R&D Systems Developer

At Selkirk Sport, we’re passionate about pushing the boundaries of pickleball innovation. Our mission is to Fuel the Pickleball Obsession by creating the sport’s premier products and ecosystem. As a leading global brand in premium pickleball equipment, we’re expanding our international presence and seeking top‑tier talent to support our growth in the U.S. and abroad. We pride ourselves on a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Selkirk applies first‑principles thinking to design scalable, process‑driven systems that create lasting operational advantage.

Selkirk Sport is hiring an R&D Systems Developer to build the software, automations and AI tools our R&D team uses to design and test the next generation of pickleball gear. You’ll work on‑site with our USA R&D team in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and report to our Director of Business Tools. This role suits a developer with a few years of hands‑on experience across different technical stacks, who can take a project from idea to working tool with minimal hand‑holding.

You’ll sit with the engineers and technicians who use what you build, figure out what they need, and get it into their hands fast, even when requirements change along the way. If you’ve built MCP servers, React apps or AI tools that real people use, and you want to see your work in the hands of the people designing the paddles pros play with, we’d like to meet you.

• Tools for the R&D team. Design, build and maintain internal applications, scripts and interfaces, often in React, that support testing and product development workflows.
• AI tools and MCP servers. Create AI assistants and automations that cut manual work, and build MCP servers and connectors that give AI tools secure access to internal systems and data.
• Connected R&D data. Build integrations, APIs and data flows that link R&D tools and test data with company systems, plus dashboards that turn raw test results into information engineering and quality teams can use.
• Fast iteration. Work side by side with engineers and technicians every day to gather requirements, ship working tools, and adjust when priorities shift.
• A development team behind you. Partner with our Business Tools developers on code quality, standards and architecture, and help evaluate new technologies worth adopting.

At Selkirk, AI tools are part of how work gets done. In this role you'll build them. We're looking for someone who has created AI tools, LLM-based applications or MCP servers, or who can show us they learn new technology quickly enough to start doing so right away.

• 3 to 5 years of experience in software development, systems development or a related technical role
• Experience across multiple technical stacks, and a track record of learning new platforms and switching technologies quickly
• Working knowledge of APIs, databases and integrating systems and data sources
• Strong critical thinking, problem‑solving skills and attention to detail
• Comfort with requirements and priorities that change mid‑project
• The ability to explain technical work in plain language to engineers, technicians and operations teams

• Experience building MCP servers, AI tools or LLM‑based applications
• Experience with React or similar front‑end frameworks
• A background in sporting goods, consumer products, manufacturing or R&D
• Familiarity with Palantir or other enterprise data platforms

This is an on‑site role at our Coeur d’Alene, Idaho facility, working alongside the USA R&D team. You’ll be on our 4.5‑day schedule:
Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Some flexibility is needed during…