Senior Software Developer - OTT (m/f/d)

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:

Join our Audiovisual (AV) unit which is responsible for the platform development, provision, and distribution of live streaming event coverage across the world by maintaining the company’s strong and vast relationships with rights holders, media and betting companies globally. The team provides the platform for the following product groups: The OTT platform solutions team provides dedicated live streaming solutions, including Betradar’s Live Channel, for online and retail bookmakers to increase betting stimulation and entertainment. With streams for over 40,000 events, we provide the most comprehensive streaming portfolio in the market. 

THE CHALLENGE: 

As a Senior Web Developer at Sportradar, you will work on various parts of the software stack, responsible for the technical development and maintenance of our digital streaming product within the international video and sports market. You’ll be part of a collaborative, cross-functional team and play a crucial role in delivering quality software that provides business value. This position is an exciting opportunity for engineers who are passionate about using cutting-edge technologies to build scalable, reliable systems. If you enjoy solving technical challenges, learning from peers, and growing in an innovative environment, we’d love to have you join our team.

Key responsibilities

• The motivation to continuously improve our OTT product and to enrich it with new innovative product features
• Ongoing development of the core product, which includes backend and frontend, the technical onboarding and setup of new platforms and the assurance of high code quality.
• Design, develop, and implement automation solutions for new and existing services. 
• Coach and develop team members by providing feedback and technical guidance 

ABOUT YOU:

• 4+ years of professional experience in agile web software development 
• Professional experience developing in at least one high-level programming language 
• Professional experience with back-end related technologies such as PHP, JS, MySQL & Git (GitLab or other)
• Experience with Laravel (or other MVC Framework) and VueJS
• Experience with ORM-/persistence frameworks as Eloquent or Doctrine
• Passion for clean code and testing (Writing unit tests for your own code is self-evident) with past experience in TDD and CI/CD
• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns 
• Knowledge within the streaming and broadcasting area
• Familiar with cloud platforms like AWS 
• You’ve already worked with and also created APIs (REST, SOAP)
• Decent written and spoken English skills are required

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, develop yourself and build your career within an inspiring and fast-growing company and digital sports environment.
• A vibrant and inclusive community, including Women in Tech and Pride groups which welcome all participants.
• A company culture that promotes social aspects, sports, physical exercise and fun. 
• Innovative and cross-team challenges like ShipIt, office sports tournaments in Darts and Table Tennis and unique beer brewing competitions. 
• Competitive salary and benefits (e.g. retirement pension and insurance plan) 
• Sportradar takes over the full costs of € 365.- for the Öffi-Ticket (Jahreskarte) for you.
• Hybrid work model.

While we value the opportunities to work from home, we truly believe that being together, and sharing ideas, opportunities, trials and tribulations with teammates make us stronger and more innovative – individually and as a company. We strengthen the fibers of our Company each and every day, just by being together. For this reason, we operate a hybrid model where we are in the office 3 days a week.  

The minimum monthly salary for this position is according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, overpayment will be considered depending on qualifications and working experien