Flosports
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Remote, United States · Staff+
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 273 days ago
TypeScriptNode.jsDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewSQLNoSQLDynamoDBAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDRESTOAuthData ScienceJestLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- As a Staff Backend Engineer at FloSports, you'll be a key technical leader shaping how our backend systems evolve.
- You'll take on complex, high-impact initiatives that strengthen our platforms - particularly around distributed systems, identity, and service reliability.
- This role goes beyond writing great code.
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.
- Build and maintain backend services using TypeScript, NestJS, and Node.js, ensuring strong testing practices with Jest, Vitest, and Supertest.
- Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver technical solutions that support key business goals.
- FloSports is the leading digital platform for underserved sports, combining live and on-demand streaming, original programming, data, and technology to help sports grow their audiences and build sustainable businesses, from youth to professional levels.
- By bringing thousands of events and communities onto one platform, Flo creates scale where none previously existed, connecting passionate fans with the sports they love while giving athletes, organizers, and rights holders the tools to reach and engage a global audience.
- Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events
Requirements
- Apply a strong understanding of AWS services (Aurora, EventBridge, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 etc..) to design reliable and performant distributed systems.
- Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science or a related field
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js, including advanced design patterns and maintainable code practices.
Skills
- Extensive experience designing and scaling distributed systems and service-oriented architectures.
- Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Aurora, Firestore).
- 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.
- 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.
Compensation
- Flo streams more than 50,000 live events annually across sports, including motorsports, wrestling, hockey, track & field, cheer, jiu-jitsu, NCAA Division II and III athletics, and more.
- Annual awards for all top performers
Benefits
- Competitive and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
- Peace of mind through company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance
- Progressive parental leave policies
- Flexible paid time off
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