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Software Engineer

RemoteRemoteFull Time$86,500–$135,000 /yrPosted 4 days ago

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Required skills

  • customer acquisition
  • authentication
  • subscription management
  • e-commerce
  • microservice backend
  • zwift.com client
  • admin tooling
  • high-performance code
  • reusable code
  • reliable code

Nice to have

  • event-driven architecture
  • cross-platform apps
  • cycling
  • running
  • fitness

Role summary

Zwift is seeking a Software Engineer to help rebuild Zwift.com into a modern, reliable, and reusable growth platform. This role involves contributing to an incremental migration of the site onto a supported architecture, focusing on core customer acquisition and authentication journeys. You will work in a full-stack team to deliver features that enhance subscription management, customer experience, the zwift.com platform, and e-commerce. Responsibilities include improving rendering, caching, content delivery, performance, observability, CI/CD, analytics, SEO, accessibility, and integrations with identity and commerce systems. The role also involves creating technical foundations and collaborating with cross-functional teams to build new features and grow the Zwifting community. Requires 2-5 years of software development experience, proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and a component-based frontend framework like React, and experience with web development, frontend architecture, cloud-based microservices, and/or event sourcing. Experience with server-rendered or hybrid web frameworks, particularly Next.js, is strongly preferred. Familiarity with web performance, accessibility, analytics, and SEO is expected. Experience with software engineering best practices like automated testing, monitoring, CI/CD, and production troubleshooting is essential.

Location: Remote, Eligible US Locations

About the role and about You:

Zwift is looking for a Software Engineer to join our team to help rebuild Zwift.com into a modern, reliable, and reusable growth platform. You will contribute to an incremental migration of the site onto a supported architecture, beginning with core customer acquisition and authentication journeys. In this role, you will work in a full-stack team to deliver features that improve our subscription management, prospecting customer experience, zwift.com platform, and e-commerce stores. Working within a cross-functional team, you will help improve rendering and caching, content delivery, performance, observability, CI/CD, analytics, SEO, accessibility, and integrations with Zwift’s identity and commerce systems. You will also help create the technical foundations and work with designers, producers, engineers, artists, QA, and product managers to build exciting new features and help grow our Zwifting community.

What you’ll do:

  • Work on a cross-functional team to deliver exciting features that span our microservice backend, zwift.com client, e-commerce platform, subscription management platform, and admin tooling.
  • Design, build, and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable code in multiple programming languages and platforms.
  • Help establish a supported web-platform foundation, including rendering and caching strategies, CDN behavior, API access patterns, CI/CD, observability, automated testing, and decommissioning of legacy functionality.
  • Build reusable page templates, structured content models, and CMS integrations that enable governed self-service publishing for Marketing and content teams.
  • Collaborate with other engineers through code reviews, technical discussions, and pair programming.
  • Participate in on-call support, monitoring, and troubleshooting of all services owned by the team.
  • Identify technical risks and help build mitigation plans.
  • Use AI-assisted development thoughtfully to accelerate activities such as codebase analysis, migration planning, test generation, documentation, and component consolidation while maintaining appropriate engineering review and quality standards.
  • Work with engineers and product managers to scope and plan projects.
  • Participate in the interview process.

    • What we’re looking for:

  • BS/MS in Computer Science and/or relevant technical area.
  • 2-5 years of software development experience.
  • Strong proficiency with modern JavaScript or TypeScript and a component-based frontend framework such as React.
  • Proficient in one or more development technologies: we mostly use React, Java and Kotlin, but there is no specific language requirement.
  • Experience with: web development and frontend architecture, cloud-based microservices, and/or event sourcing.
  • Experience with server-rendered or hybrid web frameworks; Next.js experience is strongly preferred.
  • Familiarity with web performance, accessibility, analytics instrumentation, and SEO fundamentals.
  • Experience with software engineering best practices such as automated testing, monitoring/alerting, continuous integration, code reviews, etc.
  • Experience with production troubleshooting and on-call.
  • Tenacity to get things done and enthusiasm for learning in an evolving problem space.

    • Bonus points:

  • Experience working with Kubernetes and containerization.
  • Experience shipping cross-platform apps, especially: iOS, tvOS, Android, Mac, and PC.
  • Interest in creating fun experiences around cycling, running, and overall fitness.

    • If Zwift determines in any stage of our interviews that any AI tools are being used without disclosure or citation, your candidacy will be disqualified.

    For All US Based Full-Time Positions:

    The base salary for this position ranges between $86,500.00 to $135,000.00. The base salary will be based on a number of factors including the role offered, the individual's job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, Zwift is proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for all eligible employees which also includes performance bonuses, equity, and a full range of medical, financial, and other perks and benefits.

    How to stand out among the rest:

    Your resume/CV is enough to show off your skills, accomplishments, and experience. However, if you choose to include a cover letter introducing us to your awesome personality, we will read that too.

    We strongly believe that different backgrounds and ideas are a competitive advantage; we hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Zwift is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by emailing careers@zwift.com.

    Zwift, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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