R&D Systems Developer: Build AI Tools & Automations

Selkirk Sport - We Are Pickleball; Coeur d'Alene (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance package

Retirement plan (401k) with company

Paid time off

Paid sick leave

Paid maternity/paternity leave

Life insurance

Telemedicine

Employee assistance program

Gear discounts

Job summary

Selkirk Sport is hiring an R&D Systems Developer to build internal tools, automations and AI assistants used by the R&D team. You’ll work on-site with our USA R&D team in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, reporting to the Director of Business Tools.

This role suits a developer with a few years of hands-on experience across different technical stacks, able to take a project from idea to working tool with minimal hand-holding.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of software development or related technical role.
• Experience across multiple stacks and learning new platforms quickly.
• Working knowledge of APIs, databases and integrating systems/data sources.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements and priorities mid-project.
• Ability to explain technical work clearly to engineers and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain internal applications and interfaces for R&D workflows (often in React).
• Create AI tools and MCP servers and connectors for secure access to internal systems and data.
• Build integrations, APIs and data flows linking R&D tools with company systems, and dashboards for information sharing.
• Work side by side with engineers and technicians to gather requirements, ship working tools, and adjust as priorities shift.
• Collaborate with the Business Tools team on code quality, standards and architecture, and evaluate new technologies.

Skills

APIs

Databases

Multiple stacks

Learning quickly

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

React

MCP servers

AI tools

Job description

Selkirk Sport is hiring an R&D Systems Developer to build internal tools, automations and AI assistants used by the R&D team. You’ll work on-site with our USA R&D team in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, reporting to the Director of Business Tools.

This role suits a developer with a few years of hands-on experience across different technical stacks, able to take a project from idea to working tool with minimal hand-holding.