Director of Engineering Ad-Tech

By bringing together next-gen technology and the finest live data available Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for fans worldwide delivering experiences that are more immersive interactive and personalized than ever before. Learn more at geniussports.com  
The Role: Director Ad-Tech

The Genius Sports Ad-Tech Engineering Team is looking for a smart talented and experienced Director to lead our engineering team responsible for further developing our growing Fan Activation platform. 

Our platform combines an audience graph of over 250 million users and our highest-fidelity lowest-latency sports data platform (GeniusIQ) to deliver truly unique activation opportunities for our advertising partners. 

The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of system design and architecture particularly for real-time systems data warehousing and web application development. Key technologies we use are Rust Snowflake Temporal and NextJS. 

They will have experience within the advertising industry and have expertise and understanding of the programmatic advertising ecosystem. 

Additionally he or she will have a track record of building high-performing engineering teams and a passion for developing a team culture of innovation and quality to solve unique and complex problems.

Key Responsibilities 

Specific responsibilities for the Director Ad Tech and his/her team include the following:

• Build coach inspire and lead multiple teams of high-performing passionate engineers across a range of disciplines (data engineering real-time systems full-stack development).  
• Enable a team-first culture where teams feel secure to innovate iterate fail and learn rapidly with accountability. 
• Maintain excellent stakeholder relationships with product commercial operations and other engineering groups. Ensure cross-functional dependencies are well managed. 
• Balance business objectives (revenue goals customer relationships) product objectives (rapid experimentation market fit) and engineering goals (system cohesion extensibility reliability) effectively in a fast moving space. 
• Own the advertising platform architecture guiding the evolution of a coherent system that supports numerous advertising applications. 
• Actively engage with the wider engineering community at Genius Sports.

  Qualifications  

• 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience with a focus on high-volume public-facing web applications or platforms.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams and building great engineering cultures.
• 3+ years of experience in ad tech programmatic advertising or digital media technology companies
• Strong business acumen and experience contributing to roadmap and strategy discussions. 
• Experience with conceptualization design and implementation of new and existing distributed application systems middleware and production architectures.
• Experience working in a fast-moving space establishing product market fit or scaling post product market fit. 

The salary for this role is based on an annualized range of $250000 - $300000 USD. This role will also be eligible to take part in Genius Sports Group's benefits plan.

We enjoy an ‘office-first’ culture and maximize opportunities to collaborate connect and learn together. Our hybrid working models differ depending on your role and location. Occasional travel may be required.

As well as a competitive salary and range of benefits we’re committed to supporting employee wellbeing and helping you grow your skills experience and career. Learn more about how rewarding life at Genius can be at Reward | Genius Sports. 

One team being brave driving change  

We strive to create an inclusive working environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference. Learn more about our values and culture at Culture | Genius Sports.  

Let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.

What We Do

Genius Sports is the layer between what happens on the field and how the world engages with it. Our solutions across the global sports ecosystem are underpinned by our next generation big data and artificial intelligence platform GeniusIQ. By ingesting and computing multiple real-time data feeds GeniusIQ powers a wide range of functions and applications across sports performance and officiation fan engagement advertising and sports betting. Founded in 2001 Genius Sports is now one of the world’s largest sports technology companies working with the likes of the NFL NBA EPL FIBA ESPN Sky Sports Flutter DraftKings and 100s more. We're headquartered in New York and London with offices in Los Angeles Medellin Tallinn Sofia Singapore Lausanne Manchester and Melbourne.

Why Work With Us

We are one team being brave driving change. Our company values help create a cohesive culture where we think feel and act like One Genius. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference driving our vision to be everywhere in sports redefining experiences through technology.

Gallery