Lead Software Engineer (Java)

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:

We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer with an experience of building modern scalable and redundant services in modern programming languages (preferably Java). The developer will join the established MTS Insight Tech team - helping in leading the development of the new features and participate in the agile transformation of the team.

THE CHALLENGE:

• Lead a team of diverse and talented software engineers with different levels of expertise.
• Ensure the teams’ efficiency and high-quality work: enforce tech excellence, tech debt management and regular adjustment of processes and timelines in line with continuous improvement philosophy.
• Lead your services through complete delivery pipeline, from design, development all the way to deployment and monitoring it in production.
• Definition of backend team member goals and objectives, planning and monitoring team member’s personal growth, mentoring.
• Working collaboratively with product owners, other leaders, and engineers to create the best product for your customers within our next application.
• Closely collaborate with lead architect ensuring software meets all requirements of quality, performance, security, modifiability, extensibility etc.
• Collaborate on technical performance, scalability, stability, and resilience improvements of the core product.
• Coach engineers to grow in a professional (improving skills, problem-solving abilities) and personal way (by supporting and giving them frequent feedback).
• Understanding how our business works and how products add value to your customers. Show engineers how their work impacts the product (bigger picture).
• Learning and sharing experiences on new technologies and trends and how you can leverage them in current and future products.
• Collaborating and sharing knowledge with others across the group.

ABOUT YOU:

• Java developer (7+ years).
• Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, design patterns.
• Good understanding of Java concurrency and multithreading, functional and reactive programming, performance analysis, security.
• Experience with software engineering best practices (TDD, ATDD, Contract testing, CI, etc.).
• Experience building large-scale and fault-tolerant distributed systems is a plus.
• Experience with AWS cloud services (EKS, ECS, Lambda, API GW, Dynamo DB, Aurora, Elasticache, Elasticsearch).
• Experience with automated deployments and containerized application management.
• Degree in computer science or software engineering (or equivalent work experience).
• Have experience with agile development processes and tries to incorporate them into development process.
• Team character and communication skills.

Additional personal requirements:

• Willingness to learn new technologies.
• Exhibiting passion and advocate to drive change.
• Creative thinker, keen to further refine the system and process.
• Committed to upholding the highest professional work standards and ethics.
• Positive, can-do attitude.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

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.
• 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.  
• Introduction Interview (with the hiring team): Meet with the Technical team and Hiring Manager to dive into details about the team and your expertise.
• Technical Assesment: A short task to showcase your technical skills. 
• Final Interview: Meet with additional Team members and discuss about your technical solution as also team fit.
• Final Steps: Receive feedback and, if successful, an offer! 

We keep it simple and aim to wrap up the process within 3 weeks.

Qualifications

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!