Engineering Manager

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, operating at the intersection of sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our technology and know-how to boost their business. The Live Data unit develops, delivers, and distributes real-time sports data globally across 30+ sports disciplines, including e-sports. The Scout Admin team maintains the core administrative platform for managing scouts, events, and data collection workflows essential to the Live Data ecosystem.

• Effective and clear communication skills.
• Experience in people management and technical leadership.
• Passion for creating great products through collaboration and ingenuity.
• Extensive hands-on software development experience with complex, high-volume systems.
• Appreciation for good engineering practices and quality.
• Ability to set goals, monitor progress, and influence across organizational layers.
• Practical application of Operational Agility.
• Champion teamwork.
• Proven track record of competence development and supporting growth.
• Thorough understanding of SDLC and software development frameworks.
• Experience with AWS, Java, Kotlin, GitLab, SQL, and Kubernetes.

Nice to have:

• Experience with PHP and JavaScript.
• Experience collaborating with product owners and other leaders.
• Coaching engineers professionally and personally with frequent feedback.

• Lead a team of software engineers with varying expertise, including managing other managers.
• Collaborate with product managers, leaders, and engineers to create products.
• Dedicate time to hands-on design and development.
• Coach engineers for professional and personal growth, providing frequent feedback.
• Prepare short-term (quarterly) and mid-term (yearly) plans aligning with strategic goals.
• Ensure team efficiency and high-quality outcomes by enforcing technical excellence and managing technical debt.
• Foster continuous process and practice improvements.
• Think strategically about long-term career development of team members.
• Communicate across cross-functional teams including Product, Analytics, DevOps, Security, and Design.
• Lead prioritization efforts and mentor others.
• Understand business operations and product value to customers.
• Demonstrate how engineers’ work impacts the product's bigger picture.
• Learn and share knowledge on new technologies and trends for current and future products.
• Collaborate and share knowledge across the group.
• Exhibit passion and drive change.
• Gain deep expertise in workflows and processes for real-time sports data collection worldwide.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term system design.
• Stay hands-on with code, supporting pair programming and knowledge sharing.

The role is fully office-based to value in-person collaboration, knowledge sharing, fast decision-making, and team connection. Sportradar is committed to equal employment opportunity without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Candidates are encouraged to apply even if not meeting 100% of requirements.