The fastest-growing sports gaming company, ever. We’re here to make sports more fun. We pair intuitive user experiences with innovative game designs to build the best experience for sports fans in America.
Since 2020, we’ve launched four of today’s most widely played fantasy games, and built the Underdog Sportsbook entirely in-house with our own tech. We move fast, act with urgency, and create experiences you won’t find anywhere else.
With a $1.2 billion valuation and backing from investors like BlackRock, Spark Capital, SV Angel, Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, Adam Schefter, and more, we’re just getting started.
At Underdog, we play and win as a team. We take chances and are unafraid to attack hard problems. We face challenges with ambition and optimism. We play for the love of the game.
We’re Underdog. And winning as an Underdog is just more fun.
Join us.
We’re looking for a seasoned Director of Engineering to lead the charge across our Games and Promotions domain—one of the most critical, fast-moving parts of our product experience. You’ll oversee multiple cross-functional teams of mobile and backend engineers responsible for building and scaling the game mechanics, promotions engine, and user-facing experiences that make our platform fun, sticky, and differentiated in the sports betting and fantasy gaming space.
This is a high-leverage role where you'll drive delivery, coach and grow high-performing teams, partner deeply with Product and Design, and shape both the technical architecture and team strategy needed to scale our systems and our impact.
What you’ll do:- Own the execution and health of multiple teams building and maintaining core game experiences, dynamic promotions, and backend infrastructure powering player-facing systems.
- Partner closely with product, design, data, and marketing to define roadmaps, ensure alignment, and accelerate delivery of domain-level goals.
- Develop engineering leaders and ICs through coaching, mentorship, and structured growth opportunities.
- Drive engineering excellence by championing reliable, testable, and scalable systems across both mobile and backend platforms.
- Scale architecture and operations to handle increased load, complexity, and regulatory scrutiny as the business grows.
- Create clarity in ambiguity by setting vision, aligning teams, and driving tradeoffs that balance delivery, quality, and technical debt.
- Promote a culture of accountability and impact, where engineers understand the “why” behind their work and ship with urgency and pride.
- Experience building and leading large teams of managers and software engineers (30+) delivering cross-functional projects, and mentoring leaders across both technical and management tracks.
- Proven success managing cross-functional teams, especially in fast-paced consumer product environments.
- Deep technical intuition with the ability to engage meaningfully in architecture and system design conversations.
- Strong delivery orientation—you know how to ship and scale in ambiguous, high-growth environments.
- Experience partnering closely with Product and Design to co-own outcomes and align roadmaps.
- Passion for team building, coaching, and creating an environment where engineers thrive and grow.
- Experience in gaming, mobile apps, or consumer-facing promotions systems is a strong plus.
Our target starting base salary range for this position is between $250,000 and $310,000, plus target equity. The starting base salary will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s skills and experience, among other things.
- Unlimited PTO (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- A $500 home office allowance
- A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
- 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents
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Underdog is an equal opportunity employer and doesn't discriminate on the basis of creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status, or any other defining characteristic.
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