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Staff Software Engineer, Ad-Tech

Geniussports

New York, New York, US$240k – $255khybrid

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About this role

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.

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The midpoint of this range ($248k) is about 41% above the median disclosed salary for New York roles listed on ForgeApply ($175k across 4,613 jobs).

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