Senior Software Engineer, Data

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate data services and APIs that leverage PlayOn's foundational data platform.
• Partner with Data Platform engineers to translate event streams and pipelines into application-ready interfaces.
• Own technical design for major features, including API shape, data contracts, versioning, and backward compatibility.
• Build in Python and SQL across event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with application teams to define integration patterns and service expectations.
• Improve observability, correctness, and operational maturity of data products.
• Optimize platform performance and cloud cost efficiency.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building production software systems, ideally including data services or platform APIs.
• Strong Python skills (production-grade, testable, maintainable code).
• Strong SQL skills and comfort working with large analytical datasets.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming systems (Kafka, Flink, or equivalent).
• Experience designing and operating REST APIs consumed by application teams.
• Comfort taking technical ownership and driving design decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouses.
• Background in data modeling for analytical or operational use cases.
• ML engineering basics, such as feature pipelines or model-adjacent data services.

Benefits

• Multiple medical insurance plans
• Dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Company equity (stock options)
• Open PTO policy
• 401K plan with company match
• Employee Emergency Fund

About the Company

PlayOn Sports operates one of the largest real-time data ecosystems in high school sports, spanning streaming video, ticketing, scoring, and fan engagement across NFHS Network, GoFan, and MaxPreps. We are a growth-stage company on a mission to make high school sports more accessible, more memorable, and more connected than ever before.