Senior Staff Engineer (mfd)

ABOUT US: 

The Core Application Engineering department is the foundation upon which our product and engineering teams build their applications. We design develop and maintain critical centralized services including our central authentication solution and API Developer Portal that empower all of our engineering teams. These tools accelerate development and innovation across the company from our Sports APIs to our Broadcast solutions.

THE OPPORTUNITY: 

We are embarking on a mission to build a new centralized authorization service to manage permissions at scale across our entire suite of products. As a Senior Staff Engineer you will guide the technical vision design and implementation of this critical service. You will be responsible for developing and launching a solution based on a Zanzibar-compatible authorization engine creating a unified and fine-grained permission system that will be used by every engineering team at the company. This is a high-impact role with the opportunity to shape the future of our platforms security and architecture.

THE CHALLENGE:

• Shape the technical strategy around authorization.
• Oversee the end-to-end design architecture and implementation of a highly available low-latency centralized authorization service.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams across the organization to define requirements and drive adoption of the new service.
• Evaluate prototype and select the appropriate Zanzibar-compatible technologies and frameworks for our needs.
• Write clean maintainable and well-tested code setting the standard for quality within the team and department.
• Mentor and guide other senior engineers fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaborative problem-solving.
• Advocate for and implement best practices for security reliability observability and scalability in a distributed systems environment.
• Own the operational readiness and successful launch of the authorization service ensuring its stability and performance in production.

ABOUT YOU:

• 8 years of professional experience in software development with a proven track record of designing building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in identity authentication and authorization (AuthN/AuthZ) concepts and patterns.
• Direct experience with Googles Zanzibar design paper and/or hands-on experience building or implementing systems with a Zanzibar-compatible authorization engine (e.g. SpiceDB Ory Keto).
• Proficiency in one or more high-level programming languages such as Java Go or TypeScript (Java is preferred).
• Extensive experience with data-driven architecture microservices API-first development and event-driven systems.
• Demonstrated success guiding complex cross-functional technical projects from inception to completion.
• A passion for mentoring others and a talent for explaining complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes). AWS is preferred.

OUR OFFER:

• A collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe Asia and US) including various social events and team-building activities.
• Flexibility to manage your workday and tasks with autonomy.
• 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).
• Innovative and cross-team challenges like ShipIt Office sports tournaments in Darts and Table Tennis.
• A hybrid working model with three days a week in our Trondheim office.

While we appreciate the flexibility and benefits of working from home we strongly believe that coming together in person fosters stronger connections encourages collaboration and drives innovationboth as individuals and as a company. The energy shared ideas and team support we experience in the office strengthen the foundation of our success and culture. For this reason we are an office-first business operating on a hybrid model with team members working in the office three days a week to build relationships exchange ideas and grow together. 

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS:

• Initial Screening: A quick chat with our Talent Acquisition Partner to understand your background and expectations.
• Coding Interview: An interactive session where you will work on a technical exercise with the help of an AI Coding Assistant.
• System Design Interview: A collaborative architectural discussion. You may be asked to design a new high-level system or to evaluate and critique an existing architecture.
• Final Interview: Meet with the departments senior team to discuss the roles strategic impact and 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 youre willing to learn and grow with us we invite you to join our team!

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time