JOB SUMMARY

Major League Baseball is looking for experienced Software Engineers that are passionate about technology, baseball and delivering solutions for any problem that comes our way. 

The Software Engineer position is responsible for creating the code powering all things video for MLB. The team is responsible for managing video streaming lifecycles and powering the services that support our flagship applications like MLB.tv and Film Room. 

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; support all 30 MLB clubs and work in a highly collaborative, results-oriented, team environment. 

Using cutting edge technology, our software is consumed by fans, operation centers, 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. 

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience working in software engineering/development 
• Backend: Java/Spring, Postgres and Redis. Kotlin experience is a plus.
• Understanding of object oriented programming and functional programming
• Distributed and/or Event Driven Systems (ActiveMQ, Pub/Sub) Knowledge
• Front End experience is a plus: React/Mobx/Material UI (or comparable modern framework experience)
• Experience and understanding of modern Java frameworks
• Experience and knowledge of SQL and databases
• Ability to work independently

Preferred, But Not Required 

• Baseball Fan 
• Interest in Modern Video formats 
• Experience working with K8s and Google Cloud 
• Terraform and/or Infrastructure as Code experience 

Responsibilities 

Coding 

• Work in a backend focused environment with an emphasis on Java  
• Design, maintain, and tune high-performance code 
• 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 
• Take ownership of the products we support

Per the NYC pay transparency law, the hiring range for this position is $120,000 - $155,000

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.