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# Software Engineer at Zwift

- **Company:** Zwift
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-11-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://zwift.com/careers?gh_jid=8929390002

## Job description

Location: Remote, Eligible US Locations

About the role and about You:

Zwift is looking for a Software Engineer to join our team to help rebuild Zwift.com into a modern, reliable, and reusable growth platform. You will contribute to an incremental migration of the site onto a supported architecture, beginning with core customer acquisition and authentication journeys.  In this role, you will work in a full-stack team to deliver features that improve our subscription management, prospecting customer experience, [zwift.com](http://zwift.com) platform, and e-commerce stores. Working within a cross-functional team, you will help improve rendering and caching, content delivery, performance, observability, CI/CD, analytics, SEO, accessibility, and integrations with Zwift’s identity and commerce systems. You will also help create the technical foundations and work with designers, producers, engineers, artists, QA, and product managers to build exciting new features and help grow our Zwifting community.

What you’ll do:

- Work on a cross-functional team to deliver exciting features that span our microservice backend, zwift.com client, e-commerce platform, subscription management platform, and admin tooling.
- Design, build, and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable code in multiple programming languages and platforms.
- Help establish a supported web-platform foundation, including rendering and caching strategies, CDN behavior, API access patterns, CI/CD, observability, automated testing, and decommissioning of legacy functionality.
- Build reusable page templates, structured content models, and CMS integrations that enable governed self-service publishing for Marketing and content teams.
- Collaborate with other engineers through code reviews, technical discussions, and pair programming.
- Participate in on-call support, monitoring, and troubleshooting of all services owned by the team.
- Identify technical risks and help build mitigation plans.
- Use AI-assisted development thoughtfully to accelerate activities such as codebase analysis, migration planning, test generation, documentation, and component consolidation while maintaining appropriate engineering review and quality standards.
- Work with engineers and product managers to scope and plan projects.
- Participate in the interview process.

What we’re looking for:

- BS/MS in Computer Science and/or relevant technical area.
- 2-5 years of software development experience.
- Strong proficiency with modern JavaScript or TypeScript and a component-based frontend framework such as React.
- Proficient in one or more development technologies: we mostly use React, Java and Kotlin, but there is no specific language requirement.
- Experience with: web development and frontend architecture, cloud-based microservices, and/or event sourcing.
- Experience with server-rendered or hybrid web frameworks; Next.js experience is strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with web performance, accessibility, analytics instrumentation, and SEO fundamentals.
- Experience with software engineering best practices such as automated testing, monitoring/alerting, continuous integration, code reviews, etc.
- Experience with production troubleshooting and on-call.
- Tenacity to get things done and enthusiasm for learning in an evolving problem space.

Bonus points:

- Experience working with Kubernetes and containerization.
- Experience shipping cross-platform apps, especially: iOS, tvOS, Android, Mac, and PC.
- Interest in creating fun experiences around cycling, running, and overall fitness.

If Zwift determines in any stage of our interviews that any AI tools are being used without disclosure or citation, your candidacy will be disqualified.

For All US Based Full-Time Positions:

The base salary for this position ranges between $86,500.00 to $135,000.00. The base salary will be based on a number of factors including the role offered, the individual's job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, Zwift is proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for all eligible employees which also includes performance bonuses, equity, and a full range of medical, financial, and other perks and benefits. How to stand out among the rest:

Your resume/CV is enough to show off your skills, accomplishments, and experience. However, if you choose to include a cover letter introducing us to your awesome personality, we will read that too.

We strongly believe that different backgrounds and ideas are a competitive advantage; we hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Zwift is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by emailing careers@zwift.com.

Zwift, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

## About Zwift

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Zwift is a massively multiplayer online fitness platform that turns indoor cycling and running into an immersive, gamified social experience.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $619.5M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Long Beach, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Jon Mayfield, Eric Min, Scott Barger, Alarik Myrin

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Interactive fitness / virtual training (Technology, Information and Internet)
- Target customers: B2C – cyclists and runners, from beginners to professionals; also B2B partnerships with race organizers and equipment manufacturers
- Mission: “Make more people, more active, more often.”

## Products & Services
- **Zwift App (Core Platform)**: A subscription-based (US$19.99/month) virtual world where users connect smart trainers/treadmills via ANT+ or Bluetooth to ride or run in 3D environments like Watopia, London, and New York. Includes group rides, races, structured workouts, and social features.
- **Zwift Ride**: Smart bike frame launched in late 2024 with built-in controls, compatible with the Wahoo Kickr Core trainer.
- **Zwift Hub / Hub One**: Direct-drive smart trainers (launched 2022–2023) that simulate road gradient and provide accurate power measurement.
- **Zwift Play**: Handlebar controllers (2023) for in-game steering, braking, and power-ups.
- **Zwift RunPod**: Bluetooth footpod for tracking treadmill running speed (2018).
- **Zwift Academy**: An annual talent identification and training program that offers professional contracts to top participants.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $75M (estimated); total funding of $619.5M across 7 rounds.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Highland Europe (led Series B), KKR ($450M minority investment in 2020), Novator (Series A), Ion Pacific; also sponsors Tour de France Femmes and Paris–Roubaix Femmes.
- **Growth Signals**: In April 2026, Zwift acquired Rouvy to accelerate indoor cycling market growth; headcount grew 3% YoY to 285 employees; active job postings increased 133% year-over-year.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Gamified ecosystem**: Blends gaming mechanics (avatars, power-ups, worlds) with real fitness data – a unique moat in the fitness tech space.
- **Community lock-in**: Massive multiplayer social features (group rides, races) create network effects and high retention.
- **Hardware integration**: Own-brand smart trainers and bike frames (Zwift Hub, Zwift Ride) reduce dependency on third-party devices and deepen platform stickiness.
- **Pro athlete & brand credibility**: Official sponsor of major cycling events and home to pro riders, reinforcing authenticity.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand hardware product line (smart bikes, controllers) to capture more of the indoor training value chain.
- Grow the user base internationally through the Rouvy acquisition and partnerships with race organizers.
- Enhance the software platform with esports tournaments, structured training programs, and deeper social features.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Play is in our DNA” – a fitness company born from gaming, combining fun with purpose. Emphasis on community and active lifestyles.
- **Work Model**: Hybrid – flexible remote/office policy. HQ in Long Beach, CA, with offices in the UK, Brazil, Australia, and other countries.
- **Perks**: Comprehensive healthcare, well-being benefits, modern family support (paid parental leave), competitive time off, fitness industry discounts.
- **Engineering Culture**: Tech stack includes Node.js, Java, Kotlin, Swift, React, React Native, Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis, and more. Teams work on game systems, mobile, community support, and platform infrastructure.
- **Employee Ratings**: 3.2/5 on LinkedIn (175 reviews) – Work-Life 3.5, Compensation 3.7, Culture 3.4, Career 3.1.

## Sources
1. [zwift.com/careers](https://www.zwift.com/careers)
2. [news.zwift.com](https://news.zwift.com/en-WW/about/)
3. [linkedin.com/company/zwift](https://www.linkedin.com/company/zwift)
4. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwift)
5. [builtin.com/company/zwift](https://builtin.com/company/zwift)

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