The 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.

Coding

• Work in a Full Stack capacity primarily in JavaScript (Node.js), Typescript, and Java
• Design, maintain, and tune high-performance code to ensure optimal response time
• Write clean, concise, modular code that is easily testable and scalable

Collaboration

• Participate in an agile environment
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle (requirements gathering, designing, building, testing and maintenance)
• Perform code reviews
• Mentor earlier career team members
• Work with other teams on project tasks

Qualifications

• 1+ years experience working in software development
• Backend: JavaScript/NodeJS, Java/Spring, Postgres, GraphQL, Redis,
• Ability to work independently

Nice to Haves

• Baseball Fan
• Experience with GraphQL and data federation
• Distributed and/or Event Driven Systems Knowledge
• Experience working with K8s and Google Cloud
• Experience working with React/Mobx/Material UI (or comparable modern framework experience)
• Terraform and/or Infrastructure as Code experience

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!

Per the NYC pay transparency law, the hiring range for this position is $130,000 to $150,000.

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Major League Baseball (MLB) considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees. MLB offers employees a full range of best in class benefits with no employee contributions towards medical, dental, and vision coverage premiums, as well as incentive and recognition programs, life insurance and automatic employer 401k contributions. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and the terms of official plan documents which may be modified or amended from time to time.