Software Engineer at Sports Reference

Job Summary

Sports Reference, LLC is searching for two Software Engineers to design, build, and test software for our 8 websites. The Engineering Department currently has 22 members consisting of Developers, Test Engineers, DevOps, and Scrum Masters.

We currently serve 20 million (and growing) monthly users on our free, ad-supported Reference Sites (Baseball-Reference.com, Basketball-Reference.com, FBref.com, etc.) and Stathead.com, our SaaS offering that provides powerful search and filtering capabilities for deeper exploration of our vast databases. In 2023, we acquired ImmaculateGrid.com, the viral baseball trivia game, and have since launched ad-supported grid games for basketball, football, hockey, and soccer.

To Apply

Please visit our jobs website at https://sports-reference-llc.breezy.hr/ and submit your resume and a cover letter for this position.

We will begin the phone interview process the week of July 13th. Applications arriving after this date will be collected, but will receive consideration at the discretion of the hiring manager based on the progress we have made in filling the position. We have provided a general outline of our interview process here: https://www.sports-reference.com/job-interview-process.html

Our Purpose and Values

We democratize data, so our users enjoy, understand, and share the sports they love.

We value:

• Respect for our users, the athletes we cover, and our team;
• Craftsmanship in building tools and products;
• Reliable tools and services that meet our users' needs every day; and
• Data democratization. We publish many data sets for emerging and underserved sports. The New York Times covered our recognition of the Negro Leagues as major leagues in the summer of 2021. We added women’s college basketball data to our site in 2023 and now have the only publicly available database of every score in women’s NCAA Division 1 history.

To meet these expectations, we encourage team members to participate in company discussions and share new ideas, features or potential solutions to problems.

Background

In this role, you will help design, build, and test complex, high-visibility technical projects for Engineering. You will work on modern web applications that serve millions of users and incorporate data from 5 sports across our 7 reference websites. As a member of an agile development team, you will be expected to produce high-quality results by contributing to projects that involve full-stack development, CI/CD workflows, and data ingestion pipelines.

Goals and Tasks for Your First Year (In rough order of importance)Must-Reach Goals and Tasks

• Complete projects related to company objectives as time and skills allow.
• Continue your ongoing professional development, which we will support.Qualifications and Skills

A qualified candidate will satisfy the following:

• Evidence that you are capable of meeting many of the goals listed above.
• Have a history of getting things done (and done well).
• If you don’t think your application will have evidence that you can meet all of the 'nice-to-reach goals and tasks' above but still are interested in the job and otherwise qualify, please apply. Nobody checks every box—we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.Salary

Our salary range starts at $86k for U.S. based employees. We are a remote-first company and determine our pay range for this position based on the market rates for Philadelphia, our home base. The salary offered will be based on your experience and skill level.

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.

Benefits

Even though we are a small company, Sports Reference has a generous benefits package.

• The total value of our benefits package is up to $30,000.

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