Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!,

SYFY, and Versant’s sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, Golf Now and Golf Pass.

We are seeking a Staff Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with a startup mindset and a passion for solving business problems. This role is ideal for someone who can influence stakeholders, lead architectural decisions, and deliver scalable solutions using SaaS, low-code/no-code platforms, and cloud-native technologies.

• Build for Scale:
  Contribute to the design and development of scalable, secure, and performant systems that modernize legacy platforms.
• Platform Enablement:
  Implement and extend SaaS and low-code/no-code platforms to accelerate delivery and reduce custom development.
• Collaborative Execution:
  Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver business‑aligned solutions.
• Lean Engineering:
  Apply rapid prototyping, iterative development, and pragmatic decision‑making to drive outcomes.
• Technical Excellence:
  Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews to uphold engineering standards.
• Continuous Learning:
  Stay current with emerging technologies, especially in Gen AI, cloud‑native development, and platform engineering.
• Mentoring:
  Mentor the software engineering team to adopt best practices and agile/iterative ways to deliver solutions.

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud‑native architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), serverless, and event‑driven design.
• Familiarity with SaaS platforms, low‑code/no‑code tools, and Gen AI technologies.
• Proven ability to work in cross‑functional teams and deliver high‑quality software.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems or integrating with modern platforms.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non‑technical audiences.

• Experience with full‑stack (backend, frontend, Cloud, Infrastructure) development.
• Familiarity with distributed messaging (Kafka, Kinesis) and caching (e.g., Redis, Elasti Cache).
• Experience with SQL and No
  
  SQL databases.
• Understanding of Dev Ops practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to startup environments or fast‑paced product development cycles.
• Experience in media, entertainment, or digital platforms is a plus.

New York City, NY or Englewood Cliffs, NJ – Hybrid (3 days onsite).

• Employees based in the Englewood Cliffs office have access to a variety of convenient on‑site services and amenities, including free employee parking, complimentary electric vehicle charging stations, an on‑site fitness center with locker rooms and towel service, and dry‑cleaning drop‑off and pick‑up.
• Shuttle service is available to and from the Englewood Cliffs campus, with pickup locations across Manhattan’s East Side and West Side, Brooklyn, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, and Secaucus.

VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation…