The Back End Engineer will maintain and enhance various projects, work with product and engineering teams, design REST APIs, and handle cloud technologies while contributing to the vision of Barstool Sports.
We are hiring a Back End Engineer to support our Engineering Department at Barstool Sports. As a Back End Engineer, you will not only own, but also perform maintenance and feature enhancements across an array of projects. You will be tasked to work with the product & engineering team, to navigate the chaos that is Barstool, and perform the engineering lift needed to accomplish our core objectives. We work on a wide array of products and support APIs that power the cross-platform Barstool experience for both our users and editorial staff. You will also be responsible for keeping up with the latest technologies; at Barstool, we pick the best tool for the job, and aren’t afraid of cutting-edge tech.
Everyone on the engineering team contributes to the product and vision of where we are taking Barstool. You should love what you do.
Back-end languages, frameworks, tools & infrastructure you should know….
- NodeJS/TypeScript
- MongoDB, MySQL, Snowflake
- Experience writing stable high-quality code for high-traffic production environments
- Designing REST APIs that other devs enjoy using
- Up-to-date knowledge of Cloud Vendors (AWS or GCP)
- Writing and maintaining unit and integration tests
- Knowledge of serverless architecture is a plus
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code frameworks (we use Serverless)
Experience in any of the following is nice to have...
- Content Publishing/CMS
- Video & Streaming (ffmpeg, hls, video delivery, QOS, etc)
- Ecommerce
- Ad Tech
- Podcasts/Audio Tech
- Experience with Transcription or other commercial ML tools
Front-end languages and frameworks you will encounter...
- Semantic HTML
- React.js
- Isomorphic/SSR Single Page Apps (We use Next.js/Vercel)
- Storybook.js
- Video.js & HLS.js
- Task runners, including Webpack, Gulp, Grunt, and NPM modules
Requirements
- 2+ years of engineering experience in Javascript/TypeScript
- Ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision
- Self-motivated and able to efficiently run with a project without close supervision
- Ability to work well with diverse stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills — you should be able to clearly articulate your decisions.
Salary Range: $110,000 - $125,000k
Barstool Sports is a company that will drive the way media is created and consumed for years to come. Working at Barstool Sports means being part of a team that is solutions-oriented, celebrates creativity, and supports one another.
Joining means having access to competitive and valuable benefits and perks, including but not limited to:
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefits
- A 4% 401(k) employer match
- Unlimited vacation time, including Summer break in July and Holiday break in December
- Monthly employer contribution towards cell phone reimbursement
- Employee discount to the Barstool Sports store
- Financial wellness benefits through Origin
- A monthly stipend for UberEats
What We Value
- Rep the brand as best you can
- We have lots of different brains, be open to them
- Never change who you are, that's who we hired
- Find the solution, don't be the problem
- Don't be afraid to try something new
- Common Sense. Use it.
- Be there for your audience
- Always think about how you can help
Barstool Sports is for everyone. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Barstool Sports does not accept unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes. Barstool Sports will not pay any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement.
Top Skills
AWS
GCP
Hls.Js
MongoDB
MySQL
Next.Js
Node.js
React
Rest Apis
Semantic Html
Serverless
Snowflake
Storybook.Js
Typescript
Video.Js
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