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GameChangerStaff Software Engineer
GameChanger seeks a Staff Software Engineer to guide the architecture, technical planning, and delivery of API-driven products and integrations. Operating as a hands-on technical leader, this…
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About this role
Staff Software Engineer at GameChanger is a full-time role. Work arrangement: Remote. Location: Applicants in United States only. No salary is shown in this listing. It was posted on Oct 25, 2026. This listing is paused and not taking applications at the moment.
Job Description
GameChanger seeks a Staff Software Engineer to guide the architecture, technical planning, and delivery of API-driven products and integrations. Operating as a hands-on technical leader, this individual will collaborate with engineering teams to construct scalable, dependable developer experiences and partner capabilities. The employer builds applications that support youth sports communities, helping families, volunteers, and coaches connect around youth athletic events.
This position is suited for an experienced engineer who excels at bridging technical implementations with business objectives, navigating complex cross-system architectures, and mentoring senior technical personnel. The role reports to a Senior Engineering Manager and involves participation in occasional on-call rotations.
Team members have the flexibility to work remotely within the United States (excluding Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, and South Carolina) or from the employer's office in Manhattan, New York. Total compensation includes an annual salary range between $169,000 and $185,000, plus incentive compensation, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical design and execution for integration and API products alongside product and engineering leadership
- Contribute hands-on coding work to build, launch, and operate integration systems and APIs
- Establish reusable patterns and standards concerning API contracts, authorization, authentication, versioning, rate limiting, and error handling
- Coordinate system design across internal services and external platforms, addressing risks related to security, scalability, performance, and maintainability
- Define service health metrics, support protocols, reliability practices, and operational metrics including SLIs and SLOs
- Evaluate build, buy, and integration choices while communicating tradeoffs to various stakeholders
- Mentor engineers and elevate technical standards through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing
- Participate in an occasional production on-call rotation
Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience, including technical leadership on critical systems
- Experience building and operating developer-facing APIs or integrations as products
- Extensive knowledge of API lifecycle management, versioning, backwards compatibility, and authentication
- Background in designing and evolving distributed, high-scale production systems focusing on performance and reliability
- Experience leading the technical design and delivery of major initiatives spanning multiple teams or services
Qualifications
- Experience working directly with third-party developers, platform ecosystems, strategic partners, or API consumers
- Proficiency with TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, Redis, and PostgreSQL
Core Skills
Benefits
- Target salary range between $169,000 and $185,000 with incentive and equity opportunities
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Paid volunteer time
- Technology stipend of $4,000 every two years
- Annual work-from-home stipend of $500
- Monthly physical, mental, wellness, and learning stipends
- Monthly lifestyle stipend
- Comprehensive health benefits covering medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, and HSA
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans with an immediate company match
- Basic, supplemental, and dependent life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability leave
- Company-paid parental leave of up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Family building benefits through Progyny
- Teammate discount for DICK'S Sporting Goods and associated brands
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the salary range for the Staff Software Engineer role?
The target salary range is between $169,000 and $185,000, which is part of a total rewards package that includes incentives, equity, and benefits.
Where can this job be performed?
This role can be performed remotely throughout the United States—excluding Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, and South Carolina—or from the Manhattan, New York office.
What are the core technical requirements?
Candidates must have eight or more years of professional software development experience, a background in building developer-facing APIs or integrations, deep knowledge of API design and lifecycle management, and experience with distributed production systems.
What technologies are preferred for this position?
Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, Redis, and PostgreSQL is preferred.
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