Senior Java Software Engineer

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: 

Imagine being part of one of the most supportive communities you will encounter in your professional career. Imagine the company where ‘teamwork’ is not just a buzzword, but one of the core values of each employee. Imagine the place with huge emphasis on building own services using the quality-focused engineering practices and cloud-first principles. The place where you can become great at things you’re currently good at. All that while maintaining work‑life balance. 

The ‘Odds Tribe’ in Sportradar offers popular trading services, used by 500+ organizations worldwide. Our team of experts manage betting probabilities using our leading edge mathematical models. Our clients can control their own sportsbooks in web interfaces, configuring everything from event and odds creation to market monitoring and result confirmation. 

At Sportradar, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture and community. We partner with organizations and serve a customer base that is widely diverse. To best meet the needs of our partners and customers, we believe in ensuring our current and future employees feel empowered to bring forward their unique selves, opinions and viewpoints. 

Join our team and become a part of the global, fast-growing success.

THE CHALLENGE:

• Use ATDD/BDD techniques in your daily work.
• Use AWS, Kubernetes, and GitLab CI.
• Build high performance services/products on top of our real-time sports data collected 24/7 globally for more than 30 different sports.
• A real opportunity to influence the design and technology.
• Take an active part in making the most out of our AWS partnership.
• Become a domain expert in the exciting world of real-time hi-tech sports data.

ABOUT YOU:

You are a developer who likes solving challenging problems and being focused at work. Learning is a natural part of your workday. You enjoy collaborating with a diverse group of people, you are passionate about what you do, have a high interest in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise and you look at programming languages as tools and not constraints. You are curious about both technology and people. You acknowledge that the most complex problems are really people based. Besides of all of that you’re not afraid to go out of your comfort zone.

Qualifications

Required:

• Engineering leadership skills where people see you as a role model.
• A test-first mindset where your values are aligned with engineering quality practices.
• Strong programming skills enabling you to deliver software with high performance, availability, and throughput.
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages such as Java or C++ and clean code/architecture principles.
• A personal interest in keeping up with the general trends of software product development.
• A can-do attitude, take pride in own work and an ability to keep up momentum

Desirable experience: 

• Worked in Agile development teams.
• Cloud based services from AWS.
• Distributed systems.
• Message queuing (RabbitMQ, Kafka).
• Docker, Kubernetes.
• Protobuf & GRPC.

Additional Information

OUR OFFER:

• A collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US).
• Ability to shape your own workday and career via a clearly defined professional and personal development plan.
• Opportunity to work with senior leadership team and develop yourself within an inspiring and fast-growing company.
• Vibrant and inclusive community, including Women in Tech and Pride groups which welcome all participants.
• Hybrid work model.

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!