Staff Backend Engineer
Core
Architect, build, and evolve high-scale backend APIs, services, and event-driven workflows for a sports platform serving millions of daily users.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (IC)
Builds
Scalable backend systems, APIs, services, and data pipelines for youth sports organizations
Domain
Sports technology, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend engineering (Node, TypeScript, Elixir, Ruby/Rails, Java, Go, Python), SQL and relational database optimization, service-oriented architecture, event-driven architecture, distributed systems design, production observability, incident management, technical leadership, mentorship
Preferred skills
Experience with infrastructure/platform teams, Elasticsearch, BigQuery, analytics pipelines, AI-assisted engineering workflows
Responsibilities
Architect and implement complex backend product and technical work from discovery to production support, lead ambiguous technical initiatives and trade-off decisions, improve system reliability and performance through architecture and testing, debug complex production issues across the full request lifecycle, partner with cross-functional teams to deliver durable backend systems
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence