Head of Engineering B2B

PFF is the global leader in the collection analysis and application of sports data. With clients spanning the majority of the professional and college football landscapes along with major media entities and sports fans worldwide PFF is at the forefront of revolutionizing how football is played coached and consumed. Our datadriven insights empower teams broadcasters and fans with cuttingedge analytics that drive smarter decisions on and off the field.

Toward these aims our team is seeking an experienced and innovative Head of Engineering to lead our B2B initiatives and drive the development of AI driven football analytics. This role will be responsible for driving our technical vision architecture and strategy for our B2B engineering team. Specifically this team oversees the development deployment and maintenance of the backend applications and services for the PFF Ultimate platform. The ideal candidate will have a passion for sports analytics a deep understanding of technical methodologies and a proven track record of leading highperforming teams.

Role Requirements

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers fostering a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous learning.
• Define and execute the technical roadmap for PFFs Ultimate DAT and supporting database projects.
• Oversee architecture and infrastructure decisions of production data processing and aggregation pipelines ensuring scalability security and performance optimization.
• Effectively collaborate with product design and data science teams across global timezones to deliver seamless digital experiences.
• Spearhead initiatives in AIdriven analytics leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance data insights and automation.
• Ensure seamless integration of AI models into data processing pipelines and software products.
• Drive agile development processes ensuring efficient and highquality releases.
• Optimize DevOps workflows CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure to improve engineering efficiency.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and best practices in web mobile and sports analytics.
• Foster a culture of leadership behaviors technical excellence innovation and continuous improvement.

Skills & Experience

• 8 years of experience in software engineering in a production environment with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Proven track record of leading highperforming engineering teams in a fastpaced environment.
• Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to communicate technical strategies to stakeholders and nontechnical teams.
• Experience with scalable cloud architectures (GCP Azure and AWS services including ECS S3 and Lambda).
• Proficiency in AI/ML frameworks such as TensorFlow PyTorch or ScikitLearn.
• Experience in designing and deploying services that interact with machine learning models at scale.
• Strong understanding of databases data warehousing and caching systems.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices CI/CD.
• Experience with data lake architecture and with nonrelational databases such as Riak Cassandra DynamoDB or Redshift.
• Working knowledge in technologies: Elixir Phoenix Broadway and Oban.
• Passion for sports analytics and a deep appreciation for football data.