[Remote] Senior Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sports Reference LLC operates free, ad-supported sports reference websites, a SaaS offering, and sports trivia games serving more than 20 million monthly users. The Senior Software Engineer will design, build, test, and deploy high-visibility features for modern web applications, contributing to full-stack development, CI/CD workflows, and data ingestion pipelines. The role also involves owning systems, resolving production issues, supporting technical project definition, and potentially managing direct reports as the company grows.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and deploy features for modern web applications by contributing to projects that involve full-stack development, CI/CD workflows, and data ingestion pipelines. This work will be guided by more senior Software Engineers
• Actively own features or systems and define their long-term health, while also improving the health of surrounding systems
• Assist our skilled support and operations teams in triaging and resolving production issues
• Write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability and performance
• Sports Reference strives to be an innovative company, so we will expect you to keep up with new trends and tools that may benefit or threaten Sports Reference now or in the future
• Help define large projects within Engineering by creating technical options, working collaboratively within the Engineering team to find the best solution for Sports Reference
• Help review and implement processes around security and compliance
• Complete projects related to company objectives as time and skills allow
• Continue your ongoing professional development, which we will support

Skills

• More than three years of experience in a software development position
• Experience managing direct reports
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills
• Proven mentoring/coaching experience
• High Emotional Intelligence
• Experience resolving interpersonal conflict
• A desire to manage people career growth, yearly goals, perform annual performance reviews, and make decisions about employees future at the company
• Evidence that you are capable of meeting many of the goals listed above
• Have a history of getting things done (and done well)
• Applicants must have a legal right to work in the United States or Canada

Benefits

• Annual bonuses are variable and are tied to a percentage of the company's end of year profits and the employee's time worked and salary earned during the year. In the last three years, they have averaged 15% of an employee’s annual salary.
• The total value of our benefits package is up to $30,000.
• We cover full health and dental insurance costs for full-time employees and their dependent children. We cover 70%-80% of plans for an entire family.
• We have a 401k with a match on your contributions up to 4% of your base salary. The 401k has many low cost investing options.
• We pay all premiums for company-sponsored life and long-term disability insurance for all employees.
• We provide up to $7,000/year in continuing education benefits.
• Even if you live in or near Philly, you have the option to work remotely as much as you choose. We generally work a standard workday, but with flexibility to adjust hours within that framework.
• Any parent welcoming a new child to their family is entitled to 13 weeks of fully paid leave, and up to an additional 39 weeks at half-time.
• Employees begin with 18 days of PTO per year and an additional 8 paid company holidays and accrue sick leave at the rate of one day per month.
• We will generally buy you whatever equipment will make you the most productive.
• We typically will pay for reasonable moving-related expenses related to your acceptance of a position with Sports Reference.
• We provide a $68/month remote work stipend to cover the cost of internet access and incidental expenses.

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