Senior Java Engineer
Sportradar's Live Data unit is responsible for the development, delivery, and global distribution of real-time sports data across a diverse range of sporting events. The unit ensures the seamless provision of accurate, high-quality data across 30+ different sports disciplines. The development team based in Wrocław focuses on the In-Game Pipeline – a system for collecting source data, either manually captured by scouts during events or generated through AI-driven computer vision technology, and Prediction Markets – a system focused on reducing any latency and providing the ultra-fast feed crafted for client needs.
This role is for an engineer who wants to own things. The engineer will take complex technical initiatives from design through to production, work across a high-performing distributed team, and have real influence over the architecture and practices of a platform used by millions of people every day. The problems here are not manufactured. They are the kind that come from operating at genuine scale in a real-time, mission-critical environment.
- Design, build, and operate scalable, high-performance Java services for sports data and betting products running 24/7.
- Take independent ownership of complex technical initiatives from initial design through to production delivery.
- Contribute to cloud-native architecture on AWS, bringing experience and judgment to decisions that affect the whole platform.
- Mentor engineers around you - through code review, pairing, and the kind of feedback that actually helps people grow.
- Drive improvements to code quality, test coverage, engineering practices, and team standards.
- Collaborate with product and engineering leadership on technical direction - and push back constructively when it matters.
- Build expertise in one of the most technically demanding real-time data environments in the industry.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience with strong Java expertise (required)
- Ability to design and deliver distributed systems in production, and understanding of what it takes to keep them running (required)
- Experience taking ownership of complex initiatives independently - from architecture decisions to post-incident reviews (required)
- Experience mentoring others naturally and performing technical reviews that are direct, constructive, and useful (required)
- Deep understanding of testing strategy, CI/CD, and what engineering excellence looks like in practice (required)
- Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders and knowing how to land a difficult message (required)
- Experience with AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes, and microservices at scale is a strong advantage (nice-to-have)
- A collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US).
- Ability to shape your own workday and career via a clearly defined professional and personal development plan.
- Opportunity to work with senior leadership team and develop yourself within an inspiring and fast-growing company.
- Vibrant and inclusive community, including Women in Tech and Pride groups which welcome all participants.
- Flexible working hours.
Sportradar is a global sports technology company that collects, analyses and distributes sports data to betting operators, sports leagues and media companies. Headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and founded in 2001, it provides betting services, managed trading, integrity monitoring and audiovisual streaming across hundreds of sports. The company holds official data partnerships with organisations including the NBA, NHL, FIFA and ICC. Sportradar is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people worldwide.