Staff Software Engineer

The Opportunity

Teamworks is continuing to invest in our Compliance & Recruiting (C&R) products, which power some of the most complex and mission-critical workflows for NCAA athletic programs. We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical leader across the C&R product suite, helping scale systems that schools rely on to stay compliant, efficient, and competitive.

This is a high-impact, Staff-level role focused on backend-heavy systems built primarily in Java. You’ll operate as a technical force multiplier: driving architectural decisions, unblocking teams, improving reliability and scalability, and partnering across Teamworks Engineering to align on shared standards, practices, and technical direction.

Success in this role means delivering durable technical improvements, elevating the team’s engineering standards, and partnering closely with Product, SRE, and Platform to ship high-quality solutions in a complex domain.

This position reports to the Engineering Manager of C&R.

What You'll Do

• Serve as a Staff-level technical leader across C&R
• Drive backend architecture and system design decisions in Java/Spring-based services
• Lead high-impact scalability, performance, and reliability initiatives from design through production
• Act as a go-to technical resource for complex domain and system questions
• Partner closely with Product to translate C&R workflows into scalable technical solutions
• Collaborate with Platform teams to improve observability, reliability, and operational standards
• Improve system health by addressing legacy complexity, performance bottlenecks, and architectural gaps
• Elevate the team through pairing, design reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing

What You'll Bring

Must-haves:

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Expert-level Java experience with deep Spring framework knowledge
• Strong backend focus with solid relational database expertise (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Experience working in complex, legacy product domains with evolving architectures
• Proven ability to influence technical direction beyond individual contributions
• Full ownership mindset across design, delivery, and operational support
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with Product, SRE, Platform, and Support
• Clear communicator who builds trust and drives alignment across teams
• Pragmatic decision-maker who balances speed, quality, and long-term system health

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with Angular or modern JavaScript frameworks
• Background in data-heavy systems, analytics, or performance optimization
• Familiarity with AWS best practices, DevOps, or SRE operating models
• Exposure to compliance, regulated, or operationally complex products

Who Thrives Here

You’re a Staff engineer who leads through influence.. You enjoy digging into complex systems, asking hard questions, and leaving things better than you found them. You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity, especially in post-acquisition environments, and you care deeply about helping teams scale, not just code.

You balance humility with high standards, think beyond your immediate roadmap, and take pride in delivering systems that are reliable, scalable, and genuinely useful to customers.

About Teamworks

We're the Operating System for Sports™—powering 6,500+ organizations worldwide, from collegiate programs to every major pro league. Founded in 2006, we've evolved from a messaging tool for college football into the leading sports tech platform—$165M+ funded, with nearly 500 teammates across a dozen countries building the future of sports tech.

Our solutions span five key categories:

• Personnel: Manage the complete roster lifecycle, from recruiting and NIL management to financial operations.
• Coaching: Transform film and data into game-day readiness.
• Performance: Optimize athlete health and training with advanced tools for nutrition, strength & conditioning, and holistic performance tracking.
• Operations: Streamline logistics, communication, compliance, and inventory management to keep teams running efficiently.
• Intelligence: Leverage data-driven insights to inform decisions and maximize competitive advantage across professional and collegiate sports.

Teamworks is an equal opportunity employer - if you live our core values every day and are honest, hardworking, humble, committed, innovative, and an all-around exceptional person, you'll thrive at Teamworks. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and take affirmative action to not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics.  This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion, termination, compensation, benefits, and training. Teamworks is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [email protected].

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