Software Engineer - Backend

Salary Competitive

Playmaker is on a mission for fantasy sports to replace sports betting as the primary way you engage and increase enjoyment when watching live sports. Our first step on this journey is to build a dedicated place (React Native app) to discuss fantasy sports, enabling fantasy managers to own their identity and grow their following. Our investors are a mixture of fantasy sports enthusiasts, individuals instrumental in the rise of eSports into the mainstream and experienced consumer tech angels.


The perfect person:

  • Knows their way around AWS, particularly:

    EC2 (Ubuntu, Nginx, Express), ELB, API GW, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, and CloudFront+S3 for assets and static websites.

  • Is experienced with Node.js

  • Is experienced in working with relational databases

  • Is experienced with Git

  • Is someone who thrives with autonomy and is always curious to learn new languages/frameworks.

  • Feels at ease working in English (that's our company language)

Bonus:

  • Has an interest in football/sport and/or fantasy sports

  • Has experience in PostgreSQL

  • Has a Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

What’s in it for you?

You have an opportunity to play a vital role in building a product that has the potential to change a multi-billion dollar industry for the better.

We want to provide ownership for everyone in the company and as such we operate a generous warrant scheme which means everyone has a meaningful stake in what we are building.

In addition, we offer flexible working hours, a central location (in our own office in Vesterbro), a cheap lunch plan and the hardware of your choice.

For more information or questions please contact us at neil@fantasysport.pro

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Equity package
Equity package

Want to be a partner? Look no further.

New tech gear
New tech gear

Are you a true Tech Savvy? Macbook, trackpad, you name it, we get you covered.

Paid holiday
Paid holiday

Metropolitists, beach boys and mountaineers we salute you and pay you to go and explore the world.

Remote work allowed
Remote work allowed

You know how you perform best. Work from your couch, your favorite cafe or abroad when you feel like it.

Maternity / paternity leave
Maternity / paternity leave

Kids are the future, go spend time with them.

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Working at
Playmaker

Playmaker is a community for players of fantasy sports games. 1,000’s of players use Playmaker daily to discuss their fantasy sports picks and to use our fantasy stats and tools. We currently have 25,000+ users and are funded by some of the best early-stage investors in the world, including Y Combinator.

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