As a member of the Core Experience Delivery team, you will design, build, and support the APIs behind our sports platform, the content that delivers the storytelling content to all our products, the taxonomy systems used to classify all our data and content, and have a direct impact to many digital products.
As a Senior Software Engineer you will be responsible for extensible solutions, at scale, and advancing our platform onto modern frameworks and technologies. You will interact with numerous teams to drive requirements and provide a strong foundation for the many products enhancing our fan experiences. We are looking for a passionate, impactful technologist who seeks to bring the best out in themselves and those around them. Someone who can provide a fresh perspective and innovative insight to our initiatives.
Collaborate with product managers and fellow engineers in the design and implementation of systems delivering high throughput experiences.
Contribute to, and sometimes lead cross-team architecture discussions.
Efficiently operate mission-critical cloud-based services, with an emphasis in reliability, security, and performance
Analyze and resolve complex engineering problems involving high trafficked web and mobile application services and APIs.
Design data models and build scalable backend services that interact with frontend clients and applications.
Interface with a variety of stakeholders to define requirements and project timelines.
Work with the team to iteratively improve development practices and processes.
Help with full-stack development when needed.
Research and experiment with the latest and greatest technologies to identify, evangelize, and apply them to current and future projects.
Perform code reviews and guide the technical direction of the team.
Basic Qualifications
4+ years of relevant industry experience
Demonstrated proficiency in developing high volume, cached, fault tolerant, multi-threaded scalable systems.
4+ years' experience with exposure to full lifecycle of application development, including best practices of unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc.
Demonstrated ability to work on a diverse scope of software and database projects requiring detailed analysis, creative/practical problem solving. Strong analytical skills as well as solid capabilities for debugging and troubleshooting.
Proven experience with strong communication skills and attention to detail.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with cloud-based technologies such as AWS EC2, ECS, SQS, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc.
Proven experience with Java and open-source technologies like Spring, Tomcat, MySQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, etc.
Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
Education
BS in Computer Science
Compensation:
The estimated pay range for this position is USD $85.00/hr - $91.50/hr and is an Exempt role.
Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.
Benefits:
We offer comprehensive benefit options which vary depending on role, location, and employment type. Partner can share more details about compensation or benefits for the specific role during the hiring