Senior Software Engineer, Ad-Tech
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.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who brings deep technical expertise, strong ownership, and a continuous learning mindset to the tools and products they build. At this level, great engineers operate effectively across problem spaces, lead through influence, and help shape both technical direction and engineering culture.
You will be trusted to take on complex, ambiguous problems and drive them to successful outcomes, applying best practices in Agile software development along the way. We value engineers who can adapt quickly, learn new technologies as needed, and focus on delivering meaningful impact rather than being constrained by specific languages or frameworks.
We will lean on your technical leadership, pragmatic decision-making, and ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term system health. You will work in an environment that prioritizes Agile principles, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making. You are comfortable forming and testing hypotheses, validating assumptions through experimentation, and using evidence to guide architectural and product decisions.
- Lead the design, development, and evolution of robust data platforms and backend systems and services.
- Act as a technical authority within and across teams, influencing architectural decisions and setting engineering standards.
- Collaborate closely with data engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to define system boundaries, APIs, processes, and long-term technical direction.
- Drive improvements in performance, scalability, reliability, and operability across critical systems.
- Design and implement efficient, resilient data storage and data access patterns.
- Write high-quality, maintainable code and advocate for best practices in code quality, testing, and documentation.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex production issues, including leading root-cause analysis and preventative improvements.
- Champion continuous improvement by evaluating new technologies, tools, and approaches where they provide clear value.
- Mentor and coach engineers across teams, supporting technical growth and raising the overall engineering bar.
- Strong proficiency with multiple programming languages (we use Rust, Kotlin and Typescript) (required)
- Experience with architectural patterns and building scalable systems (required)
- Proven ability to solve complex problems and make sound technical decisions in ambiguous situations (required)
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences and mentor others (required)
- Fluency with agentic frameworks and ai-driven software development workflows (preferred)
- Experience working with containers and cloud-native environments (preferred)
- TDD and Spec Driven Development (preferred)
- Experience with AdTech solutions applied to SSPs and DSPs (preferred)
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.
This role will also be eligible to take part in Genius Sports Group's benefits plan.
Genius Sports is a sports data and technology company that supplies official data, streaming, integrity and advertising services to sports leagues, sportsbooks and media companies. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in London, with a major office in New York and others worldwide, it is the official data partner of organisations including the NFL, English Premier League and FIBA. The company provides the technology that connects sports, betting and media businesses. Genius Sports is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
