Time zones: EST (UTC -5) CST (UTC -6) MST (UTC -7) PST (UTC -8) AKST (UTC -9) HST (UTC -10) AST (UTC -4) NST (UTC -3:30) Principal Back End Software Engineer (Java) - Location Flexible
Teamworks the Operating System for Sports™ powers more than 6500 sports organizations worldwide including collegiate athletic departments and teams across all major professional leagues. With 300 exceptional employees located in ten different countries Teamworks’ software solutions drive the operations of the most recognizable sports properties in the world.
Smartabase part of the Teamworks product suite is a human performance optimization platform designed to meet the needs of modern sports and military organizations. Currently integrated with more than 100 different technology products Smartabase is an athlete management system that serves as the source of truth for physical performance data medical record-keeping and more.
We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic Principal Back End Engineer who can architect develop and optimize the market-leading solution for athlete performance management and help us scale it to support a rapidly expanding market. Expect to work on a system meant to rapidly ingest aggregate and help people make sense of real-time data coming from thousands of wearable devices at once.
This role is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to pioneer the next frontier in human performance technology and to contribute to the continued rapid scaling of one of the fastest-growing companies in sports tech.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze product problems and system performance and use that to architect and develop secure performant solutions that scale.
- Deliver quality well-tested code to our API web and Java applications.
- Lead design and architecture discussions in a kanban-style environment.
- Establish and maintain coding standards and participate in code reviews.
- Automate away repetitive tasks and help the team find opportunities for automation.
- Identify bottlenecks in process and performance to improve efficiency.
- Maintain the strength of the engineering team through mentorship delegation and collaboration.
- Produce useful and concise application and infrastructure documentation for appropriate audience.
Requirements:
- Experience with building enterprise SaaS applications developed in Java and AWS that operate at high scale for 100000+ concurrent users.
- Experience in leveraging message queuing systems to enhance the scalability and reliability of applications optimizing for high-volume data handling and real-time processing. i.e. (Kafka/RabbitMQ/AWS SQS).
- Experience in significant application re-architecture and refactoring to enhance application scalability reliability performance and maintainability.
- Experience in implementing and improving software release processes including quality assurance performance benchmarking and automation.
- Experience in developing enterprise SaaS applications with a mind to consider memory consumption of features implemented and experience diagnosing JVM memory issues using heap forensic tooling.
- Experience with using tools like Datadog to find opportunities to improve the system establish performance standards SLOs etc.
- Experience with PostgreSQL schema and query design maintenance & management.
- Understanding of authentication technologies and standards such as SAML & OIDC.
- Experience with developing test suites that provide effective validation of software quality and performance under load.
- Experience in implementing and improving software release processes including quality assurance performance benchmarking and automation.
- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code tooling (Terraform) with a mind to automate solutions where possible.
- Experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitLab.
Desired Traits:
- Takes initiative proactively manages multiple priorities and works well under pressure.
- Analytical creative thinker and strategic problem-solver.
- Delivers fast but carefully thought-out high-quality results.
- Structured organized and efficient work style.
- Factual direct communication style.
- Experience working asynchronously with coworkers across different time zones.
- Interested in managing engineers and leading high-performing teams as a potential career progression.
- Aligned with our core values: honesty humility hard work commitment innovation and exceptionalism.
What we offer:
- A role in shaping the future of sports and a career that grows as the company grows.
- An exceptional culture of high achievement and teamwork.
- Supportive and humble colleagues who are some of the top problem solvers and innovators in the game.
- Financial security through competitive compensation and incentives.
- A comprehensive benefits plan including medical dental vision disability life insurance and a 401K with match.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- Additional educational opportunities via Range can be used for courses conferences and other options.
- Company equity.
- 100% remote work.
Founded in 2006 Teamworks started out as a messaging platform supporting collegiate football teams. Since then we have raised five institutional rounds of funding totaling over $165M. Our B2B SaaS product offerings have grown to solve complex operational workflows involving communications scheduling data collection rules compliance and other issues specific to elite athletics. In addition to providing the premier operations platform serving the sports industry we’ve also built or acquired the top solutions for Athlete Academic success (Retain) Alumni Engagement (Communities) Athlete Experience (Pulse) Compliance Services (ARMS) Name Image and Likeness (INFLCR) Sports Performance & Nutrition (Notemeal) Recruiting (Whistle) and Human Performance (Smartabase). Our product suite continues to grow and we are the preeminent tech provider serving top-tier athletic organizations.
Our offices in Durham Denver Richmond and Brisbane are open for work collaboration and optional team-building events – but as a remote-first company we also have teammates working from places across the globe including New York London Perth and Austin.
Teamworks is an equal opportunity employer - if you live our core values every day and are honest hardworking humble committed innovative and an all-around exceptional person you'll thrive at Teamworks. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and take affirmative action to not discriminate based on race religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status sex gender gender identity gender expression age sexual orientation veteran or military status or any other legally protected characteristics. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization including but not limited to recruiting hiring promotion termination compensation benefits and training. Teamworks is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation please email [email protected] .
To all recruitment agencies: Teamworks does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias Teamwork employees or any other organization location. Teamworks is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
The pay range for this role is:
175000 - 200000 USD per year (Remote - United States)