Frontend Software Engineer at PlayOn Sports

Feedinkoo; United States; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Multiple medical insurance plans

Company equity (stock options)

Open PTO policy

401K plan with company match

Job summary

A dynamic growth-stage company is seeking a Frontend Software Engineer to enhance web applications for millions of high school sports fans. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years in frontend development, particularly with React and NextJS. You'll collaborate with product managers to create user interfaces and engage in a hybrid work environment, contributing to a meaningful product that impacts students and fans.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in web application development.
• Strong creative thinking ability for product development.
• Experience with high traffic websites.

Responsibilities

• Develop user interfaces for a successful customer experience.
• Contribute to the maintenance and maturation of the NextJS application.
• Collaborate with product teams to build interactive features.

Skills

Frontend development experience

Knowledge of ES6 and JSX

Experience with React

Git/GitHub usage

Knowledge of sports

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

NextJS

AWS/GCP/Azure

SEO knowledge

Job description

Overview

PlayOn is looking for a Frontend Software Engineer to contribute to the development, maintenance, and enhancement of web applications that are enjoyed by millions of high school sports fans across the country. This engineer will work with the product development team and deliver high quality and performant software experiences based on specific product requirement specifications in a fun and fast-paced media-centric agile environment.

In this role, you will leverage your frontend development experience and passion for building quality products to make meaningful contributions to our fans’ experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop user interfaces that contribute to a successful customer experience
• Contribute to the maintenance and maturation of the NextJS application
• Assume domain expertise in the Use Intent and Onboarding Flows

What to expect in this role

• Develop user interfaces and navigation consistent with product requirement specifications, utilizing React, TypeScript, JSX, and CSS
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to build interactive features
• Write fast, concise, and reusable UI components
• Improve the overall quality, performance, and stability of the frontend applications
• Make new technology recommendations based on research and knowledge
• Build new features to existing applications
• Improve the consumer experience via innovative ways to increase speed and performance
• Modernize the design implementations of existing applications by migrating frontend code to a React frontend

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience, with a broad range of skills and experience in web application development
• Strong initiative and the ability for creative thinking for product development with the ability to work in a collaborative, innovative, agile, and team-oriented environment
• Strong understanding of ES6 and JSX, preferably in a React context
• Know the latest HTML and CSS standards inside and out
• You have experience with source control using Git/GitHub
• You've built something cool using any reactive frameworks such as ReactJS, AngularJS, VueJS, BackboneJS
• Knowledge and interest in sports, sports management, and statistics
• Familiar with NextJS or another framework that consists of both server-side rendering and a FE SPA
• Development experience with at least one high-level server-side language
• Experience integrating data from various back-end services and databases
• You’ve worked in an AWS, GCP, or Azure environment before
• You are familiar with CDNs such as Akamai or Fastly
• Experience with SEO
• Experience with front end performance tuning and web vitals
• Experience working on a high traffic website before
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent 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

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 MaxPreps—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.

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.

Benefits found in job post

• Medical insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k)