Software Engineer, Fullstack (Remote)

The Athletic Media Company

8d • $120,000 - $140,000 • Remote

About The Position

Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs. This team consists of Analytics, Design, Engineering, and Product and works closely with Advertising, Editorial, and Marketing. Our team powers the core of the subscriber experience: Content (articles, podcast player, etc) Community (comments, live rooms, game discussions) Curation (front page, push notifications, etc) Search & Discovery (feeds, homepage) As a full-stack engineer, you’ll get to work on every part of the stack: web frontend, backend API, dev ops, database, and analytics. This role is 100% remote for candidates currently residing in either the United States or Canada.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Bachelor's degree in CS or relevant discipline preferred.
• We have 2 primary tech stacks, one in React (Next.js) with an Apollo/GraphQL API layer, and one in PHP (Wordpress) with a REST API layer. Data stores that we use include MySQL, Redis, and ElasticSearch. All resources are hosted on AWS (relevant services include ElasticBeanstalk, ECS, RDS, Lambda. Cloudwatch). Prior experience with any of these technologies is desired, but not required.
• The current team is largely based in San Francisco, CA, but this role can be based in a 100% remote capacity within the United States or Canada.

Responsibilities

• Work with Design and Product teams to build a web UI that is beautiful, performant, and well-engineered.
• Architect and build the backend/API to optimize for performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality.
• Write unit, functional, and integration tests to ensure maximum code and product quality.
• Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to other team members.
• Work with the team to influence technology direction.
• Brainstorm new product ideas and improvements alongside the design and product teams.
• Work within a highly cross-functional team, iterating on our process and making your own suggestions for improvements.

Benefits

• Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.
• Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.
• 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.
• Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
• Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees