Senior Engineer

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The Senior Engineer will contribute to the design, development, and delivery activities of a cross‑functional engineering team. Through strong hands‑on technical contributions and cross‑team coordination, the Senior Engineer will drive technical excellence across key strategic initiatives.

• Technical Contributions
  • Implements the technical architecture of a platform or product, moving from architecture to design to high‑quality software.
  • Contributes to design and implementation decisions.
  • Provides hands‑on mentorship and guidance to more junior engineering team members, fostering skill growth and innovation.
  • Champions best practices in system design, development, testing, and deployment, including AI‑powered engineering capabilities.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
  • Rapidly delivers solutions that amaze users and drive business outcomes as part of a cross‑functional team.
  • Works across engineering, infrastructure, data, and security teams.
  • Executes against delivery plans that take advantage of cutting‑edge technologies to deliver solutions that exceed expectations.
  • Anticipates and mitigates risks early in the development cycle, ensuring scalable and resilient solutions.
  • Advocates for strong engineering approaches while balancing technical feasibility and business priorities.
• High‑Quality Development & Delivery
  • Makes strong hands‑on contributions to implementation, testing, and operations.
  • Establishes pragmatic, repeatable approaches for writing, validating, and shipping high‑quality software.
  • Contributes to the adoption of modern engineering practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and cloud‑native patterns.
• Team & Culture Building
  • Embraces a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and technical excellence.
  • Serves as a role model for engineering values, instilling ownership, craftsmanship, and pride in delivery.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, etc.). Master’s degree a plus.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience as part of a cross‑functional delivery team.
• Broad experience in implementation of software products and systems, driving stories to completion and collaborating across teams.
• Hands‑on experience using modern programming languages (Java, Type Script, JavaScript, Python, Go, etc.) and libraries (Spring Boot, React/Remix, Vue, Gin) for full‑stack development; experience with CI/CD pipeline development and AI‑powered engineering tooling is a strong plus.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture on AWS, Azure, or GCP; skilled in designing and building scalable, reliable, and secure cloud‑native solutions. Experience with Generative AI user‑facing products is highly desirable.
• Background in relational and non‑relational database design, enterprise integration patterns, and RESTful service design.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to tackle ambiguous problems and make data‑driven decisions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills across all levels of the organization.
• Collaborative, detail‑oriented, and capable of establishing priorities in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
• Positive, “can‑do” attitude and eagerness to learn continuously.

Planet Fitness cares about you and your well‑being. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees, including core medical, dental, vision, life and disability, supplemental accident, hospital, and critical illness coverage. Additional benefits include generous time off (including volunteer time), childcare reimbursement, paid parental leave, pet care reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, free Black Card membership, learning and development programs, a 401(k) plan with employer matching, an employee stock purchase plan, and an annual corporate bonus incentive program based on company performance.

Note to Applicants: We have been made aware of an increasing number of hiring fraud schemes. Planet Fitness never requires advance payments of any kind for computer equipment or other items at the start of employment. Any request for payment information during the application process is part of a fraud scheme. We recommend that you do not provide sensitive personal information (SSN, DOB, driver’s license number) as part of the initial application process.