Product Engineer, Sports Industry
Published on September 26, 2024
We believe sport has the power to change lives.
That's why we’re on a mission to help 20 million people play sport by 2024. We aim to do this by making it easier for people to access their local sports facilities.
Sports facilities all over the world lie idle and unused. At the same time, the managers of these sports facilities are swamped with admin, and are finding it increasingly harder to maximise the use and revenue from their sports facilities.
This is why we’ve developed an all-in-one sports facility management and online booking software. Our platform allows sports facilities to be easily booked online and provides the venue with all the tools they need to dramatically reduce their admin and significantly increase their use and revenue.
Do you have a passion for sport? Do you want to grow your career in software development while working in the business of sport? Do you want to lead a team building a ground-breaking product? Are you looking for a company that will invest time in your development, support your professional growth and listen to your ideas?
If the answer is YES, you may have found your dream job, and we may have found our dream hire!
Sports facilities are lying idle during the day all over the world. One reason for this is that people can’t find and book their local sports facilities online.
At SportsKey, we aim to fix this problem by providing easy to use sports facility management and online booking software-as-a-service that makes it simple for venues to manage and promote their sports facilities, resulting in a dramatic reduction in admin and increased revenue for the venue, and more people playing sport.
Our long-term vision is to help the world play more sport. In the short-term, we are on a mission to help 20 million people play sport by 2024.
To achieve this, we need to build an amazing team. That’s where you come in.
The Role
We’re looking for a mid-to-senior level Ruby on Rails developer with the passion to develop an easy-to-use product that solves real problems for real people. This is primarily an individual contributor role, but there’s a path to grow into a leadership role if you aspire to that.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Planning and building improvements, new features and whole new product initiatives for our core Rails application
- Actively contributing to product planning from conception, including discovery, UI/UX and technical design decisions
- Upholding our high technical standards and processes regarding code quality, testing, performance and security
- Participating in code reviews and contributing to our technical decision-making processes
- Debugging and resolving technical issues as they arise
Our stack includes Ruby on Rails 7 with Stimulus/Hotwire, PostgreSQL, Bootstrap, Heroku, Cloudflare, AWS S3, Stripe, GitHub, AppSignal & Mailgun. We collaborate using Trello, Slack, GitHub, and Balsamiq Mockups. We have excellent test coverage and confidently deploy to staging and production multiple times a day.
We are a growing company with a strong focus on the US market and have a very exciting and deep product roadmap. We’re also a growing team where everyone is encouraged and empowered to work independently and to have a big impact on a successful product.
Requirements
- Permanently resident in the EU/UK
- 4+ years of experience building full-stack web applications with modern web frameworks and relational databases, at least 2 of those with Ruby on Rails
- A full-stack, outcome-focused product mindset with great attention to detail
- Eager to learn, grow, and contribute to a high-performing team
- Ability to wear multiple hats, manage your time effectively and work independently
- A bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science or a related field is a bonus but not required.
- A love of Ruby on Rails is a major plus, as is a love for sport!
Remote – Ireland or EU/UK
This is a full-time, permanent, fully remote position. We are accepting applications from anywhere within the EU and UK. Applications from other locations will not be considered, sorry.
No recruiters or agencies, please.
Our interview process
- We review your application with a particular emphasis on your cover letter
- We follow that with a 30-minute video call with Thilo, our CTO, to chat about your experience and our expectations for the role and answer your questions.
- Next is a 90 minute online technical interview to review your core Ruby on Rails knowledge and your proficiency with basic tools
- If all goes well, we’ll bring you to Dublin for a final full-day technical exercise, followed by meeting some of our team including our founder and CEO before making you an offer.
How to Apply
- Email us a detailed cover letter explaining why you are interested in this role and what makes you a great fit for a high-performance engineering team to careers@sportskey.com.
- Attach your resume or link to one online. Any additional links to GitHub, Stackoverflow etc. will help us evaluate your fit.
- Clear and concise writing is critically important for this role. We'll be looking at this closely throughout the interview process, starting with your cover letter. Please take your time.
- Our core values are Ambition, Enjoyment, Continuous Improving, Empowerment and Innovation. We will be touching on these throughout the interview process.
- Please do not expect a response if you don’t fit the core requirements or send us a one-liner email.
Strictly no recruiters or agencies please.