Staff Data Platform Engineer

FloSports leads the way in delivering world-class digital streaming for millions of fans families and athletes in underserved sports. Our digital platform unites casual and dedicated spectators alike offering thrilling live events from around the world with interactive features real-time analytics and powerful broadcast technology. As the essential destination for niche sports content we deliver everything from breaking news and expert commentary to feature films documentaries and multi-episodic series. Weve revolutionized the global sports media industry by building a diverse teamtechnologists and wrestlers creators and cheerleading experts designers and hockey enthusiasts communicators and motorsport fanatics producers and sports fansall united by our passion to serve underrepresented sports communities. Were creating the ultimate destination for our sports and were looking for people like you to join us!

THE ROLE:

The Data Platform Engineer role at Flo blends Data Engineering Backend Engineering and Cloud Engineering into a unique and impactful this role youll design build and deliver reliable scalable and efficient data services that form the backbone of Flos next-generation fan experiences.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the architecture and design of complex large-scale distributed systems.

• Design develop and maintain scalable fault-tolerant microservices for both real-time and batch data processing.

• Build and maintain high-performance REST APIs with a focus on scalability reliability and maintainability.

• Design and implement data models and queries for efficient storage and retrieval across SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Lead data quality initiatives to ensure consistency accuracy and reliability of data across the platform.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate platform requirements into effective technical solutions.

• Drive technical standards and best practices for code quality testing and observability across engineering teams.

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers through code reviews design discussions and direct support.

• Take end-to-end ownership of the software development lifecycle including deployment monitoring and incident response.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• 10 years of industry experience with a focus on backend and data engineering.

• Proven experience designing and operating distributed data systems using a microservices architecture with a solid understanding of scalability fault tolerance performance and observability best practices.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.

• A track record of writing high-quality maintainable code across multiple services and teams.

• Strong leadership skills to guide mentor and support engineers while fostering a collaborative team culture.

• Excellent communication analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment with evolving or ambiguous requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently take ownership of complex projects and drive them to completion with minimal supervision.

• Ability to leverage AI-powered tools and frameworks to enhance developer productivity automate workflows and optimize data-driven systems.

• Experience with AWS serverless technologies (e.g. SST CDK Terraform) NoSQL databases (e.g. DynamoDB) stream processing (e.g. Kinesis DynamoDB Streams)

• Experience developing backend services using modern languages such as TypeScript and .

• Experience deploying and managing applications on public cloud platforms (e.g. AWS GCP).

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY:

FloSports exists to elevate the communities athletes and sports that have too often been overlooked. That mission starts with our own team. We believe that a diverse inclusive workplaceone where different perspectives are sought out heard and valuedis essential to building a company that can truly serve the full spectrum of sports fans.

We are committed to creating a fair and equitable environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. To help mitigate bias and expand opportunity FloSports uses a blind recruiting process that supports more objective inclusive hiring decisions. Were intentional in our practices because we believe the best ideas and innovations come from teams that reflect the diversity of the world around us.

OUR BENEFITS:

• Recognized three years in a row as a Top Workplace by the Austin-American Statesman

• Flexibility at work - you can take control of your profession and personal schedule

• All-hands events hosted annually in beautiful Austin Texas

• Annual equity awards for all top performers

• Competitive and comprehensive medical dental and vision plans

• Peace of mind through company-paid short-term disability long-term disability and life insurance

• Generous 401(K) company match vested immediately

• Progressive parental leave policies

• Flexible paid time off

• Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events

• Company donation to youth teams and leagues that our employees coach

• Stocked snack bar catered lunch and breakfast tacos every week

Required Experience:

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