Senior Full Stack Developer

VARSITY SPIRIT, A VARSITY BRANDS COMPANY - THE DRIVING FORCE IN SPIRIT ACROSS CHEER, DANCE, BAND AND YEARBOOK

For over 50 years, Varsity Spirit has been the leading global source for all things spirit, including cheerleading, dance team, performing arts and yearbook. Focused on safety, entertainment and traditional school leadership, Varsity Spirit’s 5,000+ employees are dedicated to celebrating school spirit. A leader in apparel innovation, educational camps, clinics, competitions, and yearbook, Varsity Spirit impacts more than a million athletes each year.

OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY

At Varsity Spirit, the safety and wellbeing of the young people we serve is of the utmost importance. Since our inception 50 years ago, we have been – and remain – steadfastly committed to doing our part to create a safe and positive environment for our participants’ physical, emotional, and social development, and promoting an environment free from abuse and misconduct. Varsity has a zero tolerance for abuse in its programs, events, and associated business activities. Varsity is committed to reporting all suspicions, allegations, and incidents of abuse in full accordance with local laws and reporting requirements. Learn more at Our Commitment to Safety - Varsity.com .

LOCATION : Remote

TRAVEL: Overnight travel based on business needs, but generally less than 10%

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

We are looking for an energetic and team-oriented individual who is passionate about software design and development across various platforms . An outstanding performer with demonstrated success implementing technology solutions and the ability to get things done quickly and effectively. Must be comfortable working within a technical team and with business counterparts to raise the bar on our software initiatives.

A truly exceptional software developer will serve as an advocate for a great user experience, and through collaboration with the business teams, envision and design software solutions that are embraced by the user and have a positive impact on the organization . You will help us deliver products to our employees and customers, not just features, implementing and using modern techniques like continuous delivery, DevOps, Micro Services Architecture, and AI-assisted development practices.

This role embraces the use of modern AI tools (e.g., Codex, Claude, Copilot, or similar) to accelerate development, improve code quality, and enhance productivity. The ideal candidate understands how to effectively and responsibly leverage AI while maintaining strong engineering standards, security practices, and critical thinking .

You will not do this alone . You will partner with a team consisting of business analysts, project managers, software architects, DBAs, and business partners to define and build great software solutions . You will coach and mentor team members—including peers and colleagues, not just junior staff—and conduct code reviews that provide real learning and growth opportunities through day-to-day work.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Owns technical design and architecture decisions across the front end and back end for assigned initiatives, from concept through delivery

Leads product concept, design, wireframing, and prototyping for new features and systems

Designs, documents, and builds new systems and enhancements across the full stack, including UI/UX, application logic, and data layer

Designs and implements data models and schemas for relational databases, including Oracle and PostgreSQL

Codes across the front end and back end using the team’s core languages and frameworks (Angular, Java, Node.js, TypeScript)

Leverages AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Codex, Claude, Copilot) to support coding, debugging, refactoring, and documentation

Applies prompt engineering techniques to improve the effectiveness of AI-generated outputs

Reviews, validates , and ensures the quality, security, and performance of both human- and AI-generated code

Identifies opportunities to integrate AI/LLM-powered capabilities into applications and internal tools

Builds and maintains systems in alignment with security best practices (OWASP) and AWS-native security patterns

Coaches, mentors, and conducts code reviews for peers and colleagues across both front-end and back-end disciplines

Owns the handoff of completed work from build to run, ensuring knowledge transfer, documentation, and change management are complete

Contributes to continuous improvement of development processes, including AI-assisted workflows and engineering best practices

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education, Certification and Experience

Four-year degree required with field of study in Information Technology or Computer Science

8–10+ years of combined professional software development experience across front-end and back-end technologies (full-stack experience specifically is not required to meet this threshold)

Functional knowledge of GitHub or other mainstream source control products

Strong understanding of project lifecycle and delivery approaches, e.g. waterfall, agile, etc.

Experience implementing and supporting operational processes, security, and compliance policies

Technology Proficiency

Angular (required) and TypeScript

Java and Node.js

AWS-native services (e.g., Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS/Aurora, ECS/EKS, SNS/SQS, CloudFormation/Terraform/CDK)

SQL and relational databases, including Oracle and PostgreSQL

RESTful APIs

HTML5, CSS, JSON, XML

Modern development tooling (Visual Studio, VSCode , Cursor, or similar)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Maintains a customer focus

Deals effectively with ambiguity

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Action oriented and works with a sense of urgency

Utilizes data and analytics to gain understanding of the operations

Must be a team player with strong attention to detail and able to work independently

Proven track record of delivering timely and accurate results in a fast-paced environment

Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, mathematical skills, and sound judgment

Strong business acumen and ability to interface with non-technical counterparts

AI-Assisted Development & Tooling

Experience using AI-powered development tools such as Codex, Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar

Understanding of AI-assisted development workflows, including strengths, limitations, and validation techniques

Familiarity with prompt engineering concepts for code generation and problem solving

Ability to critically evaluate and refine AI-generated outputs to ensure accuracy, security, and maintainability

PREFERRED:

React, React Native, and NextJS

Familiarity with mobile app development

Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (on AWS ECS/EKS)

Experience with SQL administration and performance tuning (Oracle and/or PostgreSQL)

Experience utilizing business intelligence tools such as Power BI

Experience with Tailwind CSS

Experience building AI-enabled features such as chat interfaces, automation tools, or intelligent workflows

Supervisory Responsibility

No direct supervisory responsibilities

Mentoring and training of other employees

Physical Demands and/or Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Prolonged Computer Use: Requires the ability to operate a computer, keyboard, and mouse for extended periods of time, typically 6–8 hours per day.

Visual Requirements: Must be able to view a computer monitor for long periods and have adequate visual acuity—corrective lenses permitted—to read, analyze, and work with digital information.

Workstation Posture: Must be able to remain seated or stationary at a desk for