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Engineering Manager, Mobile Platform

Fanatics Collectibles

Los Angeles, CA, United States; New York, NY, United States Posted 4d ago
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ABOUT US Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.    About the Team Fanatics Collect is a leading marketplace and platform for physical and digital collectibles, bringing together commerce, content, and community for collectors at massive scale. We are building high-quality, fan-first experiences and investing deeply in modern engineering, product, and design practices to support long-term growth.   Role Summary We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Client Platform Team across iOS, Android, and Web for the Live and Collect apps. This role is responsible for people leadership, platform execution, operational excellence, and strong technical judgment across shared client infrastructure and engineering workflows. The Client Platform Team owns shared client infrastructure, developer tooling, observability foundations, release systems, and cross-platform standards that enable product engineering teams to ship high-quality client experiences faster and more safely. Product engineering teams remain responsible for feature delivery and operational quality within their domains, while the platform team enables consistency, visibility, reliability, and scalable engineering practices across the organization. This role partners closely with Product, Design, Engineering, QA, SRE/Infrastructure, and other cross-functional stakeholders to improve release reliability, client observability, developer productivity, and platform health across the Live and Collect ecosystem. This role is expected to be technically engaged and hands-on with engineering workflows, architecture discussions, operational reviews, debugging, and development practices while remaining primarily focused on team leadership, execution, and organizational impact.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Manage, coach, and develop engineers working across iOS, Android, and Web client platforms * Lead platform initiatives focused on developer productivity, release reliability, observability, shared tooling, and client platform health * Establish clear expectations, priorities, ownership boundaries, and success metrics for the Client Platform Team * Drive execution of platform initiatives that improve developer workflows, release safety, observability, and client quality * Partner with Product, Design, Engineering, QA, SRE/Infrastructure, and other stakeholders on planning, sequencing, and execution * Partner with engineering leadership to prioritize platform reliability, developer productivity, observability, and modernization investments alongside product delivery commitments * Improve release-readiness processes, CI/CD health, PR validation quality, automated testing practices, and incident follow-through * Build and maintain dashboards, alerts, logs, and operational workflows that improve visibility into critical client experiences * Partner with client engineering teams on shared architectural patterns, framework adoption, dependency health, and platform consistency * Drive effective adoption of AI-assisted engineering workflows, including development tooling, documentation, testing support, code review augmentation, and developer enablement best practices * Remain technically engaged in architecture discussions, operational reviews, development workflows, and engineering quality practices while empowering engineers to own implementation details * Support hiring, onboarding, team growth, and a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement   PLATFORM RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPERATIONAL FOCUS The Client Platform Team is responsible for building and maintaining the systems, tooling, standards, dashboards, alerts, and operational workflows that improve release reliability, client observability, performance visibility, developer productivity, and platform health across iOS, Android, and Web applications. The team partners closely with product engineering teams to identify issues, drive improvements, establish best practices, and support operational excellence across critical client experiences.   QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED * 8+ years of professional software engineering experience * 2+ years of experience managing and developing engineers * Experience leading client platform, frontend, mobile, or cross-platform engineering teams across iOS, Android, and/or Web * Strong judgment around delivery, quality, architecture, performance, reliability, and technical tradeoffs * Experience improving release quality, observability, developer productivity, CI/CD health, or platform reliability through engineering systems and operational practices * Ability to lead through influence across multiple product and engineering teams PREFERRED * Experience with consumer-facing, marketplace, commerce, live, or real-time products * Experience in high-growth or fast-paced environments * Hands-on familiarity with modern client observability, performance monitoring, CI/CD, automated testing, and release management practices * Experience implementing or scaling AI-assisted engineering workflows and developer productivity tooling WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE * A healthy, engaged Client Platform Team with clear ownership and strong operating rhythms * Measurable improvements in release reliability, client observability, developer workflows, and platform health * Faster, safer delivery for Live and Collect app teams through improved tooling, release systems, shared libraries, and engineering workflows * Reduced platform debt through better dependency health, framework/library currency, code quality, and maintainability * Strong cross-functional collaboration with Product, Design, Engineering, QA, and operational partners * Thoughtful adoption of AI-assisted engineering workflows that improve engineering effectiveness while maintaining accountability for quality and outcomes * Engineers who feel supported, challenged, and clear on growth paths     Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud.  Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants. Feel free to ask your recruiter for a phone call or other type of communication for interview, and ensure your communication is coming from a Fanatics email address (including @collectfanatics.com).  For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at www.fanaticsinc.com/careers The salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation.  This salary range is specific to Los Angeles and may not be applicable to other locations.  When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/ Los Angeles Salary Range $162,720—$203,400 USD The salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation.  This salary range is specific to New York City and may not be applicable to other locations.  When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/ NYC Salary Range $174,800—$218,500 USD By submitting your application, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our Candidate Privacy Policy. Fanatics will never ask candidates for money, banking information, or other sensitive personal information as part of the interview process. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Fanatics recruiting, please do not respond and report it here.

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