Intermediate Backend Engineer

At Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Partnership (MLSE), we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that is representative of our community and where all employees feel they belong and can reach their full potential. We are Canada’s preeminent leader in delivering top quality sport and entertainment experiences and one of North America’s leading providers of exceptional fan experiences. We are the parent company of the National Hockey League’s Toronto Maple Leafs, the National Basketball Association’s Toronto Raptors, Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC, the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts and development teams with the Toronto Marlies (American Hockey League), Raptors 905 (NBA G League), Toronto FC II (MLS NEXT Pro League) and Raptors Uprising Gaming Club, the Toronto Raptors Esports franchise in the NBA 2K League.

MLSE owns and/or operates all the venues our teams play and train in, including Scotiabank Arena, BMO Field, Coca-Cola Coliseum, Ford Performance Centre, BMO Training Ground, and OVO Athletic Centre. We also provide fans in Toronto with incredible live music and entertainment events, as well as exceptional culinary experiences through our restaurants (e11even and RS) and clubs (Hot Stove Club, ScotiaClub and Platinum Club). Through MLSE Foundation, we have invested more than $45 million into Ontario communities since 2009 and with MLSE LaunchPad, we provide a place where youth facing barriers use sport to recognize and reach their potential.

We achieve all of this through our Common Purpose - to unite and empower our employees to create extraordinary moments for our fans and each other. Come be a part of the team.

MLSE Digital Labs is seeking a highly motivated Intermediate Backend Engineer to join the team. This individual will be primarily working to establish standards around and implement telemetry in for internal & external web applications and will be reporting to the Technical Lead.

Position Type: Contractor until June 30th 2025

• Develop and deploy existing TypeScript applications into our Kubernetes clusters following modern DevOps practices and security standards.
• Design and implement a standard, extensible telemetry library that can be integrated within our web application templates and existing apps.
• Build performant, highly available, and scalable multi-tenant applications.
• Assess and analyze existing application anomalies and build out telemetry to weed out root causes and streamline bug triage.
• Establish engineering best practices and maintain a department-wide body of knowledge for generating telemetry metrics, traces, and logs.
• Partner with other teams like infrastructure and application engineering to define metadata layers, technical strategy, and efficient integration within the existing landscape.
• Provide high-level work estimates of new feature development.

Note: Before reviewing the qualifications listed below, we want you to know that we understand you may not meet all the qualifications described and have other relevant expertise and experience.  We invite you to please share this with us in the "Message to the Hiring Manager" section of our online application. 

• Enthusiasm to learn and grow both technical and analytical skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and balance multiple projects simultaneously.
• Curiosity around emerging technologies and approaches to software design.
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Experience taking a project from requirements gathering to project launch with minimal guidance.
• Ability to prioritize, track, and handle work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong software engineering experience with focus on JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Prior experience integrating an external telemetry vendor into TypeScript applications.
• Prior experience building reusable libraries that can be integrated into existing Node API frameworks, such as Express.
• Comfortable with containerizing applications using Docker.
• Experience using source control technology such as GitHub.
• Proficiency in deploying full-stack applications on AWS.
• Experience with CI/CD automation such as GitHub Actions.
• Nice to have: Experience deploying applications into Kubernetes using Helm.

Apply by: November 17h, 2024

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 

At MLSE, we are committed to building an equitable, diverse and inclusive organization.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability. MLSE will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in the job application process. If you have difficulty using our online application system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email [email protected]. Please note this email is only for accommodation requests. Resumes sent to this email address will not be considered.