Software Engineer II

Summary

Versant is a media and entertainment company operating a portfolio of news, sports, entertainment, and digital brands. The Software Engineer II will help build and enhance platform tools and systems that improve developer productivity across Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, and Fandango at Home. The role involves developing backend services, APIs, data models, and frontend experiences while supporting deployments, observability, technical documentation, and production operations.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of internal platform tools and services under the guidance of senior engineers
• Build and enhance backend services, APIs, and data models that support platform capabilities across multiple products
• Develop user-friendly frontend experiences for internal tools using React and Next.js
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following established engineering standards and best practices
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, Platform, Infrastructure, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to deliver reliable technical solutions
• Assist with monitoring, debugging, and troubleshooting applications using logging, metrics, and observability tools
• Support software deployments through CI/CD pipelines and participate in maintaining healthy production environments
• Contribute to technical documentation, code reviews, and continuous improvements to engineering processes and development workflows
• Participate in an on-call rotation with guidance from senior team members as experien

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent education or practical experience
• Demonstrated programming experience through internships, co-ops, academic projects, open-source contributions, or up to 2 years of professional software development experience
• Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as JavaScript or TypeScript
• Exposure to modern web development frameworks such as React through coursework, projects, or professional experience
• Basic understanding of REST APIs, databases, and software development fundamentals
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git
• Understanding of software testing concepts and a willingness to write maintainable, well-tested code
• Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and a desire to continuously learn and grow as a software engineer
• Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate in a team-oriented environment
• Internship or project experience building web applications or internal tools
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS through coursework or personal projects
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and modern software development workflows
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar technologies
• Interest in developer productivity, platform engineering, or improving engineering workflows

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent education or practical experience
• Demonstrated programming experience through internships, co-ops, academic projects, open-source contributions, or up to 2 years of professional software development experience
• Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as JavaScript or TypeScript
• Exposure to modern web development frameworks such as React through coursework, projects, or professional experience
• Basic understanding of REST APIs, databases, and software development fundamentals
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git
• Understanding of software testing concepts and a willingness to write maintainable, well-tested code
• Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and a desire to continuously learn and grow as a software engineer
• Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate in a team-oriented environment

Nice to Haves

• Internship or project experience building web applications or internal tools
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS through coursework or personal projects
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and modern software development workflows
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar technologies
• Interest in developer productivity, platform engineering, or improving engineering workflows

Benefits

• Fully remote position
• Remote-first flexibility with meaningful opportunities for in-person collaboration and connection
• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Growth opportunities across Versant’s portfolio