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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.\n ABOUT US:\nThe Sports Data & Odds Engineering organization is responsible for developing, delivering, and operating a broad portfolio of products that power Sportradar's global sports data and betting ecosystem - processing millions of real-time events every day for media companies, sports federations, betting operators, and consumer apps across 120 countries.\nWorking closely with rights holders, media organizations, and betting partners, our teams build and maintain highly scalable systems that support the collection, processing, analysis, and distribution of sports data and odds across more than 30 sports disciplines, including e-sports.\nThe development teams based in Warsaw contribute to multiple products and initiatives across these domains, building distributed systems that operate at global scale, process millions of events daily, and deliver mission-critical services that are available 24/7.\nTHE CHALLENGE:\nThis is a role for an engineer who wants to own things - not just deliver them. 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They are the kind that come from operating at genuine scale in a real-time, mission-critical environment.\nKey Responsibilities:\nDesign, build, and operate scalable, high-performance Java services for sports data and betting products running 24/7\nTake independent ownership of complex technical initiatives from initial design through to production delivery\nContribute to cloud-native architecture on AWS, bringing experience and judgment to decisions that affect the whole platform\nMentor engineers around you - through code review, pairing, and the kind of feedback that actually helps people grow\nDrive improvements to code quality, test coverage, engineering practices, and team standards\nCollaborate with product and engineering leadership on technical direction - and push back constructively when it matters\nBuild expertise in one of the most technically demanding real-time data environments in the industry\nABOUT YOU:\nYou are an experienced engineer who can independently design, build, and operate complex software systems. You enjoy solving challenging technical problems, mentoring teammates, and influencing engineering decisions beyond your immediate deliverables.\nRequired:\nYou have 5+ years of professional software development experience with strong Java expertise\nYou can design and deliver distributed systems in production, and you understand what it takes to keep them running\nYou take ownership of complex initiatives independently - from architecture decisions to post-incident reviews\nYou mentor others naturally and perform technical reviews that are direct, constructive, and useful\nYou have a deep understanding of testing strategy, CI/CD, and what engineering excellence looks like in practice\nYou communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and know how to land a difficult message\nExperience with AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes, and microservices at scale is a strong advantage\nOUR OFFER:\nA collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US)\nAbility to shape your own workday and career via a clearly defined professional and personal development plan\nOpportunity to work with senior leadership team and develop yourself within an inspiring and fast-growing company\nVibrant and inclusive community, including Women in Tech and Pride groups which welcome all participants\nFlexible working hours\nOUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS:\nInitial Screening - A brief conversation with our Talent Acquisition Partner to review your background, experience, and expectations.\nTechnical Task - A take-home coding assignment designed to reflect our daily work, completed at your convenience.\nTechnical Interview - An in-depth discussion on your submitted coding task, including a review of your thought process, live coding exercises, and a system design discussion tailored to the level of the role.\nCultural Fit Interview - A conversation with Senior Management to assess your ability to work in a matrix organization and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across the business.\nFinal Step - Receive feedback and, if successful, an offer!\nWe believe great products are built by great teams working closely together. 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