RemoteAbout the Role
About the position
Unrivaled, a professional women's three-on-three basketball league, is hiring an early-career Junior Software Engineer for its product engineering team. The engineer works on fan-facing websites, the mobile app, league operations tools and the underlying services that support them.
Responsibilities and day-to-day work
- Help build fan products for athlete profiles, live game scoring, results and statistics, supporter voting, challenges, newsletters and other interactive activities.
- Develop internal applications supporting content publishing, player administration, media workflows and game operations.
- Contribute to frontend components, server-side features, API calls, data persistence, form validation and application security.
- Enhance third-party and internal service integrations and investigate reliability or data consistency issues.
- Support the existing React Native/Expo mobile application, delivering well-tested features and responsive cross-device experiences.
- Trace and fix bugs, improve performance, support deployment quality and maintain platform stability.
- Take part in collaborative pull request reviews and evolve code without disrupting existing engineering architecture.
- Partner with design, product and operational colleagues to prioritize features with real value for fans and league staff.
Qualifications and essential skills
- One to three years of professional software engineering experience, ideally building customer-facing web applications.
- Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS and responsive development.
- Confidence using Git, pull requests, code review and team software development practices.
- Practical experience integrating APIs, debugging live applications and extending an established codebase.
- Careful problem-solving, accountability, written communication, curiosity and willingness to learn.
Preferred experience and additional assets
- Next.js; React Native/Expo; PostgreSQL or other relational databases; modern ORM patterns; back-end API design; AI-assisted coding tools; startup product development experience.
Location, schedule and working conditions
Full-time remote engineering role. Eligibility restrictions, if any, should be confirmed through Unrivaled's direct careers portal.
Benefits and other employer information
Competitive compensation with a company-matched 401(k), unlimited paid leave, substantial medical insurance subsidy for employees and eligible spouses or domestic partners, and opportunities to work with experienced sport-industry colleagues. No amount for salary was provided in the source.
How to apply
Apply through the employer job-specific page.
Industry areas
Professional Sport
Required Qualifications
- One to three years of professional software engineering experience, ideally building customer-facing web applications.
- Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS and responsive development.
- Confidence using Git, pull requests, code review and team software development practices.
- Practical experience integrating APIs, debugging live applications and extending an established codebase.
- Careful problem-solving, accountability, written communication, curiosity and willingness to learn.
Preferred Qualifications
- Next.js; React Native/Expo; PostgreSQL or other relational databases; modern ORM patterns; back-end API design; AI-assisted coding tools; startup product development experience.
Compensation & Work Arrangement
Important Dates
How to Apply
Apply through the employer job-specific page: https://www.unrivaled.basketball/careers/junior-software-engineer-4320749009
About Unrivaled Basketball
Unrivaled Basketball organizes professional women's 3-on-3 basketball in the United States. The competition connects clubs, athletes and communities through regular-season play, player development and sporting events.
