Senior Backend Developer

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

ABOUT US: 

At Sportradar we’ve experienced a wonderful period of sustained hypergrowth through a highly focused strategy based upon industry leading product innovation. To continue on this trajectory, we are looking to expand our development team that are working on interfaces to service sport’s governing bodies with the addition of an Engineer within the Python skillset. 

You will be a key member of our team, fostering a strong culture of collaboration, software development lifecycles and testing practices. We are looking for someone who is passionate about developing and supporting high quality software solutions. 

You will work within an Agile team who are passionate about technology and constantly looking to innovate. 

THE CHALLENGE: 

• Creating flexible systems that work across a variety of sports. 
• Maintaining existing partner applications. 
• Demonstrating attention to detail whilst implementing technical specifications. 
• Take ownership in shaping and delivering key features and products. 
• Write high-quality, maintainable, and testable code, increasing unit test coverage and confidence. 
• Lead the development of software services optimized for deployment into AWS. 
• Collaborate with and become integral to a cross-functional team of Product, Design, Engineering, and System Administration. 
• Work in a modern, collaborative development environment using DevOps and agile principles. 

ABOUT YOU: 

• Masters or Bachelor degree in software development or other relevant area (or relevant experience). 
• Provable experience in leading a team of developers to create a high quality user experience. 
• 3-5 years of professional experience of software development using Python. 
• Strong MySQL & PostgreSQL knowledge. 
• Strong experience working with AWS key services (for example: API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, Aurora, S3 & Caching). 
• Curiosity and awareness of the latest technologies. 
• A can-do attitude / self-motivated with strong team working skills. 
• Experience with building systems that have significant integrations with 3rd parties, both data coming in and data going out. 
• Must be comfortable with modern software development methodologies such as agile development, git, CI/CD, code reviews etc. 

Bonus Superpowers: 

• Experience in how sport runs and operates (either as a fan, participant or an administrator). 
• MongoDB or other NoSQL technology. 
• Experience with PHP. 
• Comfortable with infrastructure as code. 
• Kubernetes or other container orchestration technologies. 
• Performance profiling and tuning high throughput applications. 

OUR OFFER:

• Work with state-of-the-art equipment to solve our technological challenges. 
• Collaborate and support colleagues all around the world. 
• The opportunity to work and develop within an inspiring and fast-growing company. 
• A challenging, but rewarding and fun environment. 
• Work with microservice architectures, cloud providers and other modern and emerging technologies. 
• The opportunity to join an exciting team making impacts on our services and our customers’ products. 
• Camaraderie of talented and passionate coworkers from all around the world delivering innovative products. 
• Hybrid work model. 
• New office with several additional benefits.

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS: 

• Initial Screening: A quick chat with our Talent Acquisition Partner to understand your background and expectations. 
• One/Two technical Interviews: Meet with the Technical team and Hiring Manager to dive into your solution and your expertise, as also discuss team fit. 
• Final Steps: Receive feedback and, if successful, an offer! 

Additional 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!