Software Engineer
Genius Sports is looking for a Software Engineer II to join the team and contribute to building reliable, scalable, and user-focused software. In this role, the engineer will work independently on well-defined features, collaborate with cross-functional partners, and help improve the quality and maintainability of existing systems.
The successful candidate will play an active role in delivering value to users while continuing to grow their technical and collaborative skills. This position is based in London and requires an office-first approach, with attendance at the office for a minimum of 3-4 days per week.
- Design, build, test, and maintain small to medium-sized systems or features with a focus on quality, reliability and user impact.
- Work with product managers, designers and engineers to understand requirements and turn them into practical technical solutions.
- Communicate clearly about progress, assumptions, blockers and technical trade-offs.
- Contribute to technical design discussions and reviews.
- Write clear, maintainable and well-tested code that follows team standards.
- Work within established architecture patterns while identifying sensible improvements to existing systems.
- Debug and resolve issues across the stack, investigating root causes and seeking support when needed.
- Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and incorporating feedback into your own work.
- Identify opportunities to improve code quality, performance, and team development practices.
- Use modern development tools, including AI-assisted tools, while remaining accountable for reviewing and validating the result.
- Experience developing software and maintaining software in a professional or comparable environment (required)
- Proficiency in at least one programming language and familiarity with modern development frameworks and tools (required)
- Understanding of software development fundamentals (e.g., data structures, APIs, testing, version control) (required)
- Ability to work independently on defined tasks while seeking input when needed (required)
- Comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teammates and incorporating feedback (required)
- Problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn and iterate (required)
- Experience contributing to technical designs and documenting technical decisions (preferred)
- Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures and workflow orchestration (preferred)
- Experience using AI-assisted tools to improve coding, debugging, documentation and testing workflows (preferred)
- Practical experience in debugging production issues and improving system performance (preferred)
- Exposure to working in agile or iterative development environments (preferred)
- Experience writing automated tests and working with CI/CD pipelines (preferred)
- Interest in sharing knowledge and supporting teammates (preferred)
- Experience with technologies used in our current stack (Rust, Kotlin, Spring Boot, TypeScript, NextJS, PostgreSQL, Pulsar, Temporal and Kubernetes) (preferred)
- Health insurance
- Skills training
- Social events including summer and winter holiday parties
- Monthly team building events
- Sports tournaments
- Charity days
- Wellbeing activities
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.