ABOUT ONEFOOTBALL

Our mission is to create the world’s premier experience in following football (soccer) across the world. With multi-form hyper-personalized content, we aim to shake up the football viewership and appeal to billions of fans worldwide. With reviews, merchandise, media, news, partnerships we have a vibrant community of users and with future contests, the possibilities of customer growth are endless.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven experience (10+ years) in senior technology leadership roles (CTO, VP of Engineering, etc.) within a high-growth, product-led company.
• Proven success in delivering scalable app-based products with millions of users, preferably in a consumer or content-focused environment.
• Deep knowledge of modern engineering practices, cloud architecture (e.g., AWS or GCP), and mobile-first product development.
• Demonstrated success in developing and executing technology strategies that drive business growth and financial performance in particular in an app environment.
• Exceptional ability to lead through influence, drive cross-functional execution, and inspire engineering culture across a 100+ people org.
• Strong communication and leadership presence; able to represent engineering with clarity to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with budget ownership and delivering technology projects with measurable business outcomes.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Deep Learning modelling expertise is highly preferred.
• Experience in agile, DevOps, and modern software development methodologies.
• Familiarity with data analytics, machine learning, or AI technologies.
• Prior experience in a startup or high-growth technology company.
• Prior experience in the sports, media, or digital advertising ecosystem would be a big plus.

ROLE OVERVIEW

OneFootball can leapfrog to the next phase of growth by state-of-the-art Generative AI applications.
We are seeking a strategic and outcome-oriented VP of Engineering to provide strategic vision, leadership, and accountability for OneFootball and to lead and scale our global engineering organization who will report directly to our CEO. As a core member of the leadership team, you will be responsible for aligning our technology vision with business goals and delivering high-impact outcomes across our core product, infrastructure, and monetization initiatives. You will lead and mentor Engineering leadership, empowering them to drive technical excellence, leadership, and accountability throughout their teams. This is a high-impact, business-critical role driving technical excellence, speed of execution, and measurable business value in a fast-paced, app-first environment.
You will have the opportunity to hire the best of the best worldwide with our flexible approach to hire the best talent from anywhere in the world to work in our hubs. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to apply Generative AI and state of the art deep learning approaches to content generation, recommendations and community building.
You will lead a team of Engineering Directors and Managers, empowering them to drive high performance, strong engineering culture, and ownership at scale.