The Athletic is a digital sports media company that connects sports fans with athletes, teams, and leagues through immersive storytelling and community engagement.
The company was founded in 2016 and has operational hubs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, and Melbourne, employing over 600 creators.
The Athletic covers more than 250 professional sports and collegiate teams across the United States, Canada, and the UK, producing thousands of in-depth reports and over 120 podcasts.
The Software Engineer role is remote and focused on innovating journalism through a high-quality subscription product with a 4.9 rating in the App Store.
Responsibilities include working with the Product team to implement growth-related features, suggesting product improvements, architecting scalable solutions, debugging user-reported issues, and influencing technology direction.
Requirements:
Candidates must have an entrepreneurial mindset and a desire to work in a fast-paced, growth environment.
A minimum of 2 years of full-stack engineering development experience is required.
Experience in delivering products across the stack is necessary, with comfort in building the frontend and a desire to grow backend skills and design the data persistence layer.
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a relevant discipline is required.
Proficiency in Javascript, React, HTML, CSS, and AWS is preferred, or a willingness to learn these technologies.
Benefits:
The annual base salary range for this role is $120,000.00 - $140,000.00 USD, with total compensation varying based on education, experience, skills, and location.
The Athletic offers a comprehensive US benefits package that includes highly competitive employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life, and disability insurance plans.
Employees have access to savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses, as well as a 401k retirement savings plan with employer match.
Paid time off includes paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
For international candidates, global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks competitive to the local market.
