Software Engineer - Automated Sports Highlights

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

Sportradar is 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 expertise and technology to boost their business.

Job Description 

We are enhancing the sports experience for fans, athletes, and teams across the globe through world-class AI solutions and are committed to advancing the state of the art of Sport through continuous innovation with a specialized and distributed team focused on research and development in areas such as computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, data science and beyond.

We are on a mission to automate sports content creation - the data and video – that feeds products and services we deliver to our partners. The possibilities to revolutionize the world of sport are vast, and we are only at the beginning of our journey.  

We are seeking a talented Middle/Senior Software Engineer to join the Innovation Team to work with us on an exciting new project - Automated Sports Highlights. Are you ready for this exciting journey?

THE CHALLENGE:

As a Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions that stem from innovative concepts and drive the evolution of a new range of products, shaping the future of our company. In recent years, Sportradar's product launches, hiring efforts, and industry recognition have clearly positioned us as a leader in leveraging AI and Computer vision technologies to drive innovation in sports data and analytics. 

Responsibilities  

• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain scalable AWS-based applications, including backend services, data processing pipelines for our Computer vision solutions, machine learning model training infrastructure, and API endpoints. 
• Analyze business requirements and design new functionalities, breaking down complex and abstract requirements into smaller concrete components that will help the team deliver quickly and efficiently
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of existing software solutions
• Participate in Pull/Merge Request reviews
• Be a trusted member of your team, fostering a strong culture of collaboration and best practices in the software development lifecycle

YOUR PROFILE:

• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Open-minded and proactive attitude in pushing things forward and removing blockers by effectively coordinating with cross-functional teams
• 4+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer, with a demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility
• Strong experience working with AWS and building applications in this environment
• In-depth understanding of containerization technologies and their deployment
• Experience working with Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
• Expertise in Python, with additional experience in other programming languages considered a plus
• Experience in developing and maintaining web APIs using frameworks like Flask, FastAPI, gRPC, or AsyncAPI
• Proficient in implementing CI/CD pipelines for software release lifecycle
• Knowledge of the lifecycle of ML/DL applications

OUR OFFER: 

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Be part of one of the fastest-growing digital sports companies in the world at the intersection of sports, betting, and advertising
• Work together with a highly motivated and enthusiastic core of people
• Exciting job field with the opportunity for personal development
• Home office and flexible working hours
• Team activities, darts and table tennis

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