Full-Time
Back End Engineer
Posted on 8/26/2025
Barstool Sports
1,001-5,000 employees
Sports and pop culture digital media
Compensation Overview
$110k - $125k/yr
New York, NY, USA
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- 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—they should be able to clearly articulate their decisions.
- Own, maintain, and perform maintenance and feature enhancements across an array of projects.
- Work with the product & engineering team to navigate Barstool's chaos and perform the engineering lift needed to accomplish core objectives.
- Support APIs that power the cross-platform Barstool experience for both users and editorial staff.
- Keep up with latest technologies; pick the best tool for the job, and aren’t afraid of cutting-edge tech.
- Contribute to the product and vision of Barstool; align with team goals.
- 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)
- 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
- 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
Barstool Sports is a digital media company that produces sports and pop culture content for a young adult audience. It distributes content across blogs, podcasts, and social media, reaching a large, engaged community. Its products work by generating content that attracts viewers and listeners, then monetizing through advertising, brand sponsorships, and direct-to-consumer sales of branded merchandise via an online store. The company differentiates itself with a strong, recognizable voice and multi-format distribution that covers sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, allowing for integrated sponsorships and merchandise programs. Barstool’s goal is to entertain and inform its audience while growing its revenue and brand partnerships through a diverse mix of content formats and product offerings.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$565M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2003
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- SKLZ partnership expands merchandise revenue through Amazon, Dick's distribution.
- @ucincychicks launches female-curated content, broadening young adult demographics.
- Asa Akira joins, tapping adult entertainment for pop culture audience growth.
What critics are saying
- Erika Ayers Badan exit erodes leadership, slashes advertiser confidence now.
- Penn Entertainment's 2023 $550M divestiture blocks funding, crashes valuation.
- TikTok ban halves young adult traffic, destroys sponsorship deals in 2026.
What makes Barstool Sports unique
- Barstool Sports blends sports, pop culture via blogs, podcasts, social media.
- Co-branded SKLZ golf products launched April 9, 2024, with Fore Play podcast.
- Viral Miss Peaches merchandise raised $150,000 for LifeLine Animal Project.
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