Lead Software Engineer, Mobile Development

Inglewood, California, United States

The NFL is hiring a Lead Software Engineer, Mobile Development. We are looking for a seasoned leader who is passionate about delivering world-class mobile experiences to our millions of fans, who can guide a team composed of offshore software engineers delivering live games and direct-to-consumer products and enjoys staying at the forefront of trends working with amazing partners. You and your team will work with our product team to keep our NFL Mobile in alignment with changing business needs.

We’re looking for someone who is collaborative, resourceful, and can communicate complex ideas with ease. This position requires excellent communication skills, and a “get-it-done” mindset to ensure results are delivered while also encouraging creativity, innovation, and inclusion. The ideal candidate is adept at designing solutions that the team can run with but is also not afraid to roll up their sleeves and help when the need arises.

Responsibilities:

• Own the technical direction for our NFL Mobile app
• Help your team make decisions around designing solutions and approaches to meet business expectations in an efficient manner
• Actively engage and contribute to code review processes
• Collaborate with product and project team members to ensure timely delivery of quality releases
• Contribute to planning and assignment of development tasks for the team
• Drive the team to deliver and execute the technical and product roadmap for mobile engineering across a variety of technologies and feature teams
• Own the technical roadmap and evolution of mobile engineering in coordination with engineering teams, product, and business stakeholders
• Identify opportunities for improvement in engineering practices and software delivery
• Contribute to the technical leadership team and our shared values of creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work community

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
• 1-3+ years of experience leading software development teams
• Advanced experience in React Native and/or React
• Experience influencing best practices within your team
• Comfortable communicating architecture to all levels of management and product owners
• Experience taking a lead role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Knowledge of best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Superior communication and people skills
• Ability to build support for architectural decisions and ideas by working with the various Technical Engineering Leads

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
• Familiarity with CI/CD build and deployment practices
• Familiarity with the Media and Entertainment industry
• Appreciation and/or love of football

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics:

• Proactive problem solver with a passion to learn new technologies and ways of working
• Effective collaborator that enjoys working as both a leader and individual contributor

Travel:

• Occasional travel may be available as business needs arise

Terms /Expected Hours of Work:

• NFL employees are required to work 40 hours per week.
• This role may require occasional work on nights, weekends and holidays throughout the Season

Salary / Pay Range

This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.

$175,000 - $200,000 USD

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