📅 06/10/2023
Jump is the only end-to-end fan experience platform built for sports teams and
venues, breaking the mold for what fans can expect at live events.
Jump’s enterprise software enables sports teams and venues to unlock the
massive opportunities that come from real relationships with their fans,
rethinking the traditional model that hasn’t put the fan experience first.
Founded in 2021 by Marc Lore, Alex Rodriguez, and Jordy Leiser and backed by
top venture firms including Forerunner Ventures, Will Ventures, Mastry
Ventures, Courtside Ventures, and more, we’re just getting started!
We are a remote first team that grounds our actions and decisions in our core
values — begin with trust, bring our all, and blaze a trail. Living our values
means that we always assume positive intent, show up with authenticity and
empathy, and push the limit of what is possible with our collective
creativity.
We’re actively recruiting for smart, tenacious, adaptable, and most
importantly kind people to join our team!
**The Role**
We’re building out our initial product offering and are looking for a talented
engineer to join our team. In this fullstack role, you will work with a team
of passionate engineers, product managers, and designers to build
transformational experiences for fans and teams. You’ll tackle complex
technical challenges using your keen coding skills and strong system design
expertise. You’ll be responsible for developing core components of our product
offering, changing the game for what fans can expect at live events.
**What you 'll do**
* Synthesize complex business, product, and technical requirements to consistently produce high-quality system designs and software in addition to task break-down, delivery and monitoring.
* Take ownership of and design core software components.
* Develop highly-optimized software that operates at scale.
* Conduct design and code reviews, taking accountability for bug fixes and ensuring standards for code quality are met.
* Collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and designers to build the product
* Continuously learn on the job to build domain expertise.
* Mentor more junior engineers
**What you 'll bring**
* Proficient building scalable, high throughput, low latency platforms.
* 8+ years of hands-on experience developing large, well-tested applications.
* Experience owning/leading particular components, features, or systems.
* Experience building scalable, high throughput, low latency platforms.
* Experience on both backend and web front end development
* Proficient with Typescript, javascript
* Proficient with Node.js
* Proficient with React
* Experience with cloud technologies, particularly AWS
* Proficient designing database schema, and writing complex SQL queries
* Proficient in ORM libraries (e.g. Hibernate)
* Experience with serverless architecture on AWS (Lambdas)
* Experience with Java backend technologies including frameworks like SpringBoot.
* Experience with event driven Microservices architecture
* Proven experience solving complex architecture and business problems with simple, extensible solutions.
* Experience creating external-facing APIs.
* Enthusiasm for new technologies, languages, frameworks, and platforms.
* Experience with version control software (E.g. GitHub) and issue/project tracking software (E.g. Jira).
* Relentless about quality and doing the right thing.
* A detailed approach to writing all sorts of tests (i.e. unit, integration, performance)
* Familiar with DevOps and Secops best practices
**Nice to have but not required**
* MS or BS in Computer Science.
* Experience with GraphQL
* Experience with DynamoDB
* Experience with Kinesis or other distributed data systems
* Experience infrastructure as code technologies (e.g. Terraform)
* Experience with mobile native app development
**Attributes that will make you successful on our team:**
* A strong desire to learn. You have strong experience with at least one language and want to continue building your technical skills.
* Tenacity. You enjoy working on challenges that others can’t or don’t want to tackle and you aren’t afraid of failing fast in order to find better solutions.
* Passion. You love using your technical skills to build products that solve real problems. You hold yourself to a high standard and help to elevate others as well.
* Empathy. You thrive in an environment where everyone can truly be themselves. You understand that our differing life experiences influence who we are and how we show up, and these diverse perspectives enrich both our team and our product.
* Customer-centric mindset. You can understand the problem to be solved and who we are solving it for.
**Benefits**
* Remote first
* Competitive salary and equity
* Flex PTO policy
* 401(k)
* Generous medical, dental and vision plans
* 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
* $1,000 reimbursement for work-from-home tech setup
* Company-paid sustainability subscription to ensure carbon neutrality is maintained for employee activities, such as travel
**Compensation**
Compensation is something we don’t want our candidates or employees to worry
about. Our goal is to offer competitive salaries that are regularly
benchmarked against the market. The core tenants of our compensation
philosophy are fairness and transparency.
We have established a standardized leveling framework based on job scope and
responsibilities. The compensation package for each level is standard across
all engineering roles. This means that every person at a certain level is paid
the same as everyone else, regardless of their background, previous
compensation, location, or any other factor.
The compensation for this role is $200,000 and includes a generous equity
package.
**Application**
Some candidates may see the requirements and feel unsure that they match all
the criteria. We encourage you to apply! There's a good chance you have
important skills that we have not stated. We especially encourage members of
traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women,
nonbinary folx, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, and
people with disabilities. We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace
where everyone can bring their authentic self and thrive, and we value the
diversity brought by different life experiences.
Jump focuses on Sports, Technology, and Entertainment Industry. Their company
has offices in Los Angeles and New York City. They have a small team that's
between 11-50 employees. To date, Jump has raised $20M of funding; their
latest round was closed on March 2023.
You can view their website at <http://www.jump.com> or find them on
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jump/).
