Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

 

 

*By bringing together next-gen technology and the finest live data available, Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for fans worldwide, delivering experiences that are more immersive, interactive and personalized than ever before.*Learn more at geniussports.com

The Role: Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
We are looking for a Senior 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 Los Angeles office. 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

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

What Will Set You Apart:

• Experience with GraphQL (client or server)
• Experience with Rust
• Ability to articulate and make decisions about trade-offs between rapid iteration and high-quality products
• Ability to take point on technical discussions and feature prioritization
• Experience working with Video Streaming Applications

The salary for this role is based on an annualized salary range of $180,000 - $220,000. This role will also be eligible to take part in Genius Sports Group's benefits plan. 

We enjoy an ‘office-first’ culture and maximize opportunities to collaborate, connect and learn together. Our hybrid working models differ depending on your role and location. Occasional travel may be required.

As well as a competitive salary and range of benefits, we’re committed to supporting employee wellbeing and helping you grow your skills, experience and career. Learn more about how rewarding life at Genius can be atReward | Genius Sports.

One team, being brave, driving change

We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference. Learn more about our values and culture atCulture | Genius Sports.

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