The Senior Full Stack Software Engineer position is responsible for creating the code powering the baseball experience as part of MLB.com. Launched in 2001 as the tech arm of Major League Baseball, MLB.com is renowned for creating experiences that baseball fans love - and we're just getting started!
This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with other world-class engineers, product developers, and designers; contribute to award-winning and complex apps and systems; influence the innovation of products used by millions globally; and work in a highly collaborative, results-oriented, team environment.
Using cutting edge technology, our software is consumed by fans, broadcasters, stadiums, MLB Clubs and the League itself. We are looking for Software Engineers that are passionate about building new technologies for the baseball industry.
Core Responsibilities
Coding
- Work in a Full Stack capacity across Javascript (Node, React) and Java (Spring)
- Designing, maintaining, and tuning high-performance code to ensure optimal response time
- Write clean, concise, modular code that is easily testable
Collaboration
- Participate in an agile environment
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle (requirements gathering, designing, building, testing and maintenance)
- Lead code reviews with other team members
- Mentor earlier career team members
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience developing large, scalable web services and APIs
- Skilled in front-end technologies including ES6, React, HTML, CSS
- Skilled in back-end technologies including Java/Spring or JavaScript/Node
Preferred, But Not Required
- Experience with GraphQL and data federation
- Experience working with cloud-native tooling such as Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
- Experience contributing to open source projects
- Experience with public cloud providers such as Google Cloud, AWS, Azure
- Experience with content delivery networks such as Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai
- A baseball fan or sports enthusiast
Why MLB?
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the Major Leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
MLB’s vision is to be the global sport of choice for youth to play, fans of all backgrounds to enjoy and a desired destination for employment. With a belief that the journey to growth and greatness is ongoing, MLB gives employees the opportunity to continue learning and honing their skills with programs such as: tuition reimbursement; mentorship programs; lunch and learns; online course subscriptions; paid industry certifications; business resource groups; and more.
MLB provides its employees with exceptional medical, dental, and vision coverage. Premiums are 100% employer covered to help employees focus on being their best!
Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!