Manager, Development

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Company Overview

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), one local grassroots series and three international series. The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, Americrown Service and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (‘NASCAR’).

Job Description

NASCAR seeks a talented professional to join in the position of Manager, Development based in our Charlotte, North Carolina office.

This person is responsible for building and making improvements to the company’s digital platforms including the website, mobile app, and a variety of other public facing digital properties

Duties include but are not limited to:

  • Manage the development assignments and communicated by weekly scrums to efficiently update code to the website code base. created through Platform Priorities
  • Work with current operations team to write code that supports our associated databases, data sources and dependencies, workflow, information architecture, and legacy systems currently in production
  • Design and test HTML, CSS, and JavaScript both with and without the use of the jQuery library, and maintain an understanding of jQuery plugins as starting points for component development 
  • Create, build, and test new Wordpress Components, Plugins and Custom Theme features or extend previously created components, for simple, intuitive, author editing of pages; write code using PHP
  • Utilize deep understanding of existing digital platform including associated databases, data sources and dependencies, workflow, information architecture, and legacy systems currently in production
  • Maintain ownership of new documentation as needed, and evaluate existing documentation for completeness and accuracy
  • Manage Wordpress projects, and be involved in overall site architecture and code delivery
  • Facilitate and participate in the testing of web applications unit and system
  • Design and code superior technical solutions; enforce coding standards
  • Maintain responsible for the end-user experience via the interface, sitemap, site architecture, feeds architecture and back-end code functionality

Required skills / experience:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering from four (4) year college or university; and a minimum three to six (6) years of current Web Development experience (Server-side and Client-side development); or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Understanding of web standards and protocols (HTML, CSS, HTTP, etc.)
  • Experience with Source Control tools (SVN, GIT, etc)
  • Ability to conduct research into application integration issues and products
  • Ability to travel up to 5%, including weekends

Apply Now!

Learn more about this role and our team by applying at www.careers.nascar.com for consideration.

We are a company unlike any other. At NASCAR, you will find a community of passionate individuals who care about the sport and are united in seeing it grow. We want you to bring your experience, skills and passion to our close-knit, high-energy environment in which our employees thrive and where you can prosper. We know the key to our success is our employees and we offer highly competitive salaries, a solid benefits package focused on wellness, and opportunities for you to grow and develop both personally and professionally. It won’t take you long to find out that you are on the right track here at NASCAR!

NASCAR is committed to fostering a diverse work environment where all employees feel valued and empowered. NASCAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). We seek to attract and retain the best qualified people available. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any basis that is protected by applicable law except where a bona fide occupational qualification exists.