Senior Software Engineer (AMS)

United States, Remote. Posted 2 months ago

The role

A Senior Backend Engineer will address performance and scalability challenges in the Athlete Management System (AMS). The role involves evolving a legacy data model, improving asynchronous processing, and strengthening observability for a Java application.

What you will do

Find and address performance bottlenecks across APIs, database queries, calculations, and background jobs
Improve the data-access layer and evolve a legacy data model
Strengthen queue and asynchronous processing architecture
Improve monitoring and observability
Establish performance baselines for large workloads
Turn broad performance and scalability goals into technical plans and drive them through production
Partner with the Data Platform team to integrate new data capabilities
Review complex architectural changes
Mentor engineers

Required qualifications

6+ years of backend engineering experience, including ownership of complex systems from design through production
Strong Java skills
Hands-on experience working with and improving established codebases
Experience with PostgreSQL
RESTful API design
Performance optimization at scale
Experience operating backend applications in AWS
Experience working with containerized infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code tooling
US citizenship
US-based residency

Nice to have

Experience moving monolithic applications toward containerized or service-oriented architectures
Experience in data-intensive, high-scale, or security-sensitive environments
Experience with Python
A strong understanding of the JVM, including how to troubleshoot memory and CPU issues under load
A DevOps background and deep experience with AWS
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field

Before you apply

US citizenship and US-based residency are required for access to the secure environment
This role is not eligible for sponsorship at this time
Please submit your application through this posting only

About the company

Teamworks is the Operating System for Sports™, powering 7,000+ organizations worldwide. Founded in 2006, it has evolved into a leading sports tech platform with 600+ global teammates.