Software Development Manager, UTA
API Platform
$190-210k
Talent & entertainment agency
Open for applications
Talent & entertainment agency
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$190-210k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To shape talent, build careers, and tell stories.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience strongly preferred
- 8+ years of engineering experience in fast-paced environments
- 4+ years managing development teams, preferably distributed ones
- 4+ years building and managing RESTful APIs and API management platforms
- 3+ years working in cloud-native environments such as AWS or Azure
- Expertise in monolith and microservices architecture
- Familiarity with the MERN or MEAN stack, PHP, or Python
- Experience with modern CMS platforms (e.g., WordPress, Drupal, Contentful)
- Proficiency in CDN technologies
- Hands-on experience in developing and managing decoupled applications
- Knowledge of API requirements, including analytics, throttling, caching, logging, and response modifications
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver projects on time
- Experience mentoring and coaching engineers, fostering team collaboration
- Track record of effectively working with cross-functional teams, including product owners, operations, security, and data engineering
- Exceptional analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Self-starter with a strong commitment to continuous improvement
What the job involves
- UTA seeks a Software Development Manager-Platform to lead the Engineering Team in building innovative and sustainable solutions to meet business requirements
- You will drive the foundational architecture and develop a robust API Management platform to leverage UTA's rich data ecosystem effectively
- By utilizing best practices in software engineering, you will deliver scalable solutions, foster team development, and enable integration across UTA’s technology landscape
- Lead the design and implementation of a scalable API Management platform, ensuring seamless integration with internal systems and external partners
- Establish and enforce API governance practices, including versioning, authentication, rate limiting, and monitoring, to deliver secure and efficient APIs
- Drive platform development initiatives to enable UTA’s data ecosystem, ensuring robust data pipelines, microservices, and scalable infrastructure
- Architect and implement cloud-based solutions tailored to company objectives, enabling faster, more efficient business operations and platform scalability
- Champion and instill engineering best practices, such as test-driven development (TDD), agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and maintaining a balance between innovation and managing technical debt
- Establish software development standards to ensure the delivery of high-quality code and a well-architected platform
- Actively participate in all phases of the project lifecycle, working closely with product management to address challenges, eliminate roadblocks, and provide visibility to stakeholders
- Serve as a technical leader while contributing directly to product initiatives and mentoring your team in platform and API best practices
- Partner with cross-functional teams to align platform and API solutions with UTA’s strategic goals and business needs
- Use KPIs, analytics, and data insights to optimize engineering processes, platform performance, and delivery timelines
- Work closely with engineering teams to implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes, and cloud-native solutions for efficient and scalable platform management
- Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and collaboration within the engineering team
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers, focusing on platform architecture, API design, and system scalability
Our take
Founded in 1991, UTA represents some of the world’s most acclaimed and recognised figures - from actors and athletes to writers and digital influencers. These include Lizzo, The Coen Brothers, Bad Bunny and Timothee Chalamet.
The entertainment landscape is in a permanent state of flux, but the boom of digital and social media has brought rise to new kinds of talent. To remain on the cultural pulse, UTA has expanded its business into gaming, digital media and influencers, as younger consumers spend more time playing games or watching social content over traditional media.
With the acquisitions of Fletcher & Company and Curtis Brown, UTA took on the estates of esteemed literary figures like John le Carré and Ian Fleming. This reflects a larger competition between agencies to acquire intellectual property to develop into content. In doing so, UTA hopes to find competitive edge over other dominant agencies, WME and CAA.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Beverly Hills, CA
Leadership
Jeremy Zimmer
(Co-Founder & CEO)Has served as CEO for UTA since 1991.
Jim Berkus
(Co-Founder & Chair)Served as a partner at Leading Artists Agency, which merged with Bauer-Benedek Agency to form UTA.
Peter Benedek
(Co-Founder & Owner)Also served as a partner at Bauer-Benedek Agency.
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