Software Engineer II

Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass. Job Description The Opportunity: Join Fandango's Platform Operations team as a Software Engineer II, where you'll help build and enhance the tools and systems that improve developer productivity across Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, and Fandango at Home. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Platform Operations, you'll collaborate with experienced engineers to develop platform capabilities, improve internal tooling, and contribute to scalable engineering solutions. This role offers an opportunity to learn, grow, and make meaningful contributions while working on products that support engineering teams across the organization. Why This Role Matters Developer productivity is critical to delivering great experiences for millions of customers. In this role, you'll help build and maintain the platforms and tools that enable engineering teams to develop, deploy, and operate software more efficiently while growing your technical expertise alongside a collaborative team. Work Environment This is a fully remote position. While the role is remote, team members are expected to participate in periodic in-person collaboration opportunities (approximately 10% travel) to support team connection, planning, and business needs. What You'll Do • 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 Qualifications What You Bring: • 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 Bonus Points If You Have • 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. How We Do It Success in this role means demonstrating the behaviors that define how we work at Versant: • Trust: Deliver quality work, take ownership of your assignments, and ask for help when needed. • Teamwork: Collaborate respectfully with teammates, contribute to shared goals, and learn from others. • Transparency: Communicate openly about progress, challenges, and opportunities to improve. • Agility: Be adaptable, embrace feedback, and continuously develop your technical and professional skills. • Entrepreneurial Spirit: Show