Sportradar

sports technology

SeniorSoftwareEngineer-Data(Python,AWS)

vienna, vienna, austria FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer - Data (Python, AWS) at Sportradar. Skills: Data Engineering, AWS, Python, Spark. Process terabytes of advertising data. Build and maintain ETL pipelines”

What You'll Achieve.

processing terabytes of data daily; sub-second query performance; handle massive data volumes daily; support both batch and real-time analytics requirements; detect data quality issues; high availability and accuracy; delivering the right data solutions

Industry & Context.

sports technology
Problems you'll solve

Scale & Performance Engineering; Data Pipeline Architecture & Development; Infrastructure & Data Quality Operations; Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration; End-to-End Data System Ownership; challenging requirements constructively

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of data engineering experience, AWS services (S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, Redshift, EMR, etc.), Apache Spark for large-scale data processing, Python for building data processing services and APIs, expert-level SQL for data processing and analytics, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines with automation best practices for data systems, clean, maintainable, well-documented code with comprehensive testing, scalable data architectures, data modeling, optimizing data processing workflows

Nice to Have

GenAI Tools (beneficial), contextual and prompt engineering with GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar AI assistants

What You'll Do.

Process terabytes of advertising data

Build and maintain ETL pipelines

Design scalable data processing systems

Develop backend APIs and microservices

Manage user-facing dashboards

Implement monitoring and alerting systems

Manage AWS infrastructure

Implement CI/CD best practices

Maintain high coding standards

Lead large-scale data projects

Bridge technical implementation with business requirements

Present technical concepts to stakeholders

Challenge requirements constructively

Take complete ownership of data engineering projects

Ensure high availability and accuracy

Champion clean code principles

Support delivering data solutions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

working in cross-functional teams with analysts, product managers, and business stakeholders; Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration; mentoring team members; presenting technical concepts to stakeholders

Communication Scope

Exceptional communication skills; presenting technical concepts to stakeholders

Process & Methodology

leading large-scale data projects from requirements gathering through delivery, End-to-End Data System Ownership

Full Job 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. ABOUT US: The Ads Analytics team is the backbone of our advertising intelligence platform, processing terabytes of data daily from programmatic, social, and search advertising channels. We build end-to-end solutions that transform raw advertising data into actionable business insights and leverage rich analytics data to create sophisticated sport audience segments. THE CHALLENGE We're scaling rapidly and need a senior data engineer who can take ownership of complex, multi-faceted data projects. You'll be tackling challenges like: * Scale & Performance Engineering: Processing and analyzing terabytes of advertising data with sub-second query performance while building and maintaining robust ETL pipelines using Spark and AWS services to handle massive data volumes daily * Data Pipeline Architecture & Development: Designing and building scalable data processing systems, developing backend APIs and microservices (Python or Go), architecting data flows that support both batch and real-time analytics requirements, and managing user-facing dashboards that visualize complex data insights * Infrastructure & Data Quality Operations: Implementing robust monitoring and alerting systems to detect data quality issues, managing AWS infrastructure using Terraform, implementing CI/CD best practices, and maintaining high coding standards across data processing systems * Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration: Leading large-scale data projects from requirements gathering through delivery, bridging technical implementation with business requirements, mentoring team members, and presenting technical concepts to stakeholders while challenging requirements constructively * End-to-End Data System Ownership

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