The Role

This position focuses on building and improving the backend services that collect, normalize, validate, and distribute sports data to customers through APIs and internal systems.

Our platform currently requires active maintenance and some manual data input to ensure accuracy. Your work will help eliminate inefficiencies, reduce human error, and build a more scalable and automated data engine.

You will be joining a small, fast-moving team where your contributions will have direct impact on the product and the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js and JavaScript
• Improve and refactor legacy systems into a modern, scalable platform
• Develop standardized and reusable code across multiple sports and leagues
• Ensure sports statistics and datasets maintain extremely high accuracy
• Reduce manual processes through automation and improved data pipelines
• Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability of backend applications
• Collaborate closely with product and frontend developers in a remote-first environment
• Participate in architectural decisions and platform modernization efforts
• Explore emerging technologies that improve product capability and developer velocity

Generative AI & Agentic Development (Highly Desired)

Rolling Insights is actively investing in next-generation workflows using:

• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• AI agents and agentic automation
• Intelligent tooling for sports data operations
• Generative AI integrations into customer-facing products

We are seeking developers who are excited to apply AI in practical, production-grade systems.

Skills & Qualifications

Required

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (TypeScript is a plus)
• Professional experience building backend systems with Node.js
• Experience designing and maintaining RESTful and GraphQL APIs
• Solid understanding of asynchronous programming patterns
• Familiarity with relational databases such as MySQL
• Ability to write clean, reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Experience using agentic coding tools and modern AI-assisted development patterns (e.g., Cursor-style workflows, LLM-driven coding assistants, agent-based coding environments)
• 3–5 years of professional software development experience is preferred
• Strong communication skills and comfort working in a remote team

Assets / Nice to Have

• Post Secondary education degree
• Experience with Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, Blob Storage)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
• Interest or experience with machine learning, analytics, or data-intensive systems
• Hands-on exposure to LLMs, generative AI tools, or AI agent frameworks
• Startup mindset: adaptable, curious, and eager to learn

Passion for Sports (Highly Desirable)

We love working with people who genuinely enjoy sports whether as a fan, fantasy player, athlete, or data enthusiast. A passion for sports makes this role more meaningful and helps connect with the problems we are solving every day.

Working Hours & On-Call Expectations

This role is primarily structured around regular business hours during the week.

However, because Rolling Insights supports live sports data products, there is an expectation that the successful candidate will:

• Participate in on-call support rotations
• Be available at times outside of standard hours when urgent issues arise
• Support after-hours maintenance or development work when required during live sports action, such as evenings, weekends, or major events

Live sports create unique technical demands, and we are looking for someone comfortable working in a dynamic environment where reliability and responsiveness matter.

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• MySQL
• Microsoft Azure
• Sports data pipelines + API delivery
• Emerging Generative AI integrations

Why Join Rolling Insights?

• Work at the intersection of sports, data, and generative AI
• Join a remote-first team building a scalable sports insights platform
• Help shape the future of automated sports data and intelligent products
• Make a direct impact in a fast-growing startup environment

If you’re excited about building scalable backend systems, love sports, and want to work on cutting-edge AI-driven development, we’d love to hear from you.