Java Software Developer

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 and process sports real time 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 an experienced Java Developer to design and build a scalable backend system that manages the execution and runtime of thousands of smaller applications simultaneously. If you thrive on solving complex challenges related to concurrent execution and are passionate about ensuring high availability, observability, and resilience in backend systems, this opportunity is for you!

We expect that you can be an advocate of clean code, and clean architecture, TDD (Test Driven Development), pair programming and always welcome feedback. 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:

• Analyse and integrate sports oriented real-time data from a variety of complex sources, showcasing your adaptability
• Collaborate with architects, tech leaders and engineers to innovate and refine data exposure, ensuring efficient handling streams, thus directly impacting the speed and accuracy of data-driven decisions.
• Build and improve backend micro-services using different technologies, such as Java and Apache Kafka. 
• Utilize advanced knowledge in Java, and modern development practices to lead and guide the team in organising themselves around optimal solutions.
• Be a proponent of clean code and clean architecture.
• Oversee the full delivery pipeline for your services, from configuring AWS infrastructure and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, through development, deployment, and comprehensive monitoring in production.

Required:

• Proven experience in Java
• Familiarity with Kafka
• Experience in building APIs and low latency systems
• Hands-on experience in writing tests
• Experience in designing and working on highly scalable systems
• Solid understanding of backend architectures, including distributed systems, microservices, and containerized environments.
• Familiarity with designing fault-tolerant systems, implementing failover mechanisms, and ensuring system reliability.
• A can-do attitude, take pride in own work and an ability to keep up momentum

Desirable experience:

• Familiarity with various AWS services including S3, EC, VPC, ElastiCache, MSK, etc
• Fast and maintainable gRPC APIs
• Experience with Docker and K8s
• Worked in Agile development teams

OUR OFFER:

• Grow as an engineer 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.

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