Job description
At MyFitnessPal, our vision is to be the global catalyst for every "body" to achieve their healthy. We believe good health starts with what you eat. We provide the tools and resources to reach your fitness goals.
MyFitnessPal is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Backend Engineering team. As a member of our MyFitnessPal Engineering team, you'll have the opportunity to positively impact those users with your expertise in the backend systems that drive the MyFitnessPal ecosystem. In addition to technical expertise, you'll find that your teammates value collaboration, mentorship, and inclusive environments.
At MyFitnessPal we leverage Ruby, Scala, Java, Go, Node, and Python. The majority of our services are written in Ruby, Scala or Java. We care more about your ability to think through problems and identify solutions than your experiences with specific languages or frameworks.
What you'll be doing:
- Build and maintain APIs that drive our user's experience, integrating with services and systems across the MyFitnessPal engineering teams
- Evaluate and improve existing systems and APIs to provide more robust solutions that allow others to move quickly and efficiently
- Support resolution of production issues across the entire MyFitnessPal stack
- Engage in code-reviews as a mentor and peer
- Live our core values in all you do:
- Be Kind and Care
- Live Good Health
- Be Data-Inspired
- Champion Change
- Leave it Better than You Found It
- Make It Happen
Qualifications to be successful in this role:
- Experience building high request volume APIs for a multitude of clients, including but not limited to:
- Mobile,
- Web
- Third-Party integrators
- Supported client teams through migrations efforts involving large-scale API changes
- Experience with a variety of API design patterns, such as REST & GraphQL
- Evolving APIs in a safe, incremental manner
- Experience with a variety of data stores (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis)
- Profiling and performance tuning applications
- Experience with high volume messaging queues such as Kafka
- Familiarity with AWS and/or other cloud computing platforms
Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of the qualifications. Research shows you can still be considered for a position if you meet some of the requirements. At MyFitnessPal, we're building a fitness product for everyone and believe our team should reflect that. We encourage people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.
Full Time Employee Perks, Benefits, and Culture:
- Remote equal philosophy enabling you to work from any state in which we have operations in the continental U.S.
- Want to work in an office? We also have a physical office in Austin, TX
- Annual, in-person company retreats to work, bond, and enjoy team-building activities
- Opportunities for team members to meet and connect in person for company paid lunches or working sessions
- Flexible time-off policy + flexible working hours (Unlimited PTO Plan)
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Safe Harbor 401K program
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- Monthly Wellness Allowance to assist team members to focus on their own physical and mental wellbeing and select wellness initiatives of their own choice
- Reward & recognition platform enabling peers to recognize and reward their peers for all the great work they do
- MyFitnessPal Premium
- Modern Virtual Learning and Development Library
- DEI Committee dedicated to ongoing efforts to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace by setting actionable goals and evaluating progress
- Diversity training for employees
- A dynamic, motivating, and fun work environment
At MyFitnessPal, our mission is to enable people to make healthy choices. And it wouldn't be possible without our team. We celebrate the unique POV that each person brings to the table and believe in a collaborative and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, military or veteran status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. These are our guiding ideologies and apply across all aspects of employment.
MyFitnessPal participates in E-Verify.
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