Engineering Manager
About the role
At Hudl, we build great teams and hire the best to ensure you work with people you can learn from. You’ll be trusted to get your work done your way while testing the limits of what’s possible. We support a culture where everyone feels supported, and our employees have helped us become one of Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. As the team behind the team, we help teams worldwide see their game differently by making it easier for coaches and athletes to capture video, analyze data, share highlights, and more.
We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers focused on our Fan and Club products. You'll lead the teams that power millions of tickets sold, millions of livestreaming hours, and Club sports programs and high school athletic departments nationwide. This role requires strategic thinking, technical leadership, and management expertise to drive our mission forward.
While local candidates in Lincoln, Nebraska are prioritized, we’re open to remote applicants who reside in one of the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Responsibilities
- Lead Team-Level Strategy: Shape and drive the strategy for your teams, ensuring alignment with Hudl’s overall vision; set direction for multiple teams and stay ahead in the market.
- Manage and Develop Engineers: Foster a high performance, team‑oriented culture by leading and mentoring engineers ranging from senior to new‑to‑career; develop leadership capabilities, promote best practices, and ensure high performance across teams.
- Collaborate Across Disciplines: Work closely with leaders from various disciplines to plan and deliver enhancements across your product suite; integrate diverse perspectives to drive innovation and ensure products meet the highest standards.
- Drive Technical Excellence: Serve as a technical leader, guiding teams in the development of robust, scalable cloud solutions; solve complex challenges and drive engineering excellence.
- Champion Agentic/AI Engineering Practices: Drive acceleration of the software development lifecycle via impactful adoption of AI development tooling and patterns; increase speed of delivering products to customers.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in cloud technology and building highly scalable software solutions; proven track record designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud‑based systems that scale efficiently and handle millions of livestreams and ticket sales.
- Track record of driving technical strategy and leading engineering efforts; experience setting technical direction for product areas like Fan and Club groups and guiding teams toward successful outcomes aligned with company goals.
- Strong managerial experience; background in leading engineering teams with skills in career coaching and performance management.
- AI‑forward mindset and strong bias for agentic engineering techniques; experience driving impactful adoption of AI coding tools.
- Proven communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and teams; ability to articulate ideas clearly and work effectively with stakeholders, partnering with Product Management and Design.
- Experience in product partnership; proven ability to partner effectively with Product