Senior Software Engineer – Sports Media

About the role

Sportradar is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join its Sports Media team in Montevideo. You will help build cloud‑native platforms that collect, curate, and distribute sports data to millions of viewers and enterprise customers worldwide.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy cloud‑native solutions that handle billions of API calls per month.
• Collaborate with product, design, DevOps and architecture teams to deliver end‑to‑end features.
• Partner with external development groups to create well‑structured services with clear separation of concerns.
• Optimize applications for speed, scale, security and maintainability using best practices.
• Review pull/merge requests to ensure high‑quality code.
• Mentor junior engineers and help them grow technical expertise.
• Contribute as a trusted team member to foster a collaborative engineering culture.

Required profile

• Proven experience building large‑scale, cloud‑native software systems.
• Strong problem‑solving mindset and passion for sports data.
• Ability to work effectively in cross‑functional teams.
• Experience guiding and mentoring less‑experienced engineers.

Required skills

• Cloud‑native development (e.g., containers, microservices).
• Version control and code review processes (Git, pull/merge requests).