Engineering Manager - AV Analytics and Customer Behavior

Sportrada; Trondheim; On-site; NOK 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5-day office-based model

Collaborative and global team

Career development opportunities

Challenging, rewarding environment

Job summary

Sportradar is seeking an Engineering Manager for AV Analytics and Customer Behavior in Trondheim. You will lead a team of engineers, own the end-to-end analytics stack, and drive data-driven insights from live streaming data across global sporting events.

The role focuses on building scalable analytics platforms, prototyping tools, and delivering high-quality production systems with a strong emphasis on data models and big data technologies.

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in software development.
• Excellent knowledge of Java and familiarity with Spring and Kubernetes.
• Experience with AWS services (Redshift, S3, Aurora, EKS, ElastiCache).
• Interest in leading a team of engineers and data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and structure large datasets in our cloud data warehouse.
• Lead the AV Analytics squad and collaborate with internal product teams.
• Develop cloud-native applications and data analytics pipelines.
• Participate in system architecture design, testing, and deployments.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

AWS

Redshift

MySQL

S3

ElastiCache

ClickHouse

GitLab

Jira

Education

Master's or Bachelor's degree in software development

Tools

Cursor

GitLab

Jira

Job description

Engineering Manager - AV Analytics and Customer Behavior

• Full-time

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.

ABOUT US:
The Audiovisual team atSportradaris responsible forthe end-to-end stack of our video streaming products. The teamdelivers high-quality live sports video and streaming solutions, ensuring reliableingest, production, distribution,analyticsand monitoring of sporting events for customers worldwidefor more than 3.500 live sports events per day, for millions of streaming sessions, and for 100+ TB ofstreaming video several daysaweek.

Since our start in 2013, ourAudiovisual products inSportradarhave grown on a global scale and to become a substantial streaming platform, where we streameverything from NBA/WNBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, German Bundesliga, PGA Tour, ESLCS:GO, PDCto BeachVolleyball, Badminton Europe and Table Tennis, for millions of sports fans every day.

THE CHALLENGE:
The Audiovisual Unit inSportradardevelops video players, stream inspection tools, video processing and delivery platform, streaming analytics backend systems, content management systems, internal webinterfacesandmaintainscustomer-facing portals.

You will be working in an experienced and highly competentteam of developers responsible for theentirelifecycle of featuredevelopment, support, and modernizationof the streaming analytics and BI datain theSportradarAudiovisual technical platform. Our services are live 24/7 and servevery largeaudiences of end-users. The engineering teams work closely with our AV operations team to deliver our sports content portfolio successfully to our clients.

We are looking for a candidate with an interest in, or fascinationwith,working with large datasets. You willparticipatein all steps from receiving raw logs to delivering high-quality and deep analytics, leading the team of engineers, and developing the backend that extracts all insights from our content consumption.You arevery familiarwith SQL and/oranalytical orrelational databases, and you are an experienced developerin Java programming language.You will havemanyopportunities forworking withdata models and big data. The job will include tasks like prototyping, developing proof-of-concept tools, and developing production-ready software.

You will be able to influence technologies to be introduced in our product components along with developing andmaintainingexisting products. You will be a team player in the Trondheim team and work closely also with other offices like Oslo, Vienna,Munichand Warsaw. Weappreciateif you are interested in online video services development and related technologies. You willparticipatein thesystemarchitecture design, development, integrationtestingand deploymentsas a senior engineer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyzeand structure large datasets represented in our cloud data warehouse
• Workwith a modern stack:Java 25,SpringBoot4,EKS, MySQL andanalytical databases -Redshift,ClickHouse.
• Make use of andactivelyexplore the use of AI in our Software DevelopmentLifecycle
• Manage the entire chain by aggregating data from raw logs,representingdata in our cloud data warehouse, aggregating data intoreportsand delivering analytics data internally and externally.
• Be responsible forthe architecture, observability, security, and performance of our software stackfor streaming analytics.
• Lead the team of developers in our AV Analytics squad and work closely with the internal product team
• Develop cloud-native applications with an innovative mindset together with the team of engineers
• WorkdailywithtoolslikeCursor,Gitlaband JIRA
• A strong opportunity to influence the design and technology

ABOUT YOU:

• Master's or bachelor'sdegree in software development
• Excellent knowledgeoftheJavaprogramming languageand being familiar with frameworks like Spring and Kubernetes
• Experience inworking with AWS products and services, especially Redshift, S3, Aurora, EKS andElastiCache.
• Experience or interest in learning aClickHouseanalytical database
• Interest inleading a team of engineers and being a linemanager
• An analytical mind and aninterest instructuring large datasets and extracting datapatterns
• A personal motivation for software product development
• Programming experience for high availability and high-performance software
• Programming experience outside school, either through self-learning or work experience
• Knowledge about running applications in Linux environments
• Willingness to learnnew technologies
• Positive, team player with a can-do attitude

OUR OFFER:

• Work withstate-of-the-arttools to support efficient development
• An opportunity for personal development in a high-tech company
• Collaborative and supportive colleagues from all over the world
• The opportunity to work and develop within an inspiring and fast-growing company
• A challenging but rewarding and fun environment

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS:

• Initial Screening: A brief conversation with our Talent Acquisition Partner to review your background, experience, and expectations.
• Technical Task: A take-home coding assignment designed to reflect our daily work, completed at your convenience.
• Technical Interview (120 minutes): An in-depth discussion on your submitted coding
• Culture Fit andLeadershipcapabilities(60 minutes): A conversation about management practices withafocus on people, delivery, competence development,problem-solving, andtheability to work in a matrix organization and collaborate with stakeholders

We offer flexible working hours and trust our employees to manage their schedules effectively. At the same time, we strongly believe that knowledge sharing, collaboration, and interpersonal connections are best fostered through in-person interactions. That's why we operate with a 5-day office-based model, creating opportunities for teams to learn from one another, exchange ideas, and build strong working relationships.

At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team!