Back End Engineer

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Barstool Sports

New York, NY

On-site

Posted November 21, 2025

Job Description

We are hiring a Back End Engineer for Barstool Sports, located in New York City. As a Back End Engineer, you will not only own, but also perform maintenance and feature enhancements across an array of projects. You will be tasked to work with the product & engineering team, to navigate the chaos that is Barstool, and perform the engineering lift needed to accomplish our core objectives. We work on a wide array of products and support APIs that power the cross-platform Barstool experience for both our users and editorial staff. You will also be responsible for keeping up with the latest technologies; at Barstool, we pick the best tool for the job, and aren’t afraid of cutting-edge tech.

Everyone on the engineering team contributes to the product and vision of where we are taking Barstool. You should love what you do.

Back-end languages, frameworks, tools & infrastructure you should know….

NodeJS/TypeScript
MongoDB, MySQL, Snowflake
Experience writing stable high-quality code for high-traffic production environments
Designing REST APIs that other devs enjoy using
Up-to-date knowledge of Cloud Vendors (AWS or GCP)
Writing and maintaining unit and integration tests
Knowledge of serverless architecture is a plus
Experience with Infrastructure as Code frameworks (we use Serverless)

Experience in any of the following is nice to have...

Content Publishing/CMS
Video & Streaming (ffmpeg, hls, video delivery, QOS, etc)
Ecommerce
Ad Tech
Podcasts/Audio Tech
Experience with Transcription or other commercial ML tools

Front-end languages and frameworks you will encounter...

Semantic HTML
React.js
Isomorphic/SSR Single Page Apps (We use Next.js/Vercel)
Storybook.js
Video.js & HLS.js
Task runners, including Webpack, Gulp, Grunt, and NPM modules

Requirements

2+ years of engineering experience in Javascript/TypeScript
Ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision
Self-motivated and able to efficiently run with a project without close supervision
Ability to work well with diverse stakeholders
Excellent communication skills — you should be able to clearly articulate your decisions.

Salary Range: $110,000 - $125,000k

Barstool Sports is a company that will drive the way media is created and consumed for years to come. Working at Barstool Sports means being part of a team that is solutions-oriented, celebrates creativity, and supports one another.

Joining means having access to competitive and valuable benefits and perks, including but not limited to:

Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefits
A 4% 401(k) employer match
Unlimited vacation time, including Summer break in July and Holiday break in December
Monthly employer contribution towards cell phone reimbursement
Employee discount to the Barstool Sports store
Financial wellness benefits through Origin
A monthly stipend for UberEats

What We Value