As a full-stack engineer, you will build web UIs, backend APIs, manage dev ops, and maintain database systems while mentoring team members.
About Us
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.
About the Role
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.
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.
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.
The annual base salary range for this role is $120,000.00 - $140,000.00 USD. The total compensation offered for this position may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, and location. It may also include non-cash rewards and benefits. The base salary range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
The Athletic offers unique perks and benefits to all full-time employees based on their country of residence. Our comprehensive US benefits package includes:
- 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.
For international candidates: Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.
The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Beware of fraudulent job recruiting schemes! Our recruiters use [email protected] exclusively, and our team members will use an email address with @theathletic.com domain. We do not conduct interviews via text or instant message and we do not ask candidates to download software, to purchase equipment through us, or to provide sensitive personally identifiable information, such as bank accounts or social security numbers. If you have been contacted by someone claiming to be a member of the recruiting/HR team at The Athletic but operating from a different email address about a job offer, please report it as potential job fraud to the law enforcement and to [email protected].
Top Skills
Apollo
AWS
Cloudwatch
Ecs
Elasticbeanstalk
Elasticsearch
GraphQL
Lambda
MySQL
Next.Js
PHP
Rds
React
Redis
Rest Api
Wordpress
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