We are looking for a Software Engineer to join the MyFitnessPal engineering team. Our users rely on MyFitnessPal to power their health and fitness journeys every day. 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.
While the majority of the work you will do will be in Scala, we also have Ruby, Go, C++, and Python throughout the stack. We care more about your general engineering skill than your knowledge of a specific language and or framework.
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, working with teammates to learn and grow.
Qualifications to be successful in this role:
Triaging and debugging production issues
Built APIs to support customer-facing clients, including but not limited to: Mobile, Web, Third-Party integrators.
Worked alongside client teams to support integration efforts
Exposure to a variety of API design patterns, such as REST & GraphQL.
Understanding evolving APIs in a safe, incremental manner.
Experience with a variety of data stores (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis)
Excited to support APIs that serve 100M+ requests per day
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.