A bit about us
Do you want to join one of the world’s fastest growing sports technology companies?
Genius Sports is at the epicentre of the global network connecting sports, brands and fans through official live data. Our mission is simple. We champion a more sustainable sports data ecosystem that benefits all parties.
We’re looking for enthusiastic and ambitious people to join our talented team.
If you see yourself becoming part of a global family building the future of sports entertainment together, then come and grow with us.
We put trust in our people to deliver the difference for our clients around the world . It’s why many of the world’s largest leagues & federations such as the NFL, English Premier League, FIBA and NCAA choose to work with Genius Sports.
In 2021, Genius Sports acquired Second Spectrum, a world leader in optical tracking and video augmentation technology. Powered by an incredibly driven and ambitious team of engineers, Second Spectrum is the number one tech to work on if you’re interested in machine learning, artificial intelligence or development engineering in sports
The Role: Sr Full St ack Software Engineer
We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join our Product Engineering group to help build and improve our AI-based sports analytics products. This group is primarily responsible for our web and mobile applications that are used by teams, leagues, coaches, and fans. They ensure our customers have a seamless user experience within our products for the thousands of sporting events we run each year.
Responsibilities & duties
Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our customer-facing and internal applications
Contribute to multiple layers of our stack, from our web front-end, backend APIs, and databases
Collaborate closely with Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, and other software engineers
Assist with reliability, stability, and availability of applications
Own reliability, stability, and availability of systems applications
Mentor other engineers both technically and professionally
Maintain best practices for software development, including deployment process, documentation, and adherence to and improvement of coding standards.
Assess and drive adoption of emerging technologies and techniques
Provide technical leadership, including code review, practices, and skill development
Communicate technical commitments and decisions to team and external stakeholders
Discuss and distribute knowledge, technical concepts, and ideas with any member of our diverse organization
Participate in our engineering culture by embracing opportunities to learn from others
Our Stack:
Client-side : ReactJS,Elm, NextJS, TypeScript, Web Components (LitElement), HTML/CSS, Design Systems
Server-side : GraphQL, REST, NodeJS, TypeScript, Postgres, Redis, RabbitMQ, Pulsar, Auth0, Rust
Infrastructure : AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, ElasticCache), Docker, Linux, Terraform
Codebase : Git with GitLab or Github
Required skills & experience
5+ years of hands-on, full-time software development experience
Customer-focus with an understanding that shipping software involves tradeoff and collaboration
Prior experience building production web apps using ReactJS, Elm, and NodeJS
Experience collaborating across multiple disciplines (front-end, back-end, databases, infrastructure, and devops)
Self-motivation and ability to work independently in an efficient manner
Ability to articulate and make decisions about trade-offs between rapid iteration and high quality products
Ability to take point on technical discussions and feature prioritization
Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with strong software engineering components
What Will Set You Apart:
Elm, Elixir, Rust, Reactive Frameworks (RxJS)
Experience working with Video Streaming Applications
Experience building mobile apps (Swift/SwiftUI, Kotlin, React Native)
What’s in it for you?
As well as a competitive salary and annual leave allowance, our benefits include health insurance, skills training and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including many social events throughout the year such as summer and winter holiday parties, monthly team building events, sports tournaments, charity days and wellbeing activities.
How we work
We have adapted a forward-thinking ‘Ways of Working’ framework, which sets out (amongst other things) the opportunities for Geniuses to work flexibly, remotely and on working holidays. It affects different teams and locations differently, so please ask for further information in how it would work with this role.
Our employees are empowered to stretch the boundaries of what’s achievable, always reaching further and pushing the edges to see what gives. We collaborate, we innovate, and we celebrate. We will continue to grow as an organisation and continue to invest in our highly talented and diverse team of Geniuses.
Genius Sports Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognize and celebrate the benefits that a diverse and inclusive workforce bring to our business, our customers and our staff. We welcome and will consider all applications regardless of age, different abilities or disability, gender re-assignment, marriage, pregnancy, maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation ( and any other applicable status) . Please let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability
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