Staff Software Engineer: Real-Time Platform Architect

Sportradar; Wrocław; On-site; PLN 350,000 - 480,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global offices

Development plan

Leadership exposure

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Sportradar, the world’s leading sports technology company, is seeking a technical leader in Wrocław to shape the engineering organization, define architecture, and drive strategy across multiple teams. You will own the technical roadmap, mentor senior engineers, and influence business outcomes with scalable, high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes real-time data processing, cloud-native platforms, and a collaborative, global environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience with extensive Java expertise.
• Ability to lead architecture and technical strategy across multiple teams or products.
• Deep expertise in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes and modern platform engineering.
• Mentored Senior Engineers and shaped engineering culture without direct management authority.
• Clear communication from technical deep dives to strategic leadership discussions.
• Define engineering standards and long-term roadmaps that teams actually use.
• Experience with real-time, high-availability systems at global scale is a strong advantage.
• Background in sports tech, betting, fintech, or other highly transactional environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive technical architecture and engineering strategy across multiple teams and product areas.
• Lead the design of scalable, high-performance distributed systems that process millions of real-time events daily.
• Own complex cross-functional initiatives from first principles through production.
• Set engineering standards, architecture principles, and the long-term technical roadmap for your area.
• Mentor Senior Engineers and act as the technical anchor for teams handling ambiguous, high-stakes problems.
• Influence engineering, product, and leadership stakeholders and translate technical strategy into business outcomes.

Skills

Java

Architecture leadership

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Mentoring

Real-time systems

Distributed systems

Communication

Job description

Sportradar, the world’s leading sports technology company, is seeking a technical leader in Wrocław to shape the engineering organization, define architecture, and drive strategy across multiple teams. You will own the technical roadmap, mentor senior engineers, and influence business outcomes with scalable, high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes real-time data processing, cloud-native platforms, and a collaborative, global environment.