Staff Software Engineer — Real-Time Ad & Fan Engagement

Genius Sports

New York (NY)

Hybrid

USD 240,000 - 255,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Benefits plan

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Genius Sports in New York is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build the systems powering our Advertising and Fan Engagement products. You will own end-to-end features across the stack, guide architectural decisions, and mentor engineers in a collaborative, office-first environment.

The role emphasizes real-time, scalable distributed systems, API design, and interfacing with data pipelines and services. Hybrid work model with travel as needed; competitive compensation and a comprehensive

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Experience operating distributed systems.
Experience building real-time systems and interactive web frontends.
Experience designing APIs and integrating services.
Experience managing relational databases, indexing, queries, and migrations.

Responsibilities

Design and develop systems and applications that power our automated, real-time Advertising and Fan Engagement products.
Own and implement features end-to-end across the stack, taking responsibility for the system lifecycle from development to deployment and support.
Lead technical discussions, drive architectural decisions, and identify opportunities to improve scalability and operational efficiency.
Provide guidance and direction to product to translate ideas into technical solutions.
Design and maintain the foundational platform that powers our systems and supports development by engineering teams.
Design and improve testing and release strategies for complex systems including backend services, web apps, data pipelines, and streaming services.
Monitor, analyze, and continuously improve system performance and reliability.
Provide mentorship and leadership in our local and broader engineering community.
Design and build mechanisms for human or agent-in-the-loop workflows to validate and enhance outputs.