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At MyFitnessPal, our vision is to be the most trusted brand for improving your health through better food choices. We believe good health starts with what you eat. We provide the tools and resources to reach your weight management goals.

We are looking for a Software Engineer II, Backend to join the MyFitnessPal Ads team. Our users rely on the MyFitnessPal app to power their health and fitness journeys every day. As a member of our MyFitnessPal Engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to positively impact those users with your expertise in the backend systems that drive the MyFitnessPal ecosystem. In addition to technical expertise, you’ll find that your teammates value collaboration, mentorship, and inclusive environments.

About the Team:

Our brand-new Ads team is dually focused on improving the existing Ads experience while exploring novel formats for advertising throughout the user journey. If you’re excited about driving meaningful business growth while delivering a delightful experience to our end users, we want you on our team!

Individuals in this role are trusted to break down abstract problems and implement solutions. Often this role will lead larger efforts with the appropriate collaboration with peers and superiors. This role spends the bulk of their time contributing code and ideas to solve complex technical problems.  

While the majority of the work will be in Kotlin, we also have Scala, Ruby, Java, Go, Node and Python throughout the stack. We care more about your general engineering skill than your knowledge of a specific language and or framework.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working collaboratively with cross functional peers to solve the right problems as a team
• Building relationships with your peers across other teams to understand and prioritize widespread challenges in the MyFitnessPal ecosystem
• Breaking down problems into small deliverable solutions collaboratively
• Developing and maintaining APIs that drive our users' experience, integrating with services and systems across the MyFitnessPal engineering teams
• Evaluating and improving existing systems and APIs to provide more robust solutions that allow others to move quickly and efficiently
• Supporting resolution of production issues across the entire MyFitnessPal stack
• Living our core values in all you do:
• Be Kind and Care
• Live Good Health
• Be Data-Inspired
• Champion Change
• Leave it Better than You Found It
• Make It Happen

Qualifications to be successful in this role:

• 2 - 4 years of relevant experience
• Have built high request volume APIs for a multitude of clients, including but not limited to: Mobile, Web, Third-Party integrators
• Supported client teams through migrations efforts involving large-scale API changes
• Experience with a variety of API design patterns, such as REST & GraphQL
• Experience with a variety of data stores (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis)
• Profiling and performance tuning applications
• Experience with high volume messaging queues such as Kafka
• Familiarity with AWS and/or other cloud computing platforms

Bonus Points:

• Exposure to XP, Pair Programming, Mob Programming or other highly collaborative working styles
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD) or other practices focussed on building self verifying code
• Have contributed code to iOS, Android or Web applications
• Experience re-platforming high volume, high criticality system

Please consider applying even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications. Research shows you can still be considered for a position if you meet some of the requirements. At MyFitnessPal, we’re building a fitness product for everyone and believe our team should reflect that. We encourage people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.

The reasonably estimated salary for this role at MyFitnessPal ranges from $115,000 - $130,000. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, MyFitnessPal offers a wide range of comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, parental planning, mental health benefits, annual performance bonus, a 401(k) plan and match, responsible time off, monthly wellness and technology allowances, and others.

Exciting Full-Time Employee Benefits, Perks and Culture

Face-to-Face Connections: We value personal connections. Enjoy opportunities to meet and connect with your team members in person to help forge meaningful relationships that extend beyond the virtual realm. Teams meet as often as needed and all of MyFitnessPal gathers annually.

Flexibility At Its Best: Achieve the work-life balance you deserve. Enjoy a flexible time-off policy and work on your own terms with our Responsible Time Off benefit. 

Give Back: Use  your volunteer days off to support what matters most to you. Each full time teammate receives 2 days per calendar year to give back to their community through service.

Mentorship Program: Take control of your career through our mentorship program where, if you’d like, you will be matched with a teammate who can help you scale your skills and propel your growth.

Family-Friendly Support: Embrace the journey with confidence and care. Enjoy our paid maternity and paternity leave, to provide time to balance family responsibilities with your career and take the time needed to strengthen family relationships.  We understand the complexities of starting or expanding a family, which is why we provide best-in-class comprehensive assistance for fertility-related matters. 

Wellness Comes First: Live Good Health is one of our core values. Receive a monthly Wellness Allowance, empowering you to focus on your physical and mental well-being by choosing from a range of wellness initiatives, including dedicated mental health days.

Celebrate Greatness: Your hard work deserves recognition! Our reward and recognition platform empowers peers to acknowledge and reward each other for the exceptional contributions they make. 

Elevate Your Health & Fitness: Get access to MyFitnessPal Premium, allowing you to take your fitness, health and wellness journey to new heights.

Unlock Your Potential: Access our virtual learning and development library, and participate in training opportunities  to continuously grow and enhance your skills. 

Championing Inclusion: Our dedicated DEI Committee actively fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace by setting actionable goals and evaluating progress across the organization.

Healthcare Matters: Your well-being is our priority. Take advantage of our competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits that cater to your holistic healthcare needs. Feel secure and supported on your wellness journey.

Secure Your Future: Benefit from our retirement savings program, giving you peace of mind for your financial goals. Reach them sooner with MyFitnessPal’s competitive employer match.

In addition to our standard employee benefits, hybrid employees will receive paid lunches in the office.

 

At MyFitnessPal, our mission is to enable people to make healthy choices. And it wouldn't be possible without our team. We celebrate the unique POV that each person brings to the table and believe in a collaborative and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, military or veteran status, sex, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability. These are our guiding ideologies and apply across all aspects of employment.

MyFitnessPal participates in E-Verify.