At Underdog, we make sports more fun.
Our thesis is simple: build the best products and we’ll build the biggest company in the space, because there’s so much more to be built for sports fans. We’re just over five years in, and we’re one of the fastest-growing sports companies ever, most recently valued at $1.3B. And it’s still the early days.
We’ve built and scaled multiple games and products across fantasy sports, sports betting, and prediction markets, all united in one seamless, simple, easy to use, intuitive and fun app.
Underdog isn’t for everyone. One of our core values is give a sh*t. The people who win here are the ones who care, push, and perform. If that’s you, come join us.
Winning as an Underdog is more fun.
- Own full-cycle recruiting for Engineering from intake to offer, ensuring an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience.
- Partner strategically with leaders and hiring managers to understand business goals, workforce planning needs, and hiring priorities.
- Influence and advise org leaders on hiring strategies, pipeline development, and market insights; serve as a thought partner on organizational design and talent planning.
- Identify and execute process improvement initiatives that enhance speed, quality, and scalability of recruiting operations.
- Lead proactive pipeline hiring for critical and high-growth teams, anticipating future needs and building relationships with top talent in advance.
- Drive high-impact hiring initiatives that improve candidate quality, diversity, and time-to-hire metrics.
- Partner cross-functionally with People Ops, HR, and team leads to ensure alignment on hiring priorities and workforce planning.
- Maintain data accuracy and leverage metrics to inform decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Serve as a recruiting culture champion, raising the talent bar across the organization through consistency, collaboration, and thoughtful candidate evaluation.
- 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a strong focus on engineering and technical roles.
- Proven success recruiting in high-growth organizations across both startup and established company environments.
- Demonstrated ability to manage senior-level relationships and act as a strategic advisor to business leaders.
- Comfort navigating complex, evolving hiring landscapes - balancing urgency with quality and long-term business impact.
- Track record of driving recruiting process improvements and implementing scalable systems and best practices.
- Deep understanding of technical talent markets and sourcing strategies.
- Experience working with ATS systems (Greenhouse) and recruitment analytics tools (Gem).
- Experience mentoring recruiters and contributing to process, tooling, and brand improvements across the recruiting org.
- An interest in or familiarity with the fantasy sports and sports betting industry
Our target starting base salary range for this position is between $160,000 and $190,000, plus pre-IPO equity. Our comp range reflects the full scale of expected compensation for this role. Offers are calibrated based on experience, skills, impact, and geographies. Most new hires land in the lower half of the band, with the opportunity to advance toward the upper end over time.
What we can offer you:- Unlimited PTO for full-time employees (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Home office stipend
- 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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What We Do
Underdog, the fastest-growing sports gaming company in the U.S., was founded in 2020 with the simple objective of making sports more fun. Our core operating principle: There’s so much more to be built for sports fans in America. As the only top-tier sports gaming operator in the country built on its own proprietary technology, we have a unique ability to create new, engaging products for the U.S. consumer. Our products provide the best way to enjoy fun, approachable sports games. We offer fantasy sports games, licensed sports betting, access to sports prediction markets and a growing media network featuring former professional athletes, coaches, analysts, and the fastest breaking news. Underdog is built for and by sports fans to make sports more fun. For more information, visit underdogfantasy.com.
Why Work With Us
As the only company built on its own proprietary technology across fantasy sports and sports betting regulatory frameworks, and now the first and only sports prediction market exchange offered on a major sports gaming operator app, Underdog is poised for significant growth over the next year and beyond.
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