Full Stack Software Engineer (Product Engineering)

Second Spectrum is a Sports Emmy-winning data & tech company that is building the next way of seeing sports - by capturing and producing the highest quality data and innovative content for many of the world’s largest leagues and media partners, such as the NFL, NBA, English Premier League, ESPN, Amazon, and CBS Sports.

We are pushing the boundaries of deep tech -- machine learning, computer vision, big data, augmented and virtual reality. Our passion for cutting-edge design and decades of experience playing college and professional sports is an equal part of the magic that brings unique and innovative products to life. These products have helped Second Spectrum partners to multiple NBA championships, to win matches on football pitches around the world, to entertain and educate millions of fans on TV and digital. In 2021, Second Spectrum was acquired by Genius Sports, bringing together a unique combination of technological, operational and commercial capabilities.

We believe that technology will revolutionize the way that sports are played, coached, and experienced. We're just getting started turning our joint vision of transformative sports technologies into reality.

Second Spectrum is the place to be if you’re interested in working on cutting edge technology in sports, alongside incredibly driven and ambitious teammates. Our innovative and dynamic environment emphasizes opportunities for motivated individuals to maximize their growth and impact.

The Role: Full Stack Software Engineer

We are looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our Product Engineering group to help build and improve our AI-based sports analytics products. This group is primarily responsible for our web and mobile applications that are used by teams, leagues, coaches, and fans. They ensure our customers have a seamless user experience within our products for the thousands of sporting events we run each year.

This role is based in our recently opened, global center, New York City office. Located in midtown Manhattan, amongst the iconic skyline, you'll be immersed in cultural richness that inspires innovation and creativity. Join our team and add your talents to building a hub for all of Genius Sports.

Responsibilities & duties

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our customer-facing and internal applications
• Contribute to multiple layers of our stack, from our web front-end, backend APIs, and databases
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, and other software engineers
• Assist with reliability, stability, and availability of applications
• Own reliability, stability, and availability of systems applications
• Mentor other engineers both technically and professionally
• Maintain best practices for software development, including deployment process, documentation, and adherence to and improvement of coding standards.
• Assess and drive adoption of emerging technologies and techniques
• Provide technical leadership, including code review, practices, and skill development
• Communicate technical commitments and decisions to team and external stakeholders
• Discuss and distribute knowledge, technical concepts, and ideas with any member of our diverse organization
• Participate in our engineering culture by embracing opportunities to learn from others
  

Our Stack:

• Client-side: ReactJS, NextJS, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, Design Systems
• Server-side: GraphQL, REST, NodeJS, TypeScript, Postgres, Redis, RabbitMQ, Pulsar, Auth0, Rust
• Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, ElasticCache), Docker, Linux, Terraform
• Codebase: Git with GitLab
  

Required skills & experience

• 3+ years of hands-on, full-time software development experience
• Customer-focus with an understanding that shipping software involves tradeoff and collaboration
• Prior experience building production web apps using ReactJS and NodeJS
• Experience collaborating across multiple disciplines (front-end, back-end, databases, infrastructure, and devops)
• Self-motivation and ability to work independently in an efficient manner
• Ability to articulate and make decisions about trade-offs between rapid iteration and high-quality products
• Bachelors in computer science or equivalent experience, with strong software engineering components
  

What Will Set You Apart:

• Rust, GraphQL
• Experience working with Video Streaming Applications
  
• Ability to take point on technical discussions and feature prioritization
  

What’s in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary and annual leave allowance, our benefits include health insurance, skills training and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including many social events throughout the year such as summer and winter holiday parties, monthly team building events, sports tournaments, charity days and wellbeing activities.

The base salary range for this role is $125,000 – $200,000. There are a number of factors which affect what the specific pay offer would be for this role, including location, seniority, and relevant educational and working experience. This is base salary only – all full-time roles will also be eligible to take part in Genius benefits and equity plans, and some roles may be eligible to take part in a variable compensation plan. For more details on the compensation and benefits package, please get in touch with our Talent team.

How we work

We have adapted a forward-thinking ‘Ways of Working’ framework, which sets out (amongst other things) the opportunities for Second Spectrum to work flexibly, remotely and on working holidays. It affects different teams and locations differently, so please ask for further information on how it would work with this role.

Our employees are empowered to stretch the boundaries of what’s achievable, always reaching further and pushing the edges to see what gives. We collaborate, we innovate, and we celebrate. We will continue to grow as an organization and continue to invest in our highly talented and diverse team.

Second Spectrum, part of Genius Sports Group, is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognize and celebrate the benefits that a diverse and inclusive workforce bring to our business, our customers and our staff. We welcome and will consider all applications regardless of age, different abilities or disability, gender identity or re-assignment, marriage, pregnancy, maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation (and any other applicable status). Please let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.