Description
PlayOn is looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our Shortform Video Development team. As a Senior Software Engineer, your core responsibilities will encompass spearheading and actively participating in the formulation, development, and upkeep of our shortform applications and services. You will collaborate with multifunctional teams to dissect, blueprint, and execute cloud-native software solutions that align precisely with customer requirements. Our ideal candidate for this role is deeply impassioned by technology, possesses a profound aptitude for problem-solving, and thrives in the fast-paced, ever-evolving realm of our dynamic environment.
Our vision is to build a Narrative Service that allows fans to build the story of a high-school athlete through video short-form content and highlights. This service will enhance the PlayOn platform and our various product offerings. We are committed to continuously improving our platform and providing exceptional customer support.
The Outcomes You’ll Deliver
Drive consumer engagement through the creation of compelling short-form content.
· Develop efficient approaches for creating a wide variety of short-form content types.
· Create systems for reliably delivering and managing a high volume of short-form content.
· Leverage AI when possible to increase quality and lower costs.
IN THIS ROLE YOU CAN EXPECT TO...
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of software applications.
- Develop high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code.
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and other team activities.
- Evaluate new technologies and provide recommendations to the team.
- Ensure that development processes and practices are followed.
- Write technical documentation and ensure that it is up-to-date.
TO THRIVE IN THIS ROLE, THESE ARE THE TALENTS YOU BRING ...
- Passion for Collaboration and Mentorship: Ability to work with product teams on breaking down stories, mentoring team members, strong debugging skills, and writing and maintaining unit and integration tests. Emphasis on collaboration, team orientation, empathy, and receptiveness to feedback.
- Knowledge of Full-Stack Development: Proficiency in Python, React, TypeScript
- Database Management: Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB), including database design and optimization. Experience with ETL data pipelines is a bonus.
- Preferred Video Experience: Experience with web multimedia, video.js, and building customer-facing software strongly preferred
- Preferred Cloud Experience: Experience with AWS, IaC, CI/CD pipelines strongly preferred
HOW YOU PLAY
- Ownership over Participation- You take responsibility for achieving holistic outcomes, prioritize key objectives, and adapt quickly when situations require a different approach. You follow through even against the toughest challenges.
- Team over Stars- You are a bridge builder, establishing processes and relationships with teams outside your own. You work to rally around common goals, find win-win solutions, compromise when necessary, and help others succeed.
- Growth over Comfort- You are driven by a desire to grow and actively seek opportunities to expand your comfort zone, skills, and confidence. You embrace new challenges with curiosity, accepting discomfort and failure as opportunities to learn.
- Fairness over Popularity- You approach decisions with a scientist’s mindset, challenging your assumptions and remaining objective. You consider long-term impact rather than relying on short-term gains, proactively seek others’ perspectives, and manage emotions in decision-making.
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Company Overview
PlayOn is a dynamic growth-stage company dedicated to championing the spirit of play in the high school space. Backed by KKR, our family of brands—including GoFan, NFHS Network, and VidSwap—empowers schools with innovative solutions and exceptional service. Our fan engagement platform is the only one that offers event ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise sales, and website management in one place. We save administrators time so they can focus on what truly matters: supporting the students, staff, and fans who bring their programs to life.
Trusted by thousands of schools across the country, we're here to help create more instant replays, hold-your-breath moments, last-minute comebacks, and games you want to watch over and over again.
When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment.
Why you’ll love working at PlayOn
Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions.
This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve.
Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness. We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team.
The Benefits We Offer
Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from
Dental, vision life and disability insurance
Employee Emergency Fund
Company equity (stock options)
Open PTO policy
401K plan with company match
Hybrid/flexible work environment
Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate.
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