The Athletic
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Director,Engineering
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“Director, Engineering at The Athletic. Skills: engineering leadership, team management, technical strategy, product roadmap execution. grow and lead our team of engineers working on our products. defining our strategy”
Industry & Context.
Evaluate trade-offs; effectively prioritize tasks
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience managing an engineering team, Experience leading a team building both web and iOS/Android products, Experience with some portion of our tech stack, and an appetite to learn the remainder: Javascript (React, Next. js, Node. js, Apollo/GraphQL), PHP (Wordpress), MySQL/DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, AWS
Nice to Have
Direct experience scaling a small to medium/large team
What You'll Do.
grow and lead our team of engineers working on our products
defining our strategy
translating that strategy into staffing and technical roadmaps
grow and manage the team to execute on those roadmaps
build across all our platforms
working on every part of the stack: web
hiring additional engineers to fill out the team
with a focus on diversity and inclusion
staffing and structuring your team to meet business needs
Manage your team and help them to deliver high-quality software in a fast-paced
high-growth environment
and hiring decisions to meet anticipated demands and scale
Evaluate trade-offs and effectively prioritize tasks within each team in alignment with strategic initiatives and company goals
Brainstorm new product ideas and improvements
staying close to the codebase
provide consistent productive feedback
Help engineers learn the skills needed to advance in their career
Work with engineers and product managers to iterate on and improve team processes and efficiency
Contribute to important company-wide initiatives like diversity and inclusion
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
works closely with our other product teams; Collaborate closely with product, design, editorial, data science, and marketing teams to define strategy and execute on roadmaps; Brainstorm new product ideas and improvements alongside the design and product teams
Communication Scope
provide consistent productive feedback
Process & Methodology
translating strategy into staffing and technical roadmaps, managing teams to execute on roadmaps, prioritizing tasks, iterating on and improve team processes and efficiency
Full Job Description
## Description About Us Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs. About the Role We’re looking for an experienced engineering director to grow and lead our team of engineers working on our products. The team works closely with our other product teams, and we’re looking for an engineering leader who can excel at defining our strategy, translating that strategy into staffing and technical roadmaps, and then grow and manage the team to execute on those roadmaps. Your team will build across all our platforms, including web, iOS and Android. Your team of engineers will be working on every part of the stack: web, backend, API, database, analytics. ## Responsibilities You will be responsible for hiring additional engineers to fill out the team, with a focus on diversity and inclusion, and staffing and structuring your team to meet business needs. Manage your team and help them to deliver high-quality software in a fast-paced, agile, high-growth environment. Make technology, infrastructure, architectural, and hiring decisions to meet anticipated demands and scale. Evaluate trade-offs and effectively prioritize tasks within each team in alignment with strategic initiatives and company goals. Collaborate closely with product, design, editorial, data science, and marketing teams to define strategy and execute on roadmaps. Brainstorm new product ideas and improvements alongside the design and product teams while also delivering clean, performant code (this role has an expectation of staying close to the codebase). Hold regular 1:1s, evaluate performance, and provide consistent productive feedb
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