ABOUT US:
Imagine being part of one of the most supportive communities you will encounter in your professional career. Imagine the company where ‘teamwork’ is not just a buzzword, but one of the core values of each employee. Imagine the place with huge emphasis on building our own services using quality‑focused engineering practices and cloud‑first principles. The place where you can become great at things you are already good at — all that while maintaining work‑life balance.
Core Application Engineering plays a pivotal role in developing, maintaining, and evolving the critical internal applications and strategic initiatives that underpin Sportradar's operations. Our focus is on building robust, scalable, and secure platforms that enhance efficiency, streamline workflows, and enable innovation across the company.
At Sportradar, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture and community. We partner with organizations and serve a customer base that is widely diverse. To best meet the needs of our partners and customers, we believe in ensuring our current and future employees feel empowered to bring forward their unique selves, opinions and viewpoints. Join our team and become a part of global, fast-growing success.
THE CHALLENGE:
- Build high‑quality services and products that enable efficient internal data flow and optimize finance business processes.
- Work in an engineering environment where AI-assisted development (GitHub, Copilot, Cursor AI, etc.) is part of our everyday workflow.
- A real opportunity to influence design and technology choices.
- Become a domain expert in the exciting world of hi-tech sports data.
- Grow as a developer in an environment where quality matters.
ABOUT YOU:
You are a developer who likes solving challenging problems and being focused at work. Learning is a natural part of your workday. You enjoy collaborating with a diverse group of people; you are passionate about what you do, have a strong interest in keeping up with current best practices, and you see programming languages as tools rather than constraints. You are curious about both technology and people — and you are not afraid to step outside your comfort zone.
Required:
- Passion for technology
- Can-do attitude
- Proven, hands-on software development experience in PHP, Symfony, React, Typescript, SQL
- Ability to write clean, well-crafted, maintainable, and tested code (XP, TDD)
- Agile mindset (focus on delivering working software, collaboration, improvement)
- Shared values – relations, collaboration, trust
Desirable:
- Experience with cloud-based applications and microservices
- Familiarity with dockerization and CI/CD workflow (GitLab)
- Automation testing on various levels (unit, integration, performance, contract testing)
- Hands-on software development experience with Go
- AWS knowledge (ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, Elasticache)
- Experience or enthusiasm for integrating AI into development workflows or using AI to enhance product features
OUR OFFER:
- A collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US) including various social events and teambuilding.
- Flexibility to manage your workday and tasks with autonomy.
- A balance of structure and autonomy to tackle your daily tasks.
- Vibrant and inclusive community, including Women in Tech and Pride groups which welcome all participants.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme.
- Calm and Reulay app (leading well-being apps designed to support focus, quality rest, mindfulness, and long-term mental resilience).
- Online training videos.
- Flexible working hours.
- Gym, table tennis, pool table and PS5 in the office.
OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS:
- Initial Screening: A quick chat with our Talent Acquisition Partner to understand your background and expectations.
- Technical Interview: Technical conversation to get familiar with your knowledge and experience.
- Onsite Interview: Two short tasks split between AI and no-AI part and some discussion of your solution. Meet with the local team, discuss the team fit and take a tour of our office for a final meet-and-greet.
- Finals Steps: Receive feedback and, if successful, an offer!