The Streaming & Media team at Major League Baseball is looking for engineers to join our Los Angeles office. You will be part of the team responsible for engineering the next generation of platforms to enhance fan experiences and engagement on streaming media products. This includes live and on-demand video processing, and live content insertions.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in leveraging technology to enhance the sports viewing experience. You will write and maintain clean, concise, modular code in an agile environment, participate in design, code reviews and act as a leading voice.
Responsibilities
Actively participate in team ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, design/code reviews, postmortems)
Design and decompose software systems; produce specifications for sub-systems, modules and APIs
Produce efficient, high-quality and testable implementations
Participate in a on-call rotation to support time sensitive and demanding software platforms
Stay abreast of current tools and technologies
Mentor early career team members
Qualifications and Skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of software development experience, with a strong record of producing and supporting large-scale production systems
Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for delivering high-quality solutions
Proven track record of professional software development processes and tools, including Agile methodologies, IDEs, source control, CI/CD pipelines, and test frameworks
Experience delivering software solutions using Core Java (or Kotlin), Spring, messaging and databases
Experience with JavaScript(React/Node)
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud/AWS and cloud-native tooling such as Kubernetes, Docker, Helm and Terraform
Expertise in distributed non-blocking systems (event driven architectures, virtual threads, etc..)
Exposure to live/VOD streaming media
Pay Range: $140,000 - $175,000
As a candidate for this position, your salary and related aspects of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees.
Top MLB Perks & Benefits:
100% Employer Paid Medical/Dental/Vision Premiums
Company Contributed 401K Plan
Paid Time Off and Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Access to Free Tickets to Baseball Games & MLB.TV
Discounts at MLB Store | MLBShop.com
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Onsite/Online Training & Development Programs
Tuition Reimbursement
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Pet Insurance
Why MLB?
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
MLB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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If you are interested in joining our team and require a reasonable accommodation to assist with any part of the application and/or interview process, please contact us by email at: accommodations@mlb.com
Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!