Tech Lead (Backend - Typescript, Node.JS)

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

OVERVIEW:

Join our Data Acquisition Tribe and become a part of the global fast-growing success of Sportradar.
A technology first software development company with high emphasis on achieving technical excellence and building services on best practice cloud principles. Mutually beneficial partnerships are the cornerstone of our business. We partner with the largest sport federations in the world including UEFA, NBA, NHL, MLB, ITF and many more. Our vision is built on long-term relationships with all our clients, backed by innovative and competitive services and solutions. We build our own product and believe in ‘you build it, you own it’, so we want to give our squads autonomy to choose the right solutions.

THE CHALLENGE:

• Due to our success, we are continuously hiring motivated engineers and we want to ensure we scale our engineering leadership accordingly
• In Data Acquisition Tribe we create solutions to collect sports data globally for more than 60 different sports
• We want to build yet better solutions and we want to give you a real opportunity to influence design and technology choices.

JOB PROFILE:

We are looking for a talented Backend Senior Developer/ Tech Leader who loves working with both people and software. We expect that you, as a leader, are passionate about building an environment where software engineers can achieve their full potential. As an engineer, you have a great understanding of modern development techniques and can be a partner for the team to choose the best solutions. We expect that you can be an advocate of clean code, and clean architecture, TDD (Test Driven Development), pair programming and always welcome feedback. You will be given a lot of autonomy and we want you to use the most of it and drive the team towards technical excellence. We hope you feel learning is a natural part of your workday and you have a high interest in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise.

In the role you will:

• Analyze, extract and integrate sports oriented real-time data from a variety of complex sources, showcasing your adaptability to different protocols and technologies
• Collaborate with architects, tech leaders and engineers to innovate and refine data extraction frameworks, ensuring efficient handling data streams, thus directly impacting the speed and accuracy of data-driven decisions
• Utilize advanced knowledge in TypeScript/JS, and modern development practices to lead and guide the team in organizing themselves around optimal solutions
• Be a proponent of clean code and clean architecture

Required:

• Solid backend development experience with Typescrpit and/or Node.JS
• Understanding of network protocols such as HTTP/HTTPS, including response statuses, headers, request methods, cookies, etc
• Experience with REST API & WebSockets
• Experience in designing and working on highly scalable systems
• Experience with containerization and DevOps (AWS, K8s, Docket)
• A can-do attitude, take pride in own work and an ability to keep up momentum
• Excellent communication skills, ability to engage colleagues to thoughtfully work toward a single goal and help the team to adapt and succeed when things do not go exactly as planned

Desirable experience:

• Experience in building and leading motivated, high performing teams working in an agile environment
• Experience with libraries and tools for web scraping/crawling, such as Puppeteer, Cheerio, Axios, or similar
• Experience with Docker and K8s
• Worked in Agile development teams

OUR OFFER:

• Grow as a leader within an inspiring and fast-growing company and become a domain expert in the exciting world of real-time sports data
• Have real impact on building a high performing team of your dreams
• Shape the culture of our Automated Data Acquisition team with us 
• Influence the future of Sportradar by directly contributing to products used by our clients in the global sports business
• We trust your expertise and your choices for the tools and solutions you know will bring the most value
• A collaborative environment with colleagues around the world in CET/UK timezone
• Be a part of a company, which act with integrity, sports, physical exercise, and fun
• Leverage hybrid approach to achieve work-life balance but get the important stuff done in person
• Competitive salary and benefits as well as employee equity program

Qualifications

Additional Information

Sportradar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to encourage diversity within our teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to among other things, your background, status, or personal preferences