Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Responsibilities

• Drive modernization efforts across our platform — improving how identity, access, and authorization are handled across systems.
• Lead architecture and development of backend services that are scalable, reliable, and easy to maintain.
• Design APIs and event-driven workflows that enable clear communication between services and products.
• Provide technical mentorship, guidance, and code reviews that raise the bar for the entire engineering team.
• Leverage AI-driven tools and automation to improve quality, consistency, and development velocity.
• Build and maintain backend services using TypeScript, NestJS, and Node.js, ensuring strong testing practices with Jest, Vitest, and Supertest.
• Apply a strong understanding of AWS services (Aurora, EventBridge, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 etc..) to design reliable and performant distributed systems.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver technical solutions that support key business goals.
• Champion best practices around security, testing, CI/CD, observability, and service ownership.

Requirements

Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science or a related field.

Extensive experience designing and scaling distributed systems and service-oriented architectures.

Deep understanding of authentication and authorization frameworks (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, RBAC/ABAC) and experience modernizing or re-platforming identity and entitlement systems.

Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js, including advanced design patterns and maintainable code practices.

Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Aurora, Firestore).

Proven success building and maintaining RESTful APIs and event-driven systems.

Solid understanding of AWS services and cloud-native architecture.

Strong testing discipline and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.

Demonstrated technical leadership and ability to mentor engineers effectively.

Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering outcomes.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with SST or similar serverless deployment frameworks.
• Familiarity with event-driven and asynchronous system patterns.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration.
• Knowledge of data validation frameworks like Zod.
• Experience working in an Agile environment and contributing to cross-team standards.

Qualifications

Passionate about sports and driven to help grow and elevate the communities we serve.

Embody accountability, collaboration, curiosity, positivity, grit, and excellence.

Motivated to help shape the technical direction of major platform components.

Willing to work closely with product and leadership to design solutions that scale across our ecosystem.

Committed to championing best practices around security, testing, CI/CD, observability, and service ownership.