By bringing together next-gen technology and the finest live data available, Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for fans worldwide, delivering experiences that are more immersive, interactive and personalized than ever before. Learn more at geniussports.com
The Role – Staff Software Engineer
We are looking for a staff software engineer to work on the systems and applications that power our Advertising and Fan Engagement products. Our Advertising and Fan Engagement products harness the power of GeniusIQ to create important game insights in real time, connect fans to brands and advertisers and produce differentiated next generation content. This role favours Engineers who can bring a diverse experience and perspective to modern technology challenges, and Engineers who favour collaborative environments.
What You'll Do
- Design and develop systems and applications that power our automated, real-time Advertising and Fan Engagement products.
- Own and implement features end-to-end across the stack, taking responsibility for the system lifecycle from development, deployment and support of critical products to customers.
- Lead technical discussions, drive architectural decisions, and identify opportunities to improve scalability, automation, and operational efficiency as we expand across new leagues and sports globally.
- Provide guidance and direction to product to help translate ideas into practical technical solutions.
- Design and maintain the foundational platform that powers our systems and supports development & iteration by engineering teams building on this platform.
- Design and improve testing and release strategies for complex systems - including backend services, web applications, data pipelines, messaging and streaming services, real-time model inference systems, and on-site hardware components.
- Monitor, analyze, and continuously improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Provide mentorship and leadership in our local (in-office) and broader engineering community.
- Design and build mechanisms for enabling human or agent-in-the-loop workflows that validate, correct, and enhance outputs from the system.
What You’ll Bring:
- Experience operating distributed systems.
- Experience building real-time systems and interactive web frontends.
- Experience designing APIs and integrating services.
- Experience managing relational databases (schema design, indexing strategies, query optimization, performance tuning, migrations, and availability considerations).
- Experience using messaging systems (partitioning strategies, broker scaling, consumer design)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
It’ll be a bonus if you know:
- Rust, Kotlin, TypeScript, React
- Postgres, relational databases
- Video frameworks and standards
- REST, GraphQL
- AWS, Temporal.io
- Docker, Kubernetes
- Pulsar, RabbitMQ
The salary for this role is based on an annualized range of $240,000 - $255,000 USD. This role will also be eligible to take part in Genius Sports Group's benefits plan.
We enjoy an ‘office-first’ culture and maximize opportunities to collaborate, connect and learn together. Our hybrid working models differ depending on your role and location. Occasional travel may be required.
As well as a competitive salary and range of benefits, we’re committed to supporting employee wellbeing and helping you grow your skills, experience and career. Learn more about how rewarding life at Genius can be at Reward | Genius Sports.
One team, being brave, driving change
We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference. Learn more about our values and culture at Culture | Genius Sports.
Let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.
Skills Required
- Experience operating distributed systems.
- Experience building real-time systems and interactive web frontends.
- Experience designing APIs and integrating services.
- Experience managing relational databases (schema design, indexing, query optimization, performance tuning, migrations, availability).
- Experience using messaging systems (partitioning strategies, broker scaling, consumer design).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Rust
- Kotlin
- TypeScript
- React
- Postgres
- Video frameworks and standards
- REST
- GraphQL
- AWS
- Temporal.io
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Pulsar
- RabbitMQ
What the Team is Saying
Genius Sports Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Company-wide time off between Christmas and New Year, a dedicated World Mental Health Day, and a paid Volunteer Day expand core PTO. Feedback suggests these extras meaningfully enhance rest and balance beyond standard leave.
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Flexible Benefits — A Workcation option enables working from anywhere for 30 days annually, alongside remote and hybrid arrangements. Feedback suggests this flexibility supports varied personal and location needs.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health benefits are offered with access to local Employee Assistance Programs, with some listings also noting pet insurance. Feedback suggests the breadth of coverage addresses diverse healthcare needs.
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What We Do
Genius Sports is the layer between what happens on the field and how the world engages with it. Our solutions across the global sports ecosystem are underpinned by our next generation big data and artificial intelligence platform, GeniusIQ. By ingesting and computing multiple real-time data feeds, GeniusIQ powers a wide range of functions and applications across sports performance and officiation, fan engagement, advertising, and sports betting. Founded in 2001, Genius Sports is now one of the world’s largest sports technology companies, working with the likes of the NFL, NBA, EPL, FIBA, ESPN, Sky Sports, Flutter, DraftKings and 100s more. We're headquartered in New York and London, with offices in Los Angeles, Medellin, Tallinn, Sofia, Singapore, Lausanne, Manchester and Melbourne.
Why Work With Us
We are one team, being brave, driving change. Our company values help create a cohesive culture, where we think, feel and act like One Genius. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference, driving our vision to be everywhere in sports, redefining experiences through technology.
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