Staff Software Engineer, Backend

FloSports

full-time

Posted on: 10/22/2025

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Austin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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About the role

Drive modernization efforts across our platform — improving how identity, access, and authorization are handled across systems.
Lead architecture and development of backend services that are scalable, reliable, and easy to maintain.
Design APIs and event-driven workflows that enable clear communication between services and products.
Provide technical mentorship, guidance, and code reviews that raise the bar for the entire engineering team.
Leverage AI-driven tools and automation to improve quality, consistency, and development velocity.
Build and maintain backend services using TypeScript, NestJS, and Node.js, ensuring strong testing practices with Jest, Vitest, and Supertest.
Apply a strong understanding of AWS services (Aurora, EventBridge, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 etc..) to design reliable and performant distributed systems.
Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver technical solutions that support key business goals.
Champion best practices around security, testing, CI/CD, observability, and service ownership.

Extensive experience designing and scaling distributed systems and service-oriented architectures.
Deep understanding of authentication and authorization frameworks (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, RBAC/ABAC) and experience modernizing or re-platforming identity and entitlement systems.
Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js, including advanced design patterns and maintainable code practices.
Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Aurora, Firestore).
Proven success building and maintaining RESTful APIs and event-driven systems.
Solid understanding of AWS services and cloud-native architecture.
Strong testing discipline and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.
Demonstrated technical leadership and ability to mentor engineers effectively.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering outcomes.

Benefits

Recognized three years in a row as a Top Workplace by the Austin-American Statesman
Annual awards for all top performers
Competitive and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
Peace of mind through company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance
Generous 401(K) company match vested immediately
Progressive parental leave policies
Flexible paid time off
Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events
Company donation to youth teams and leagues that our employees coach
Stocked snack bar, catered lunch and breakfast tacos every week

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