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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - **Company:** USA CLIMBING NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER, LLC - **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adobe Analytics, Microsoft Word, HTML, JavaScript (Programming Language), PHP (Programming Language), Microsoft Excel, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Audit Trail, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Outlook, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Cloud Computing, Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Command-Query Responsibility Segregation (Software Development), Data Integrity, Relational Databases, Distributed Systems, JSON, Laravel, PostgreSQL, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Microsoft Office, OpenID, Microsoft PowerPoint, Software Architecture, RabbitMQ, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Backend, Sanity.io, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Operational Systems, Front End Software Development, Event Sourcing, Api Design, Software Version Control, Web Api - **Published:** September 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_6b3f36771 ## About the Role This is a senior individual-contributor role for a systems-oriented full-stack engineer who combines architecture judgment with a willingness to work directly in the code. Depending on the product area, the engineer may work with technologies such as Go, PHP/Laravel, JavaScript and TypeScript, Sanity, PostgreSQL, Auth0/OIDC, AWS, containers and Kubernetes, messaging platforms, and CDN/edge delivery., * Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field. * 7+ years of professional software-engineering experience building and operating production applications, including at least 3 years' operating at a senior or technical-lead level. * Demonstrated success leading the design and delivery of complex full-stack systems across frontend, backend, APIs, data, integrations, and cloud infrastructure. * Strong HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript or TypeScript skills, plus deep experience with at least one server-side language and relational data modeling. * Experience designing maintainable service boundaries, web APIs, distributed or event-driven workflows, and integrations with identity or other enterprise platforms. * Strong understanding of software architecture, automated testing, version control, code review, continuous integration and delivery, observability, and safe production operations. * Experience building secure, privacy-aware, responsive, and accessible digital experiences and protecting data integrity during migrations and integrations. * Demonstrated ability to diagnose issues across application code, infrastructure, logs, metrics, and user-reported behavior; able to lead incident response and carry fixes safely into production. * Track record of improving engineering practices and mentoring other engineers through clear technical direction, collaborative reviews, and constructive feedback. * Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to build trust with nontechnical partners, facilitate decisions, and explain tradeoffs in an in-person, cross-functional environment. * Ability to work effectively from the National Training Center in a fast-moving environment, manage competing priorities, and connect implementation details to broader product and organizational goals. * General knowledge of soccer and its ecosystem, or a demonstrated interest in learning it quickly. * Must be able to connect "micro" details to the "macro" vision and mission. * Proficient experience with Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook)., * Experience with technologies relevant to the current environment, such as Go, PHP/Laravel, JavaScript/TypeScript, Sanity or another headless CMS, PostgreSQL, Auth0/OIDC, or similar tools. * Experience designing systems with CQRS and event sourcing, and building APIs that use JSON Patch or comparable standards for partial resource updates. * Experience with distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and messaging or streaming platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ. * Experience deploying and operating cloud applications using AWS, containers, Kubernetes, CDN/edge services, and modern observability practices. * Experience building learning-management, education, certification, membership, eligibility, compliance, document-review, or other multi-role workflow products. * Experience with design systems, WCAG 2.1 AA, media-rich experiences, and products designed for low-bandwidth or older-device contexts. * Experience integrating identity, content, CRM, analytics, or third-party platforms while maintaining data quality, security, and auditability. * Background in or passion for soccer, sports, education, or membership-based organizations * Spanish-language proficiency is a plus. ## Description The Senior Software Engineer will provide hands-on technical leadership for the shared platform capabilities that powers U.S. Soccer's Soccer Services and Learning Center experiences. This engineer will lead the design and delivery of reusable components, services, content models, and workflow patterns that can be composed across public, authenticated, learner, and administrator experiences serving coaches, referees, educators, Organization Members, players, parents, and other participants across the country. Based at U.S. Soccer's National Training Center, this role will be a visible Product & Technology partner for Soccer Services and Learning Center stakeholders. The Senior Software Engineer will participate in planning and working sessions, translate operational and product needs into clear technical direction, communicate tradeoffs and delivery risk, and build trusted relationships across engineering, product, design, content and curriculum, data, and soccer operations. The work spans education, course management, licensing and certification, member and organization services, registration and application workflows, safeguarding and compliance, content delivery, and administrative operations. This engineer will establish and extend proven patterns across clear boundaries between experience, content, identity, and operational systems; guide incremental modernization while protecting current service; and make U.S. Soccer's design, accessibility, security, reliability, and performance standards the default., * Lead the technical design and end-to-end delivery of production capabilities across Soccer. * Services and the Learning Center-from discovery and architecture through implementation, testing, release, monitoring, and iteration. * Serve as an in-person Product & Technology partner at the National Training Center; participate in stakeholder meetings, clarify complex requirements, surface dependencies and risks, and translate product and operational goals into practical delivery plans. * Establish and evolve reusable platform building blocks-including user-interface components, service contracts, content models, templates, and workflow patterns-that solve shared problems and can be adopted consistently across products. * Deliver learner-, member-, and administrator-facing experiences such as dashboards, course modules, video review, assessment and certification flows, renewals, progress tracking, in person clinic logistics, registration, eligibility, document review, approvals, and administrative tools. * Provide technical leadership through architecture and code reviews, design facilitation, documentation, mentorship, and constructive feedback; help engineers make sound decisions and raise the quality and consistency of the team's work. * Design and operate backend services, APIs, data models, event-driven workflows, and integrations across identity, content, learning, member, analytics, and third-party systems, with clear contracts and strong auditability. * Lead incremental modernization of existing workflows and integrations while maintaining compatibility, data integrity, and reliable service for current users. * Set and uphold standards for automated testing, continuous delivery, observability, performance, scalability, resilience, accessibility, privacy, role-based access, and security; lead diagnosis and durable resolution of production incidents. * Partner with engineering and product leadership on roadmaps, technical strategy, sequencing, estimation, staffing dependencies, and measurable outcomes while communicating decisions clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences. ## Related Videos - [The Resilience of the World Wide Web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1281-the-resilience-of-the-world-wide-web) - [Tips and Tricks for Working with JSON](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1229-tips-and-tricks-for-working-with-json) - [Delegating the chores of authenticating users to Keycloak](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1558-delegating-the-chores-of-authenticating-users-to-keycloak) - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [NoLoJS - Avoiding JavaScript Cruft with HTML and CSS - Aaron T. 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