Senior Staff Software Engineer (Sports Media)

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Sports Media)
Warsaw Poland

ABOUT US

Our Sports Media Team is seeking a passionate Sr. Staff 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 work with exclusive data rights for top leagues such as MLB NBA NHL and NASCAR giving us direct access to instadium data including player and optical tracking. For other leagues like the NFL NCAA and global sports we build tooling for our extensive scouting network.

Our systems power the fastest and most accurate live game data in the market supporting billions of API calls monthly and enabling global partners like Apple Google Amazon Facebook The Score and Bleacher Report to build exceptional fan experiences.

Our analytics and broadcast solutions also help storytellers at Fox Sports Bally Sports CBS Sports NBC Sports and more deliver the narratives statistics and graphics seen by millions during major sporting events from the World Series to the Super Bowl.

THE CHALLANGE

Technical Leadership

OrgLevel Technical Leadership

• Own architectural direction for major product surfaces
• Establish longterm engineering priorities and influence technology strategy
• Drive platform modernization scalability observability and resiliency initiatives
• Introduce new technologies patterns and frameworks with measurable impact

Architecture & System Design

• Architect distributed highavailability systems that must operate with extremely low latency under global scale
• Evaluate system bottlenecks performance issues and design limitations driving solutions across multiple teams
• Provide authoritative guidance on tradeoffs involving cost reliability performance and complexity

Mentorship & Talent Development

• Mentor Engineers
• Coach teams on architecture system design and engineering best practices
• Participate in engineering hiring leveling calibration and interview standards

CrossFunctional Strategic Influence

• Partner with Engineering Managers Product Directors and senior leadership to define technical roadmaps
• Translate business strategy into scalable technical solutions and system architectures
• Communicate complex technical topics clearly to executives teams and partner organizations

Operational Excellence

• Lead initiatives that improve uptime latency performance deployment safety and observability
• Drive orgwide improvements in CI/CD automation developer experience and production reliability
• Champion high engineering standards including AIassisted development practices

ABOUT YOU

• 12 years professional software engineering experience including building large distributed production systems
• Deep expertise in systems architecture distributed systems design and cloudnative platforms
• Demonstrated ability to deliver and lead multiteam multiquarter initiatives
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to make highimpact architectural decisions
• Proven track record influencing at organizationlevel not just teamlevel
• High proficiency in modern backend engineering (JavaScript/TypeScript ) and familiarity with our broader stack
• Excellent communication skills able to engage senior leadership and crossfunctional partners
• Experience mentoring engineers and shaping engineering culture

Bonus:

• Experience designing realtime highthroughput data platforms
• Expertise with AWS serverless Kubernetes or distributed messaging systems
• Experience in developer platform engineering or largescale API ecosystems
• Prior contributions to companywide architectural standards
• Experience using AI tools (Cursor GitHub Copilot) to enhance engineering velocity

Primary Tech Stack:
 
Note: The stack may vary depending on the team. We are hiring across multiple product lines.

• JavaScript TypeScript
• PostgreSQL MySQL Redis Document/MongoDB AuroraDB
• SQS Event Bridge 
• AWS (Lambda SQS EventBridge etc.)
• React SPAs
• GraphQL

OUR OFFER

• A collaborative global environment with engineering teams across Europe Asia and the US.
• Flexibility and autonomy to manage your work and balance priorities.
• A vibrant inclusive community including Women in Tech and Pride groups.
• Access to the Global Employee Assistance Programme.
• Subscriptions to Calm and Reulay for wellbeing and resilience.
• The autonomy and trust expected of Stafflevel leadership
• Online training resources and continuous learning opportunities.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work options.

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Initial Screening
A short conversation with our Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about your background and expectations.

Technical Assessment
A brief takehome task to demonstrate your technical skills.

Technical Interview
A deep dive into your solution and a conversation with the technical team and Hiring Manager.

Onsite Interview (if needed)
Meet the local team and tour our office. Final Steps
Receive feedback and if selected an offer to join us.

Dont meet every single requirement  At Sportradar we are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt 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.

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