
Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack at The Athletic Media Company. Location Information: USA. 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. The Athletic is rapidly growing in the world of journalism. We've developed a high quality subscription product that users love enough to give us a 4.9 rating in the App Store, and we see best in class retention rates when it's me for users to renew their subscription. We're building a product that users love and we want to keep growing it. That's where you come in! . This role is remote to the US and Canada only. . Responsibilities. Develop new features based on product specifications, ensuring to always optimize for scalability and performance.. Contribute to and engage in our scrum process through sprint planning, review, retrospectives and daily standups.. Understand the technical requirements of new requests and work with design and product to ensure the end result matches expectations of building a world class product.. Fix live bugs and triage the issue with company peers so the root cause can be identified. We can patch live issues but we always go back to fix the bigger problem.. Validate the quality of your work through manual and automated testing. We believe engineers own their code throughout the whole lifecycle of development until it’s live, giving them visibility and ownership over their work.. Coach and mentor Junior engineers, helping them understand new technologies, general best practices and troubleshoot issues in their daily work.. Requirements. 4+ years of relevant engineering experience.. Wehave 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. MySQL database, ElasticSearch, and DynamoDB on the backend. All hosted on AWS. Prior experience with any of the above is desired, but not required.. The annual base salary range for this role is $150,000.00 - $165,000.00 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.. Click here to review our . Applicant Privacy Notice. , which describes how and when The Athletic Media Company collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of job applicants and prospective employees.. Beware of fraudulent job recruiting schemes! Our recruiters use . [email protected]. exclusively. 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 recruiter with 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]. .