PlayOn

Own and operate backend services, APIs, and event-driven systems to support scalable and reliable HQ web experiences, collaborating across teams to modernize and improve platform performance. | 5-8 years of experience in backend systems at scale, proficiency in Java, familiarity with relational databases, experience with Kafka and AWS cloud services, and strong understanding of API design and microservices. | Join our HQ team and help build the services that power the core administrative and operational experiences across our ecosystem. This role is for a senior engineer who can own backend outcomes end-to-end across the services the HQ web application depends on—designing durable APIs, strengthening reliability, and enabling the next phase of platform modernization. You’ll help unify and strengthen the services behind HQ—working in a polyglot environment where Java is core and Go/TypeScript/Python support key capabilities—while improving how we deploy, scale, and operate on EKS with GitOps. As a Senior Engineer, you’ll own critical backend services, APIs, and event-driven integrations that keep HQ experiences reliable and scalable. You’ll collaborate closely with frontend, product, data, and platform teams to drive performance, operational excellence, and clear technical patterns that other engineers and contractors can follow. The outcomes you’ll deliver: -Service reliability and scale: Design and maintain backend systems that support high-impact HQ workflows with predictable performance and resilience. -API clarity and stability: Establish strong contracts, versioning strategies, and error standards that reduce ambiguity and improve integration quality. -Event-driven maturity: Strengthen our data fan-out and cross-domain integrations using Kafka and event-driven design patterns. -Operational excellence: Ensure services are observable, well-instrumented, and resilient with meaningful dashboards, alerts, and reliability practices. -Team and delivery leverage: Raise the engineering bar through reusable patterns, reviews, documentation, and effective contractor guidance. -Platform evolution: Help harden domain services and reduce unnecessary coupling to monolith surfaces without slowing product delivery. \n In this role, you can expect to Design, implement, and operate APIs and services that power HQ web experiences. Work primarily in Java while collaborating across services written in Go, TypeScript, and Python. Build and evolve event-driven workflows with reliable publishing/consumption, schema discipline, and safe rollout patterns. Partner with frontend engineers to translate product requirements into clean, scalable API designs. Contribute to architectural decisions, RFCs, and pragmatic modernization of service boundaries and data models. Strengthen CI/CD and deployment safety using AWS, EKS, and a GitOps approach. Identify and eliminate bottlenecks through performance tuning, load testing, and data-driven scaling. Mentor engineers and lead contractors through high-signal code reviews, clear standards, and scoped technical direction. Participate in interviews, refine coding standards, and strengthen our engineering culture. To thrive in this role, you have 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, including designing and maintaining backend systems at scale. Strong skills in Java and familiarity with PostgreSQL or other relational databases. Experience with event-driven architecture and data fan-out technologies like Kafka. Experience with AWS services such as EKS, RDS, S3, SQS/SNS, and related cloud-native tooling. Deep understanding of API design, microservices architecture, and distributed systems. Solid understanding of observability, monitoring, alerting, and incident management. Strong delivery mindset with comfort owning systems through build, release, and production health. Excellent collaboration and communication skills—you thrive in cross-functional environments with product, design, and platform teams. A passion for reliable systems, clean code, and mentoring others. Golang experience is a plus, along with familiarity with TypeScript or Python services. Familiarity with modern data pipelines and orchestration tools (where relevant to HQ) is a plus. HOW YOU PLAY Ownership over Participation- You take responsibility for achieving holistic outcomes, prioritize key objectives, and adapt quickly when situations require a different approach. You follow through even against the toughest challenges. Team over Stars- You are a bridge builder, establishing processes and relationships with teams outside your own. You work to rally around common goals, find win-win solutions, compromise when necessary, and help others succeed. Growth over Comfort- You are driven by a desire to grow and actively seek opportunities to expand your comfort zone, skills, and confidence. You embrace new challenges with curiosity, accepting discomfort and failure as opportunities to learn. Fairness over Popularity- You approach decisions with a scientist’s mindset, challenging your assumptions and remaining objective. You consider long-term impact rather than relying on short-term gains, proactively seek others’ perspectives, and manage emotions in decision-making. \n Company Overview PlayOn is a dynamic growth-stage company dedicated to championing the spirit of play in the high school space. Backed by KKR, our family of brands—including GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps—empowers schools with innovative solutions and exceptional service. Our fan engagement platform is the only one that offers event ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise sales, and website management in one place. We save administrators time so they can focus on what truly matters: supporting the students, staff, and fans who bring their programs to life. Trusted by thousands of schools across the country, we're here to help create more instant replays, hold-your-breath moments, last-minute comebacks, and games you want to watch over and over again. When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment. Why you’ll love working at PlayOn Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions. This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve. Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness. We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team. The Benefits We Offer Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from Dental, vision life and disability insurance Employee Emergency Fund Company equity (stock options) Open PTO policy 401K plan with company match Hybrid/flexible work environment Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate.

Build and maintain full-stack web features, design APIs, and improve operational workflows for a large-scale web application. | 5-8 years of full-stack software engineering experience, proficiency in React + TypeScript, Java with Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Kafka, AWS, and experience with cloud-native practices. | Playon is looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer who can own outcomes end-to-end across our HQ web application and the services it depends on. The HQ team builds the core administrative and operational experiences that support schools, partners, and internal teams across our ecosystem. Today, features can stall at the seams between frontend and backend, and contractor output needs strong technical leadership to meet our standards. This role helps collapse those seams by combining strong product-facing UI delivery with pragmatic API and service ownership. You’ll help unify and strengthen HQ and the services behind it—building across a React-based frontend and a polyglot backend spanning Java, Go, and TypeScript/GraphQL with PostgreSQL—while improving how we deploy, scale, and operate on EKS with GitOps As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you’ll build high-impact React surfaces and shape the underlying APIs and event-driven flows that power them. You’ll also help provide day-to-day technical direction and integration guidance for our FE/BE contractor pods to ensure quality and speed. The outcomes you’ll deliver: -High-quality HQ web experiences: Build scalable, maintainable React features and patterns that improve user experience and reduce cycle time. -Cohesive UI + API designs: Turn product requirements into clear full-stack solutions with durable contracts and fewer integration surprises. -Event-driven maturity: Strengthen cross-domain integrations using Kafka and reliable data fan-out patterns that support HQ workflows. -Operational excellence: Ensure key services and flows are observable, resilient, and production-ready with meaningful dashboards, alerts, and reliability practices. -Platform evolution: Help harden domain services and reduce unnecessary coupling to monolith surfaces without slowing product delivery. -Team and contractor leverage: Establish patterns for component library usage, API contracts, test automation (e2e + contract tests), and delivery hygiene that other engineers and contractors can follow. \n In this role, you can expect to Design and ship React + TypeScript features that power HQ’s most important user-facing workflows. Collaborate with product and design to turn requirements into cohesive UI architecture, reusable components, and predictable delivery. Design and implement APIs—primarily in Java/Spring Boot—that support the HQ web experience, with a focus on stability, versioning, and good developer ergonomics. Work comfortably across services in Java and collaborate with teams or codebases in Go, TypeScript, and Python as needed. Build and evolve event-driven workflows with reliable publishing/consumption patterns and thoughtful schema discipline. Apply strong database fundamentals with PostgreSQL, including data modeling, query performance awareness, and safe migration practices. Strengthen CI/CD and deployment safety using AWS, EKS, and a GitOps approach. Improve quality with a balanced test strategy across UI, API, integration, and contract/e2e layers. Mentor engineers and provide high-signal code review and technical direction for contractors. To thrive in this role, you have 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, including shipping full-stack web features at scale. Strong, production experience with React + TypeScript, including building maintainable UI architecture and reusable component patterns. Strong skills in Java (Spring Boot) and experience designing and implementing APIs. Solid experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases. Experience with event-driven architecture and data fan-out technologies like Kafka. Strong familiarity with AWS and cloud-native practices, especially EKS. Experience with CI/CD and comfort with GitOps-style delivery. A practical understanding of observability, monitoring, alerting, and incident response. Confidence guiding mixed teams (FTE + contractors) with clear specs, reference patterns, and consistent review standards. Golang experience is a plus, along with familiarity with Python services. HOW YOU PLAY Ownership over Participation- You take responsibility for achieving holistic outcomes, prioritize key objectives, and adapt quickly when situations require a different approach. You follow through even against the toughest challenges. Team over Stars- You are a bridge builder, establishing processes and relationships with teams outside your own. You work to rally around common goals, find win-win solutions, compromise when necessary, and help others succeed. Growth over Comfort- You are driven by a desire to grow and actively seek opportunities to expand your comfort zone, skills, and confidence. You embrace new challenges with curiosity, accepting discomfort and failure as opportunities to learn. Fairness over Popularity- You approach decisions with a scientist’s mindset, challenging your assumptions and remaining objective. You consider long-term impact rather than relying on short-term gains, proactively seek others’ perspectives, and manage emotions in decision-making. \n Company Overview PlayOn is a dynamic growth-stage company dedicated to championing the spirit of play in the high school space. Backed by KKR, our family of brands—including GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps—empowers schools with innovative solutions and exceptional service. Our fan engagement platform is the only one that offers event ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise sales, and website management in one place. We save administrators time so they can focus on what truly matters: supporting the students, staff, and fans who bring their programs to life. Trusted by thousands of schools across the country, we're here to help create more instant replays, hold-your-breath moments, last-minute comebacks, and games you want to watch over and over again. When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment. Why you’ll love working at PlayOn Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions. This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve. Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness. We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team. The Benefits We Offer Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from Dental, vision life and disability insurance Employee Emergency Fund Company equity (stock options) Open PTO policy 401K plan with company match Hybrid/flexible work environment Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate.

Support sales lifecycle through media planning, client communication, campaign execution, and cross-team collaboration to drive ad revenue growth and client satisfaction. | Bachelor's degree with 2+ years digital media sales experience, strong communication and organizational skills, knowledge of sports media and digital advertising platforms, and ability to work in hybrid environments. | PlayOn is looking for a well-rounded, digitally savvy Account Planner responsible for supporting all aspects of the sales and partnerships lifecycle from pre- to post-sale. We are looking for a digital professional who understands the monetization strategies within the digital and social spaces and has a strong ability to communicate their value to a wide range of partners. The ideal candidate will act as a support system within a fast-paced organization that’s also responsible for cultivating and nurturing quality relationships at both major agencies and national brands. The Outcomes You’ll Deliver Flawless Pre-Sale Support – Develop and create media plans to support the Sales team in securing advertising partnerships, delivering plans on time with <5% error rate. Efficient Workflow Ownership – Maintain an organized, up-to-date library of rate cards, product offerings, case studies, and planning templates that becomes a single source of truth for the Sales team. Exceptional Post-Sale Service – Support the Sales team with day-to-day client communication for active campaigns, ensuring flawless execution, timely reporting, and clear campaign performance communication to drive increased renewal rates and repeat business. Cross-Functional Collaboration – Partner with Sales, Ad Ops, and Client Strategy to ensure campaigns are implemented successfully, meeting or exceeding client KPIs. Revenue Impact – Support sales in driving national ad revenue growth by contributing directly to RFP responses, renewal pitches, and upsell opportunities. Client Satisfaction – Consistently deliver wrap reports and insights that highlight campaign value and set the stage for upsell/renewal opportunities, with client feedback captured through a structured process and translated into clear actions. In this role, you can expect to • Support pre-sale execution by building accurate, creative media plans, partnering with Sales on RFP responses and proposals, and assisting with preparation and follow-up for client meetings. • Collaborate with key internal and external parties to ensure that advertising partnerships are implemented successfully to maximize client KPIs. • Support Sales in the preparation and delivery of campaign wrap reports, surfacing insights and upsell opportunities that position PlayOn for repeat and renewal business. • Partner cross-functionally to maintain and evolve key sales materials including rate cards, media plans, pitch decks and one-sheets, and delivery and wrap reports. • Forge strategic relationships with national brands and media/advertising agencies • Surface new, upsell, and renewal opportunities through proactive client engagement, research, and collaboration with Sales. • Effectively attain and communicate updates involving inventory, pricing, assets/specs, optimization solutions, content and ad calendars, and beyond. • Support revenue forecasting and reporting by accurately maintaining pipeline, inventory, and campaign data within internal systems. • Stay sharp on industry trends, advertiser and competitor activity, and leading sports media and sales strategies to inform planning, client conversations, and proactive partnership opportunities. To thrive in this role, you have • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 2+ years of experience in digital media sales (publisher or media agency preferred) • Hands-on experience building sales materials including decks, media plans, and wrap reports • In-depth knowledge of sports media, partnerships (athletes, brands, media), emerging media trends, content mediums, and social platforms  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • High energy and drive with strong organizational, presentation, and negotiation skills • Self-motivated with the ability to thrive in multiple sales environments (remote and in-person) and effectively work with others to achieve broader business results • Organized, strategic thinker who’s able to take concepts to reality • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Interest in and enthusiasm for high school and broader sports marketplace • Understanding of the digital landscape including Display, Video, Audio, Social, Branded Content, Events, Data/Targeting, Ad Measurement, and more • Fluent in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneDrive) & GSuite (Docs, Sheets, GDrive) How You Play • Ownership over Participation – You take responsibility for achieving holistic outcomes, prioritize key objectives, and adapt quickly when situations require a different approach. You follow through even against the toughest challenges. • Team over Stars – You are a bridge builder, establishing processes and relationships with teams outside your own. You work to rally around common goals, find win-win solutions, compromise when necessary, and help others succeed. • Growth over Comfort – You are driven by a desire to grow and actively seek opportunities to expand your comfort zone, skills, and confidence. You embrace new challenges with curiosity, accepting discomfort and failure as opportunities to learn. • Fairness over Popularity – You approach decisions with a scientist’s mindset, challenging your assumptions and remaining objective. You consider long-term impact rather than relying on short-term gains, proactively seek others’ perspectives, and manage emotions in decision-making. We believe in transparency and meeting candidates at eye level. We know that money isn’t everything - but it is important. For this role, we have determined a compensation range of $60 to $70k in addition to bonus potential, company equity, and benefits to be a fair and attractive offer. We would love the opportunity to meet you and learn more about you and your background, and final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors and may vary from the amount above. Looking forward to chatting with you! Company Overview PlayOn is a dynamic growth-stage company dedicated to championing the spirit of play in the high school space. Backed by KKR, our family of brands—including GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps—empowers schools with innovative solutions and exceptional service. Our fan engagement platform is the only one that offers event ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise sales, and website management in one place. We save administrators time so they can focus on what truly matters: supporting the students, staff, and fans who bring their programs to life. Trusted by thousands of schools across the country, we're here to help create more instant replays, hold-your-breath moments, last-minute comebacks, and games you want to watch over and over again. When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment. Why you’ll love working at PlayOn Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions. This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve. Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness. We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team. The Benefits We Offer Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from Dental, vision life and disability insurance Employee Emergency Fund Company equity (stock options) Open PTO policy 401K plan with company match Hybrid/flexible work environment Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate.