Staff Backend Engineer, Node & TypeScript, Stable SportsTech Co, Used by Millions (Greater Chicago Area)

HIRING: Staff Backend Engineer, Node & TypeScript, Stable SportsTech Co, Used by Millions

RECRUITER OVERVIEW:

Hey, I'm Will — Rumor has it I'm Colorado's #1 Most Connected, Respected & Bald-est #DevRecruiter™. As an agency software engineering recruiter, my team and I are actively and continually partnered with an ever-growing rolodex of private & public tech companies, as well as VC backed and self-funded startups, Pre-Seed through Acquisition/IPO... What these companies have in common is that they ALL are looking to Hire Uncommonly Good Founding, Mid, Senior, Lead, Staff & Principal Software Devs ... and of course, the Leaders of these Software Development Teams.

A LITTLE ABOUT THE COMPANY

My client is a leading remote-first sports technology company with an enviable, collaborative, remote 1st culture. Their platform supports millions of users and tens of thousands of amateur sports organizations. Their engineering organization builds highly scalable, service-oriented, and event-driven systems using modern cloud technologies, APIs, databases, queues, caching, and observability tooling. I'm working directly with the CTO and 5 members of her team to hire 3 Devs: a Mid, a Senior, and a Staff ... This is a new client of mine, but maybe already my favorite company to work with :)

WHY WORK WITH THIS COMPANY?

• Super cool industry: They serve the Amateur Sports / SportsTech space (they are the #1 in their space already, but that's only like ~10% market share)
• Diverse team, innovative culture: They strongly encourage and focus on hiring for diversity across all axes, which has led to an incredibly creative and innovative culture
• Lots of growth in sight! T hey are making HUGE pivots to grow and take market share in an industry ripe for product-focused development to drive tons of new customers.
• Unique balance of stability and growth: They've been around for 15+ years yet very small and nimble, with plenty of room for new startup-like initiatives and passionate innovators
• An AI philosophy that doesn't suck : They are AI-welcoming, but they want solid development fundamentals 1st (Good code and smart architecture will always rule the room).
• Remote 1st, and rooted in that for almost their entire history ... no RTOs happening here. They do remote RIGHT (with many awards to back them) ... This includes remote workflows, async habits, and remote communication patterns that are well established.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

These roles are heavily backend and product-focused . We are seeking engineers who have worked extensively on the server side using Node.js and TypeScript , backed by a proven track record of scaling microservices, executing complex database migrations, and architecting high-throughput, event-driven systems. Ideal candidates bring deep expertise across systems architecture, advanced SQL tuning, ORM management, and clean API design, paired with a strong product mindset focused on delivering core backend business logic that directly drives customer value. They are also looking for people who have done this type of work at scale (i.e., on products with millions of users)

• Strong, recent, production Backend coding execution with a Node / TypeScript focus
• A highly product-focused engineering mentality
• Proven depth in working and scaling with high-volume, high-scale products (ideally products with millions of users, using event-driven workflows, and asynchronous systems under heavy load)
• Strong SQL relational database mastery
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor other engineers , and clarify requirements during live coding, even when given ambiguous initiatives, without relying on AI tools as a crutch.
• Connection to sports or passion mission-driven companies strongly preferred**

NOTE: THEY WILL PASS IF ...

They have already said pass to other folks that they felt were not a fit due to them being too heavy into either Platform work and/or being too Heavy on the Front End, not enough Backend experience with Node/Typescript, or working on too small of products: If you feel like any of the below describes YOU, these would NOT be the right roles for you.

• You are historically heavy into platform engineering work and historically focused on isolated internal infrastructure, distributed systems, and heavy internal tooling rather than shipping tangible end-user features that drive product velocity.
• You have historically leaned toward the front end, working with React, UI state management, or client-side development
• You do not have much recent production (at work) backend experience with Node/Typescript
• You have historically done a lot of work on products with 10s, 100s, or 1000's of daily active users (i.e., you have not worked much on products with 1,000,000+ daily active users)

LOCATION

*This role is FULLY REMOTE, but hired candidates must reside in the USA: We have listed the role in a specific city to help mitigate the many thousands of applicants we get who end up being spammers and scammers. NOTE: While the role is remote, my client CANNOT hire residents of Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia or Utah.

COMPENSATION:

The minimum salary for this role is $200K, with a budget of up to $220K base salary. If hired, you would also be eligible for a 5% bonus.

BENEFITS:

This client offers a strong benefits package including the following:

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for both the employee and their entire family .
• Unlimited PTO and paid parental leave for all parents.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• $1,500 annual learning and development stipend.
• Home office setup allowance plus a monthly health and wellness reimbursement stipend.
• $50 annual swag credit after starting.
• Travel covered for all-company meetings and team offsites.

NEXT STEPS...

If you feel that your background and goals align with this role, please drop your resume here. If there is synergy, we will reach out ASAP.

Cheers,

-Will

NOTE: This client is unable to offer sponsorship or visa transfers at this time. If you are interested and qualified after reviewing ALL of the requirements carefully, please submit your resume via LinkedIn and do not send any further personal messages. Rest assured, your application WILL be reviewed for a potential fit along with all other resumes via the applicant reviewing portal, and we WILL move forward with the best-fitting candidates. Due to an overwhelming amount of AI-generated spam messages via email and LinkedIn (and from folks who are clearly just not reading the Job Description), personal messages are now being disregarded. Thanks!

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