Join our Audiovisual (AV) unit which is responsible for the platform development, provision, and distribution of live streaming event coverage across the world by maintaining the company’s strong and vast relationships with rights holders, media and betting companies globally. The team provides the platform for the following product groups: The OTT platform solutions team provides dedicated live streaming solutions, including Betradar’s Live Channel, for online and retail bookmakers to increase betting stimulation and entertainment. With streams for over 40,000 events, we provide the most comprehensive streaming portfolio in the market. 

As a Senior Web Developer at Sportradar, you will work on various parts of the software stack, responsible for the technical development and maintenance of our digital streaming product within the international video and sports market. You’ll be part of a collaborative, cross-functional team and play a crucial role in delivering quality software that provides business value. This position is an exciting opportunity for engineers who are passionate about using cutting-edge technologies to build scalable, reliable systems. If you enjoy solving technical challenges, learning from peers, and growing in an innovative environment, we’d love to have you join our team.

Key responsibilities

• The motivation to continuously improve our OTT product and to enrich it with new innovative product features
• Ongoing development of the core product, which includes backend and frontend, the technical onboarding and setup of new platforms and the assurance of high code quality.
• Design, develop, and implement automation solutions for new and existing services. 
• Coach and develop team members by providing feedback and technical guidance 

YOUR PROFILE:

• 4+ years of professional experience in agile web software development 
• Professional experience developing in at least one high-level programming language 
• Professional experience with back-end related technologies such as PHP, JS, MySQL & Git (GitLab or other)
• Experience with Laravel (or other MVC Framework) and VueJS
• Experience with ORM-/persistence frameworks as Eloquent or Doctrine
• Passion for clean code and testing (Writing unit tests for your own code is self-evident) with past experience in TDD and CI/CD
• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns 
• Knowledge within the streaming and broadcasting area
• Familiar with cloud platforms like AWS 
• You’ve already worked with and also created APIs (REST, SOAP)
• Decent written and spoken English skills are required