Sport Tech & Data
Software Engineer - Core Video & Data
Mid Level
London, United Kingdom
hybrid
Full time
Digital, Product & TechEngineering & DevelopmentData & CRM Systems£51k – 86k
Job description
About the Role
Sits within the Core Data team, building systems that power how the company understands sport at scale. It focuses on the Global Sports Library, which connects identities, metadata and game context across the company's products. The work is backend-heavy and deeply technical, spanning APIs, distributed services and large-scale data pipelines.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, quality analysts, product managers and designers to build foundational data tools.
- Design APIs, distributed services and large-scale data pipelines for the Global Sports Library.
- Work on data modelling, entity resolution, ingestion pipelines, consistency challenges, scalability and platform design.
- Build and maintain the Global Sports Library so market teams have access to reliable, comprehensive data infrastructure.
- Propose solutions to complex technical challenges within the Core Data domain and provide guidance to less experienced engineers.
- Build pipelines and libraries that power features delivered to coaches and athletes.
- Iterate rapidly and deploy changes to products frequently.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- At least three years of experience in engineering, specifically within backend-heavy or data-heavy environments.
- Experience working with cloud-based systems and services.
- Strong advocacy for TDD and CI/CD.
- Comfort taking on ambiguous work with many possible implementation options and identifying the pragmatic balance between quality and immediate customer value.
- A collaborative, team-first mindset, including willingness to pitch in and provide quality feedback in code reviews.
- Curiosity and enjoyment in picking up new technologies and domains on the job.
- Energised by working across foundational layers of the stack and multiple products.
Preferred Skills
- Professional background in C#, GraphQL, Elastic, MongoDB and AWS.
- Experience working in environments with significant data scale and complex infrastructure needs.
- Experience working with hybrid or remote teams and ability to adapt quickly to an international working environment.
Workplace
- Applicants are being considered within commuting distance of London.
- Time spent collaborating with teammates in-office will be a regular part of the role.
- Is expected to involve more days in-office than remote.
- The specific in-office schedule can be coordinated with the team.
Salary
- Starting salaries will typically fall near the middle of the range.
- Compensation decisions are based on an individual's experience, skills and education in line with internal pay equity practices.
Benefits & Perks
- Flexible vacation time above any required statutory leave.
- Company-wide holidays and timeout (meeting-free) days.
- Remote work options.
- Tech provided to support work at the office or remotely.
- Offices designed with employees in mind.
- Medical and retirement benefits depending on location.
- Employee Assistance Program and employee resource groups to support mental health.
- Resources and opportunities for professional development and career growth.
- Open, honest culture with trust from day one and autonomy to try new ideas.
About the Company
The company describes itself as the team behind the team, supporting the lifelong impact sports can have through lessons in teamwork and dedication, inspiring coaches and opportunities to reach new heights.
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