Senior Engineer

Cast Iron Media, LLC is a premier sports and entertainment media solutions company, meeting the needs of its partners by connecting them with engaged fans watching live sports both at home and at the event. Cast Iron's Connected TV platform, SportStream Live™, offers a collection of live games running on popular on-demand services, and includes MLB, NBA, NHL, and NCAA. CrowdConnect Live™ provides national branding and experiential marketing programs across all live sports and entertainment.

The Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Engineer to drive the growth and evolution of our digital advertising platforms. You will take ownership of complex technical challenges, lead key initiatives across back-end and front-end systems, and guide architectural decisions. As our team expands, you will play a central role in shaping our product development culture and practices. If you are a seasoned technologist with high agency and a love for building, we encourage you to apply!

Key Responsibilities:

• Application Development:
• Build features and functionality that help digital advertising clients and partners to monetize live sports in streaming environments.
• Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to understand requirements and turn them into scalable technical solutions.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable web applications using PHP, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, VueJS, Laravel Framework, and SQL.
• Develop both front-end and back-end features with a focus on performance, reliability, and security.
• Write and generate clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Support:
• Deploy and manage applications in cloud environments (AWS and Cloudflare).
• Participate in CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes.
• Help troubleshoot performance and operational issues.
• Implement application-level security best practices.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and data protection requirements.
• Database & API Integration:
• Design and optimize relational database schemas.
• Build efficient APIs and integrations with third-party services.
• Ensure data integrity, scalability, and high availability across systems.

Qualifications:

• Essential:
• Strong sense of ownership and desire to solve business challenges with software.
• Ability to take a feature from client discovery through adoption.
• Experience working in AI-assisted development environments.
• 5+ years of experience as a Full Stack Developer or in a similar role.
• Strong proficiency in PHP, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, and SQL/NoSQL Databases.
• Experience with modern front-end framework (VueJS).
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience deploying applications in cloud platforms (AWS).
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Desirable:
• Experience with mission-critical and large-scale systems.
• Exposure to advertising technologies (e.g., DSPs, SSPs, Ad Servers, RTB, VAST/VPAID).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with caching systems (Redis, Memcached).
• Knowledge of monitoring/logging tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, or DataDog).

This is a hybrid, full-time position reporting to the Chief Product Officer. Candidates must be based in the New York Metropolitan area.

At Cast Iron Media, we believe in building a collaborative, team-oriented culture where people are encouraged to contribute, grow, and support the success of their colleagues and the organization as a whole.

Cast Iron Media is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.