Senior Software Engineer, Genius Sports

Infrastructure

$175-200k

+ Eligibility for equity

PHP
AWS
Kubernetes
Python
C#
Java
Bash
Kotlin
Terraform
C++
Prometheus
Grafana
RDS
Powershell
Golang
Senior and Expert level
New York

1-3 days a week in office

Genius Sports

Sports data and technology company

Open for applications

Genius Sports

Sports data and technology company

1001+ employees

B2BBig dataDeep TechDigital MediaSports

Open for applications

$175-200k

+ Eligibility for equity

PHP
AWS
Kubernetes
Python
C#
Java
Bash
Kotlin
Terraform
C++
Prometheus
Grafana
RDS
Powershell
Golang
Senior and Expert level
New York

1-3 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BBig dataDeep TechDigital MediaSports

Company mission

To be the must-have digital technology partner for all leagues, sports content distributors, sportsbooks, and brands.

Role

Who you are

  • AWS, Kubernetes and Software Development experience:
  • Automation of repetitive tasks using scripting languages (Bash, Python, NodeJs, Powershell, etc.)
  • Practical knowledge of at least one programming language (C++, C#, Java, JS, Kotlin, Python, PHP, Golang)
  • Knowledge of container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes or ECS
  • Ability to lead and execute on the DevOps/Cloud engineering vision
  • Technical expertise in networking, data structures, and cloud native technologies
  • Expert-level knowledge of at least one infrastructure-as-code language (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Detailed knowledge of building observable systems and understanding the fundamentals of cohesive dashboard design
  • Detailed knowledge of build systems and building containerized applications
  • Understanding of continuous delivery principles, including feature-switching, canary releases, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Understanding of core security principles and their application in continuous delivery systems
  • Flexibility to work on all areas of the service stack, including front-end, back-end, and infrastructure
  • Familiarity with messaging and asynchronous communication technologies

Desirable

  • Knowledge and interest in sports
  • Knowledge of testing methodology and designing high-quality testing suites resilient to changes in implementation
  • Understanding of the principles of good software design, including awareness of core concepts such as information hiding, abstraction, module design, cohesion, and coupling
  • Experience in capturing and exposing productivity signals to the engineering team

What the job involves

  • We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our core platform team (DevSecOps), to help drive the development of scalable and robust systems using cutting-edge technologies and methodologies
  • As a Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, your responsibilities will include producing useful, economical, and best-of-breed solutions that can be picked up by development teams and DevOps engineers across the company
  • This position is a perfect match for a person who enjoys developing innovative solutions to technical challenges with opportunities to contribute broadly in a dynamic and collaborative team-based environment
  • First and foremost, build and scale the deployment architecture that powers Genius Sports products as we continue to grow
  • Architect and implement cloud native solutions with infrastructure as code tooling
  • Write code towards automation tooling and supporting DevOps deployment software
  • Design and implement robust telemetry for all of the services Genius Sports operates
  • Mentor and collaborate with engineers on other teams to promote DevOps best practices
  • Design and development of new solutions to aid the development process and delivery
  • Producing high quality, maintainable, monitored and tested infrastructure and solutions
  • Troubleshooting and resolution of problems
  • Be part of the core Platform team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment
  • Providing technical leadership and guidance to other engineers, ensuring the successful delivery of projects
  • Supporting achieving the business goals of the company, collaborating closely with the rest of the engineering teams
  • Overseeing the maintenance and development of build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-infrastructure
  • Ensuring the security of cloud-hosted systems and implementing security checks for new code entering production environments
  • Developing and maintaining the core observability stack for production services, covering alerting, metrics, logging, and dashboard creation
  • Conducting constructive peer reviews of features and contributing to good reviewee hygiene
  • Monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting systems owned by the core Platform team, including retrospectives, live-support, bug-fixes, and security improvements
  • Maintenance and evolution of technical documentation (guides, runbooks, RCA/post-mortems, etc.)
  • Mentoring and coaching engineers within the platform team and across multiple disciplines
  • Participating in and improving agile ceremonies, including planning, refining, retrospectives, and stand-ups for sprints and planning increments

Our take

Genius Sports is a sports data and technology provider that acquires precise data about worldwide sports events. It then delivers data in the form of video streaming and integrity services to the sports, betting, and media ecosystem in order to empower them to create unique fan experiences.

The company differentiates itself through the fact that it has exclusive rights to access the official data of its over 240k covered events, being the official provider of critical data about these events. Since launching they have become the trusted partner of over 400 organisations such as NFL, NBA, FIFA, EPL, and NASCAR.

Genius Sports operates in a competitive field, with the likes of Sportradar and Stats Perform. However, the company's range of strategic acquisitions, partnerships, dMY Technology Group merger, and its impressive NYSE valuation have further increased its stake in this competitive industry.

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-3% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Employee endorsements

Opportunities to learn

"There are so many intricacies in sports and sports strategy, that I'm always learning at Genius. And the opportunity to work on sports models for..."

Funding (1 round)

Oct 2015

$13.1m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Total funding: $13.1m

Company benefits

  • Annual leave allowance
  • Skills training
  • Fitness & wellbeing programme
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance
  • Workcation (1 month working from anywhere worldwide)
  • Volunteer Day
  • World Mental Health Day off
  • Christmas-New Year off

Company values

  • One team - We use our collective intelligence to work towards shared goals​. We never let egos get in the way.​ We look out for each other and communicate actively and openly
  • Being brave - We think big and act boldly.​ We set ambitious goals that push boundaries and inspire us.​ We're obsessed with revolutionizing sports
  • Driving change - We have a growth mindset.​ We seize opportunities that fuel our ambition.​ We go all in to make those opportunities a success

Company HQ

Soho, London, UK

Leadership

Under Mark’s leadership, Genius has grown exponentially to become one of the world’s largest sports data and technology companies.


People progressing

Katie joined in 2019 as a Legal Assistant in London. She combined two years of study with her role to qualify as a solicitor and is now based in NYC as a Foreign Legal Counsel - Regulatory Licensing.

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Diversity & Inclusion at Genius Sports

  • As well as having specific policies, practices, and training in place, we also operate a dedicated ‘Diversity & Inclusion Action Group’ of volunteers from all levels and areas of the business. This Group plays a key role in turning ideas into actions, and our volunteers have created and run original initiatives increasing awareness and understanding of issues including unconscious bias, racial equality, and neurodiversity across our business.

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