About this Role

As a Software Engineer at Fandom, you will help us build the web experience on the world’s biggest platform for fans, with over 2.5 billion page views and 300 million users a month!

Our Community Platform underlies some of the biggest fan knowledge bases in the world, including communities built around pop culture phenomena like Star Wars, Minecraft, Marvel Comics, and thousands of others.

As a developer, you'll work on one of our goal-oriented and autonomous teams focused on delivering features to and improving the experience of our various users (casual users, content creators, moderators, administrators).

We are looking for people who are driven by solving business problems on a very large scale. It’s OK if you’re more specialized in either front-end or back-end or prefer to be a balanced web developer that solves problems equally on both sides of the HTTP protocol - if you’re good at solving problems and you enjoy the pop culture, there is a big chance you’ll find yourself at home at Fandom!

You Will...

• Help build one of the biggest community platforms on the Internet
• Deliver high quality, tested, and maintainable code
• Take part in an end-to-end app and feature design process
• Improve web apps to perform best at a very large scale
• Help your team find the best processes to solve our various business challenges
• Share knowledge with others
• Provide mentorship to the less experienced engineers on your team 

You Have...

• Experience in web development
• An ability to code in at least one of our most used languages (PHP, JavaScript, Java)
• Courage for learning new technologies and stepping out of your comfort zone
• A drive to solve business problems
• A strong eye for performance and scalability
• An ability to resolve technical and operational issues
• Passion for delivering well-structured, tested, maintainable and useful software
• Ability to communicate in English
• At Least 2 years of relevant professional experience

Bonus Points if You Have...

• Previous experience and/or passion for contributing to open-source projects
• Passion for pop culture (Movies, Games, TV Shows, Anime, etc.)
• Experience working with highly-scaled web apps
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Benefits & Perks

• MacBook Pro and all the gear you need for work
• Free access to a multitude of popular online courses and books sponsored by the company
• An on-demand budget for education, training, and conferences
• Company stock options
• Company swag packages
• Cafeteria Benefit Program (including private medical care, gym membership, shopping/wellness bonus, etc.)
• VTO (Voluntary Time Off) - a day off every quarter for volunteering non-profit
• Frequent team bonding events
• Flexible work hours & time-off
• Employee Interest and Hobby Groups supported by the company
• Open, energetic and fan-focused, international work environment

About Fandom

Fandom is the world’s largest fan platform where fans immerse themselves in imagined worlds across entertainment and gaming. Reaching more than 350 million unique visitors per month and hosting more than 250,000 wikis, Fandom is the #1 source for in-depth information on pop culture, gaming, TV and film, where fans learn about and celebrate their favorite fandoms. Fandom’s Gaming division manages the online video game retailer Fanatical. Fandom Productions, the content arm of Fandom, enhances the fan experience through curated editorial coverage and branded content from trusted and established publishing brands Gamespot, TV Guide and Metacritic, along with its Emmy-nominated Honest Trailers and the weekly video news program The Loop. For more information follow @getfandom or visit: www.fandom.com.

Fandom is an equal opportunity employer. Fandom values diversity, and all employment decisions are made on the basis of job requirements and individual qualifications.

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