Senior Data Engineer

Sportradar AG; Wien; Hybrid; EUR 95.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Retirement pension

Insurance plan

Öffi-Ticket (€365/year)

Office sports & events

Zusammenfassung

Sportradar AG is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own complex data projects, building scalable ETL pipelines with Spark on AWS and leading cross-functional teams. You will design data processing systems, APIs, and dashboards, while ensuring data quality and reliable delivery to stakeholders.

This role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and modern DevOps practices, with an office-based setup in Vienna. You will work with a global Ads Analytics team, shaping data architectures and mentoring

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of data engineering experience and proven track record leading complex data projects.
• Excellent communication skills and experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Very strong hands-on experience with AWS services (S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, Redshift, EMR) and Apache Spark for large-scale data processing.
• Strong Python for data processing services and APIs, plus expert-level SQL.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines for data systems.
• Commitment to writing clean, well-documented code with comprehensive testing and analytics requirements.
• Experience designing scalable data architectures, data modeling, and optimizing data workflows.
• Experience creating and managing analytics dashboards in BI tools and data visualization solutions.
• GenAI tools experience (Copilot, Claude) is beneficial.

Aufgaben

• Scale and optimize data pipelines and ETL processing for terabytes of data.
• Design and build scalable data processing systems and microservices (Python/Go).
• Architect data flows supporting batch and real-time analytics.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and data quality assurance.
• Lead large-scale data projects from requirements to delivery and mentor team members.
• Own end-to-end data system ownership with high availability and accuracy.

Kenntnisse

AWS & Data Engineering

Backend Development

Infrastructure & DevOps

Clean Code Advocate

Data Architecture

Dashboard Development

GenAI Tools

Tools

Apache Spark

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

Tableau

Power BI

Qlik Sense

Quicksuite

GitHub Copilot

Jobbeschreibung

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. 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.

Job Description

ABOUT US

The Ads Analytics team is the backbone of our advertising intelligence platform, processing terabytes of data daily from programmatic, social, and search advertising channels. We build end-to-end solutions that transform raw advertising data into actionable business insights and leverage rich analytics data to create sophisticated sport audience segments.

THE CHALLENGE

We're scaling rapidly and need a senior data engineer who can take ownership of complex, multi-faceted data projects. You'll be tackling challenges like:

• Scale & Performance Engineering: Processing and analyzing terabytes of advertising data with sub-second query performance while building and maintaining robust ETL pipelines using Spark and AWS services to handle massive data volumes daily
• Data Pipeline Architecture & Development: Designing and building scalable data processing systems, developing backend APIs and microservices (Python or Go), architecting data flows that support both batch and real-time analytics requirements, and managing user-facing dashboards that visualize complex data insights
• Infrastructure & Data Quality Operations: Implementing robust monitoring and alerting systems to detect data quality issues, managing AWS infrastructure using Terraform, implementing CI/CD best practices, and maintaining high coding standards across data processing systems
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration: Leading large-scale data projects from requirements gathering through delivery, bridging technical implementation with business requirements, mentoring team members, and presenting technical concepts to stakeholders while challenging requirements constructively
• End-to-End Data System Ownership: Taking complete ownership of complex data engineering projects while ensuring high availability and accuracy for both internal stakeholders and external clients, championing clean code principles, and serving as a knowledge leader who supports delivering the right data solutions

ABOUT YOU

• 5+ yearsof data engineering experience with proven track record ofleading complex data projectsfrom conception to delivery
• Exceptional communication skillsand experience working incross-functional teamswith analysts, product managers, and business stakeholders
• AWS & Data Engineering: Very strong hands‑on experience with AWS services (S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, Redshift, EMR, etc.) and proficiency withApache Sparkfor large-scale data processing
• Backend Development: Strong experience withPythonfor building data processing services and APIs, plus expert‑levelSQLfor data processing and analytics
• Infrastructure & DevOps: Hands‑on experience withDocker,Terraform, andCI/CD pipelineswith automation best practices for data systems
• Clean Code Advocate: Strong commitment to writing clean, maintainable, well‑documented code with comprehensive testing and deep knowledge of analytics/reporting requirements
• Data Architecture: Experience designing scalable data architectures, data modeling, and optimizing data processing workflows
• Dashboard Development: Experience creating and managing analytics dashboards in bi tools (Tableau, Qlik Sense, Quicksuite, Power BI) and data visualization solutions to present complex insights to stakeholders
• GenAI Tools(beneficial): Experience working with contextual and prompt engineering with GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar AI assistants

OUR OFFER

Acollaborative environmentwith colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US)

Ability toshape your own workday and careervia a clearly defined professional and personal development plan

Opportunity to work with senior leadership, develop yourself andbuild your careerwithin an inspiring and fast‑growing company and digital sports environment.

Avibrant and inclusive community,includingWomen in Tech and Pridegroups which welcome all participants

Acompany culturethat promotes social aspects, sports, physical exercise and fun.

Innovative and cross‑team challenges like ShipIt, office sports tournaments in Darts and Table Tennis and unique beer brewing competitions.

Competitivesalary and benefits (e.g. retirement pension and insurance plan)

Sportradar takes over the full costs of € 365.- for the Öffi‑Ticket(Jahreskarte)for you

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Initial Screening: A quick chat with our Talent Acquisition Partner to understand your background and expectations.

Technical: Theoretical Interview:60 minutes to discuss your technical skills on the theoretical level with the technical team.

Technical: Coding Interview:60 minutes of live coding where we do not access the end result but rather the candidate's approach (clean code and thinking process).

System Design Interview:60 minutes to solve a high-level problem with certain requirements.

Final Steps:Receive final feedback while onsite visit might be requested and, if successful, an offer!

We believe great products are built by great teams working closely together. While we offer flexible working hours, this role is fully office‑based, as we strongly value in‑person collaboration, knowledge sharing, fast decision‑making, and team connection. We see working together onsite as a key driver of innovation, learning, and success. Certain exemptions may apply depending on location -your local point of contact can provide further details.