Back-end Technical Lead

Sportradar is a global leader in understanding and leveraging the power of sports data and digital content for its clients around the world. 

Companies like DAZN, Unibet, Mondobets, Betfred, Norsk Tipping, Efbet, Mclean's Bookmakers, UK Bookmakers Technology Consortium, including Chisholm Bookmakers, JenningsBet, Corbettsport, and many others, already enjoy the benefits of one of the most robust, scalable, and powerful, rich-feature sports betting commercial platforms available.   

We are looking for motivated, confident, team-oriented individuals who possess excellent technical skills and strive for best practices and high-quality software with the ability to communicate these principles effectively.  

JOB DESCRIPTION 

Are you ready to take your career to the next level by helping us build a product that millions of users use daily?   

We support more than 100K transactions per second combined, and we are working for much more because we aim to be one of the top three e-gaming and betting software development companies recognised worldwide for adding the most value to its partners. 

As a Squad Engineering Leader at Sportradar, you will be responsible for leading and guiding the most important part of our engineering organisation - our people. Accountable for a team delivery, you will serve as leader to improve productivity and predictability, team technical skills, and nurture our culture of collaboration and communication. In addition, you will be actively participating and be accountable of all the architectural and technical solutions to meet Product needs. 

Prior to taking on technical leadership, you likely were a senior software engineer with a comprehensive understanding of complex systems that you were a vital part of developing & launching over the years.  

Your experience has given you the perspective to help other engineers prioritise their tasks, shape their career decisions, and face tricky challenges. We are also expecting you to keep up to date with engineering best practices, making you better equipped when helping your employees decide what competencies they want to develop. 

We need our engineers to be versatile, capable of mentoring and enthusiastic about taking on new challenges as we continue to push technology forward.  

We are product-oriented engineers with a growth mindset. 

Our products need to handle data at a vast scale and extend well beyond betting and gaming.   

THE CHALLENGE 

Responsible for software delivery for a team. 

• Working collaboratively with business analyst, other leaders and engineers to create the best product for our customers. 
• Analyse the scope of Product Team initiatives and coordinate with other squads to estimate, map dependencies, plan sprints, resolve blockers and ensure timely release to market. 
• Working on the design and architecture of our software and hands-on on critical tasks. 
• Ensure the team efficiency and high-quality work: enforce tech excellence, tech debt management and regular adjustment of processes and timelines in line with continuous improvement philosophy. 
• Collaborate in release activities which will include clear and detailed plans or checklists for testing and roll-out. 

Responsible for developing our people 

• Coach engineers to grow in a professional (improving skills, problem-solving abilities) and personal way (by supporting and giving them frequent feedback). 
• Think critically about the long-term career development of team members. 
• Conduct regular check-ins and 1-1 
• Learning and sharing experiences on new technologies and trends and how you can leverage them in current and future products. 
• Collaborating and sharing knowledge with others across the group. 
• Exhibiting passion and advocate to drive change. 
• Understanding how our business works and how products add value to your customers. Show engineers how their work impacts the product (bigger picture). 

YOUR PROFILE 

• Strong technical leadership experience; an appreciation for engineering best practices and quality over quantity of work. 
• Ideally proficiency level in .NET and React
• Extensive professional experience in software development, working on robust, complex systems that serve a high volume of users. 
• Hands-on people management experience (incl. on/off-boarding process, performance management, talent development) 
• A knack for effective and clear communication in all circumstances. 
• A passion for bringing great products into our world through collaboration and ingenuity 

OUR OFFER 

• Exciting job field with the opportunity for personal development 
• Continuous learning program with technical internals sessions for continuous improvement. 
• A challenging but rewarding and fun environment 
• Access to our online e-learning platform. 
• Hybrid working model, combining home office and work from the office. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

• Part of Sportradar MSS Engineering (team of ~200) 
• Which is part of Sportradar.com (team of more than 3000) 

Sportradar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to encourage diversity within our teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to among other things, your background, status, or personal preferences