Staff Software Engineer

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant’s sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass. We are seeking a Staff Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with a startup mindset and a passion for solving business problems. This role is ideal for someone who can influence stakeholders, lead architectural decisions, and deliver scalable solutions using SaaS, low-code/no-code platforms, and cloud-native technologies. Key Responsibilities Build for Scale: Contribute to the design and development of scalable, secure, and performant systems that modernize legacy platforms. Platform Enablement: Implement and extend SaaS and low-code/no-code platforms to accelerate delivery and reduce custom development. Collaborative Execution: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver business‑aligned solutions. Lean Engineering: Apply rapid prototyping, iterative development, and pragmatic decision‑making to drive outcomes. Technical Excellence: Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews to uphold engineering standards. Continuous Learning: Stay current with emerging technologies, especially in Gen AI, cloud‑native development, and platform engineering. Mentoring: Mentor the software engineering team to adopt best practices and agile/iterative ways to deliver solutions. Qualifications 6+ years of professional software development experience. Hands‑on experience with cloud‑native architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), serverless, and event‑driven design. Familiarity with SaaS platforms, low‑code/no‑code tools, and Gen AI technologies. Proven ability to work in cross‑functional teams and deliver high‑quality software. Experience modernizing legacy systems or integrating with modern platforms. Strong communication skills across technical and non‑technical audiences. Preferred Qualifications Experience with full‑stack (backend, frontend, Cloud, Infrastructure) development. Familiarity with distributed messaging (Kafka, Kinesis) and caching (e.g., Redis, ElastiCache). Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases. Understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines. Exposure to startup environments or fast‑paced product development cycles. Experience in media, entertainment, or digital platforms is a plus. Location New York City, NY or Englewood Cliffs, NJ – Hybrid (3 days onsite). Benefits Employees based in the Englewood Cliffs office have access to a variety of convenient on‑site services and amenities, including free employee parking, complimentary electric vehicle charging stations, an on‑site fitness center with locker rooms and towel service, and dry‑cleaning drop‑off and pick‑up. Shuttle service is available to and from the Englewood Cliffs campus, with pickup locations across Manhattan’s East Side and West Side, Brooklyn, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, and Secaucus. Equal Employment Opportunity VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to View email address on click.appcast.io. Compensation & Benefits VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc. Application Information As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means. #J-18808-Ljbffr