What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer position at Major League Baseball (MLB)?
The Streaming & Media Engineering Team at Major League Baseball is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Los Angeles, CA office. In this role, you will help build the next generation of platforms powering world-class fan experiences across MLB’s streaming products, including live and on-demand video processing, live content insertion, and custom orchestration software that integrates with cutting-edge broadcast equipment and operations. As a key contributor, you will design, build, and operate highly reliable distributed systems within MLB’s streaming ecosystem, while writing hands-on code, influencing technical direction, and playing an active role in design and code reviews. You will also collaborate closely with cross-functional partners across engineering, product, and operations.
Responsibilities
As a candidate for this position, your salary and related aspects of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees.
Top MLB Perks & Benefits
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
California Residents: Please see our California Recruitment Privacy Policy for more details.
Colorado Residents: Colorado based applicants may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us at accommodations@mlb.com. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
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Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, cloud-native services that power live and VOD streaming workflows
- Decompose complex systems into well-defined services, APIs, and modules
- Write clean, efficient, well-tested, and maintainable code
- Participate in architecture/design reviews and provide thoughtful technical feedback
- Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retros, postmortems)
- Contribute to operational excellence through monitoring, alerting, and on-call support
- Mentor early-career engineers and promote engineering best practices
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5 years of professional software development experience building and supporting production systems
- Strong problem-solving skills and a track record of delivering high-quality solutions
- Experience with modern software development practices: Agile, source control, CI/CD, testing, and code reviews
- Strong experience with Core Java (or Kotlin) and Spring/Spring Boot
- Experience with messaging systems and relational/non-relational databases
- Experience with JavaScript (React and/or Node.js)
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP and/or AWS)
- Experience with cloud-native technologies: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Terraform
- Experience building distributed, event-driven, non-blocking systems (e.g., async I/O, virtual threads, reactive patterns)
- Experience with Generative AI / ML APIs (e.g., LLMs, embeddings, speech-to-text, video/audio analysis) and common AI-powered workflows
- Understanding of prompt engineering and model evaluation, with interest in applying AI/ML to media and automation
- Exposure to live and/or VOD streaming media systems, including familiarity with HLS, FFmpeg, and SCTE standards.
- Experience with Google Ad Manager (GAM) and ad decisioning / ad insertion workflows
As a candidate for this position, your salary and related aspects of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees.
Top MLB Perks & Benefits
- Competitive Benefits Package
- Company 401K Contribution
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Access to Free Tickets to Baseball Games & MLB.TV
- Discounts at MLB Store | MLBShop.com
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Onsite/Online Training & Development Programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
- Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Pet Insurance
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
California Residents: Please see our California Recruitment Privacy Policy for more details.
Colorado Residents: Colorado based applicants may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us at accommodations@mlb.com. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!
Salary : $150,000 - $185,000