliable delivery.
Learn more about Fanatics
Size
5,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1995

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