Staff Software Engineer Infrastructure

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. 

We are seeking a Staff Engineer to help lead critical initiatives of our core infrastructure platform. Genius Sports is currently in the process of aligning its various tech teams and acquisitions under one unified technical strategy. The infrastructure platform is the ground level of this change. The goal is to enable engineering teams to build deploy and operate Genius Sport’s massive product catalog in a consistent and cohesive manner. 

In this role you’ll work with other InfraPlat leads to define and drive technical vision and implementation for a variety of projects. Some of these initiatives include multi-account/region Kubernetes clusters MLOps standardized deployments and the company-wide authentication platform. In addition you will engage with stakeholders from product engineering teams to scope requests identify shared pain points within the org and prioritize initiatives. 

• 8+ years of experience building and operating infrastructure or devops platforms. 
• Experience architecting complex infrastructure with strict uptime and latency requirements across multiple regions.  
• Ability to navigate significant ambiguity and make sound technical decisions that hold up over time.
• Experience building applications and automations to eliminate toil for engineering teams. 
• Strong communication skills that enable you to drive platform adoption forwards for new teams.  
• Track record of making pragmatic tradeoff decisions across architecture implementation technical debt and customer requests.
• Passion for mentorship and upleveling the team around you to maximize their full potential.

• Experience managing hybrid edge infrastructure environments. 
• Experience with Rust in production. 
• History of open source contribution.
• Full stack software development experience with web applications or data pipelines.

The salary for this role is based on an annualized range of $230000 - $260000 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.

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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.

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