Software Engineer, The Athletic

$120-140k

React

AWS

CSS

HTML

JavaScript

Junior and Mid level

Remote from Canada, US

Subscription-based sports content publisher

Job no longer available

Subscription-based sports content publisher

501-1000 employees

B2CPublishingContentSports

Job no longer available

$120-140k

React

AWS

CSS

HTML

JavaScript

Junior and Mid level

Remote from Canada, US

501-1000 employees

B2CPublishingContentSports

Company mission

To produce smarter coverage for die-hard fans and redefine the way fans get access to sports content by flipping the normal model for sports journalism.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Entrepreneurial mindset and desire to work in fast-paced, growth environment
2+ years full-stack engineering development
Experience delivering products working across the stack—you’re comfortable building the frontend, and want to grow your skills in the backend and designing the data persistence layer
Bachelor's degree in CS or relevant discipline
Experience with Javascript, React, HTML, CSS, AWS (or desire to learn)

What the job involves

We've developed a high quality subscription product that users love enough to give us a 4.9 rating in the App Store, and we see best in class retention rates when it's time for users to renew their subscription
Work with Product team to implement growth-related features and experiments on the website and in our backend APIs
Suggest and prototype product improvements and features aimed at growing our subscriber base
Architect and build solutions that take into account performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality
Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues
Work with team to influence technology direction

Our take

The Athletic provides authentic, in-depth coverage written by journalists who know the teams they write about inside out. Its model bucks the trend of traditional sports journalism outfits by asking for a subscription rather than relying on ad-revenue.

Despite initial doubts that users would be willing to pay for sports journalistic content, The Athletic has found significant success and was acquired by the New York Times in 2022. Despite it operating at a loss directly after the takeover, it was clear that the New York Times perceived this as a long-term investment.

In 2025, it was reported that The Athletic was now profitable, which aligns well with its parent's prediction of profitability within 4 years. This has been aided by accelerated customer growth alongside the rising trend of subscription-based sports news.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

20% female employees

8% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

Trustpilot (1.1)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Jan 2020

$50m

SERIES D

May 2019

$21.8m

SERIES C

Total funding: $139.7m

Company benefits

Paid Time Off
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Parental Leave
401 (k)
Short & Long Term Disability
Free Subscription
Competitive Health Care
HSA & FSA
Commuter Benefits

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Adam Hansmann

(President & Co-Founder)

Previously a McKinsey Business Analyst and then Associate at Calera Capital.

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