Sportradar

Company Description

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

Job Description

Senior Software Engineer (Sports Media) Montevideo, Uruguay

About Sportradar

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

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Job Description

Our Sports Media Team is seeking a passionate Sr. Software Engineer who loves to solve problems, build cloud native solutions, and excels on cross functional teams of talented peers. What does the Sports Media Team work on?

We build platforms and products that collect, curate, distribute, analyze, and personalize sports data and content.

We have exclusive data rights with top leagues like MLB, NBA, NHL, and NASCAR where we own the rights to data coming from the stadium (even player tracking and optical tracking data) For other leagues/sports like NFL, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Football, Golf, and more, we build custom tooling used by our scouting network. We pride ourselves on delivering the fastest and most accurate live game data on the market, and the systems our team builds make that possible. Through our Sports APIs, we empower developers from thousands of customers like Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, The Score, Bleacher Report, and many more, to create their own products powered by our data. With our Analytics Products and Broadcast Solutions, we empower storytellers from Fox Sports, Bally Sports, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, and more, to create storylines around the action and to create the broadcast seem by millions of fans on TV. For example, if you watch the World Series, Super Bowl or just your team playing on TV and wonder how the announcers know all those stats and storylines, and how they power all those graphic overlays, well, that is our doing.

What you will do as a Sr. Software Engineer:

• Design, build, test, and deploy cloud-native solutions used by our Enterprise Customers, supporting billions of calls per month with hundreds of millions of TV viewers.
• Work on an empowered cross functional team with Product, Engineering, Design and DevOps to deliver on your team’s core mission.
• Partner with architecture and external development teams to design highly aligned services with clear separation of concerns.
• Advocate and optimize your team’s' applications for maximum speed, scale, security, and maintainability through best practices.
• Participate in Pull/Merge Request reviews to ensure high quality
• Mentor and work closely with less experienced Engineers to help them grow and deliver quality products.
• Be a trusted member of your team, fostering a strong culture of collaboration and best practices in the software development lifecycle.

Skills And Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in professional software development, designing and building systems
• Experience with data-driven architecture and systems design (RESTful APIs, microservices architecture. GraphQL experience is a plus!)
• Experience with scalable, maintainable, reliable production software
• Proficiency utilizing SQL, NoSQL, In-memory stores at scale
• Demonstrated understanding and implementation of software design principles such as SOLID
• Experience with Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Experience working in a Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) model, including GitLab/GitHub and CI pipeline automation tools
• Proven success working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)

Bonus

• Strong understanding and implementation of cloud-native architectures (AWS serverless and/or containers preferred) at scale in production (or a strong desire for to learn this and gain these skills)

The Primary Stack Note: Some of the stack may vary depending on specific team or systems. We have roles open across our stack!

• JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby
• Node.js
• React
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Document/MongoDB, AuroraDB
• Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, Event Bridge
• AWS, Kubernetes, Lambdas
• React, SPAs
• GraphQL

OUR OFFER:

• A collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US) including various social events and teambuilding.
• Flexibility to manage your workday and tasks with autonomy.
• A balance of structure and autonomy to tackle your daily tasks.
• Vibrant and inclusive community, including Women in Tech and Pride groups which welcome all participants.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme.
• Calm and Reulay app (leading well-being apps designed to support focus, quality rest, mindfulness, and long-term mental resilience).
• Online training videos.
• Flexible working hours.

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS:

• Initial Screening: A quick chat with our Talent Acquisition Partner to understand your background and expectations.
• Coding Sessions: Two live coding session to test your skills and knowledge.
• Onsite Coding Session: Meet with the local team and take a tour of our office for a meet-and-greet and a final Coding Session on our offices.
• Finals Steps: Receive feedback and, if successful, an offer!

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Sportradar we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

QualificationsAdditional Information

At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team!