Company Description
We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.
Job Description
ABOUT US
Working as a part of the Audio-Visual Tribe development team in Trondheim, the Backend Java Developer will be responsible for implementing backend applications together with team members to deliver all our live streams, Video on Demand services, live video clipping, and OTT premium services for major sports-leagues and fedrations. We are looking for a new developer to our Video Technology team to work with our Java backend components for our video workflow management and orchestration platform, which in cloud native environments in AWS. The Audiovisual engineering-teams in Trondheim support the business needs of the AV vertical for content and client management, analytics, live operations, and post-match reporting. Most of the daily tasks involve working with Java, SpringBoot, Kubernetes, Gitlab CI/CD, AWS Aurora, Redis and other tools.
We are seeing an increasing demand for our video-streaming product portfolio and we are therefore looking to increase our team with Java developer. You will be involved in delivering hundreds of TB of video content daily to millions of end-users all over the world, as well as live clips and VOD's. We cover sporting events like NBA and ATP to hundreds of clients, requiring high uptime and a global presence in multiple cloud data centres. Want to create a live clip of Nadal delivering that winning serve? Or making sure the stream from the venue is delivered to our infrastructure with full observability?
We are looking for someone who has a clear passion for development and creating state-of-the-art solutions, an interested in streaming of video, and having a sound working knowledge of Java as well as good skills in databases and MySQL, knows new and current technological trends, designs and development processes, keeps an eye on results correctness as well as solution testability and maintainability.
THE CHALLENGE
As our Backend Developer, you will:
- Work with the following tech stack: Java (majority is on 21), SpringBoot 3, Kubernetes, MySQL, Lambda, S3, RDS, etc.
- Participate in Code Reviews and writing tests – we are a quality-focused company.
- Contribute to developing new solutions, sharing your ideas and opinions, and implementing them.
- Have a space to develop your skills during our self-development time program.
ABOUT YOU
Must have:
- At least 2-3 years of experience in backend technologies like Java or Kotlin.
- Passion for developing quality software - that will run 24/7 to deliver 1500+ live streamed sports-games per day.
- A problem-solving attitude, i.e. not just focused on writing code, but on tackling complex problems and determining how best to solve them.
- Understanding of software architecture principles.
- Fluent English communication skills.
- Willingness to learn new technologies.
- Positive, team player with a can-do attitude. See any problem as a challenge and search for solutions together with a team.
- Dedication to create innovative and maintainable products.
Nice to have:
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and AWS services like EKS, RDS, Lambda, etc.
- Experience with Java Testing Frameworks.
- Familiarity with API development.
- Willingness to practice TDD and pair programming.
- Proactively identify improvement areas and propose changes with clear benefits to the team.
OUR OFFER:
- A collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US).
- Ability to shape your own workday and career via a clearly defined professional and personal development plan.
- Opportunity to work with senior leadership team and develop yourself within an inspiring and fast-growing company.
- Vibrant and inclusive community, including Women in Tech and Pride groups which welcome all participants.
- Flexible working hours.
OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS:
- Initial Screening: A quick chat with our Talent Acquisition Partner to understand your background and expectations.
- Technical Assessment: A short (home) task to showcase your technical skills.
- One/Two Technical Interviews: Meet with the Technical team and later with the Hiring Manager to dive into your solution, as also discuss team fit.
- Finals Steps: Receive feedback and, if successful, an offer!
Additional Information
At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team!
