Staff Java Software Engineer
The Sports Data & Odds Engineering organization is responsible for developing, delivering, and operating a broad portfolio of products that power Sportradar's global sports data and betting ecosystem - processing millions of real-time events every day for media companies, sports federations, betting operators, and consumer apps across 120 countries. This is a role for a technical leader who wants to shape the direction of an engineering organization, not just contribute to it. You will define architecture, drive strategy across multiple teams, and have the kind of influence that makes the whole platform better - not just your corner of it. At Sportradar the problems are real, the scale is global, and the pace is fast. This is not a role for someone who wants to be told what to build.
- Define and drive technical architecture and engineering strategy across multiple teams and product areas
- Lead the design of scalable, high-performance distributed systems that process millions of real-time events daily
- Own complex cross-functional initiatives with significant business impact, from first principles through to production
- Set engineering standards, architecture principles, and the long-term technical roadmap for your area
- Mentor Senior Engineers and act as the technical anchor for teams working through ambiguous, high-stakes problems
- Influence engineering, product, and leadership stakeholders - and translate technical strategy into business outcomes they care about
- Bring deep expertise in AWS, cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, and event-driven architectures to decisions that matter at org level
- Lead platform modernization, technical transformation, and large-scale migration initiatives where needed
- You have 8+ years of professional software development experience with extensive Java expertise and a strong track record in large-scale distributed systems
- You can lead architecture and technical strategy across multiple teams or products and driven initiatives with real business impact
- You have deep expertise in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern platform engineering - not just familiarity with the tools, but judgment about when and how to use them
- You have mentored Senior Engineers and shaped engineering culture without needing direct management authority
- You communicate with clarity at every level - from a technical deep dive with engineers to a strategic conversation with leadership
- You can define engineering standards and long-term roadmaps that teams actually use
- Experience in real-time, high-availability systems or mission-critical environments at global scale is a strong advantage
- A background in sports technology, betting, fintech, or other highly transactional environments is a plus - but the ability to learn a domain fast matter more
- 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.
