Senior Software Engineer

Sports Careers — Austria · Posted ~1 day ago

Senior Onsite

Skills

Frontend development Scalable web applications Software engineering JavaScript TypeScript Frontend frameworks

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Join an experienced engineering team building scalable and engaging frontend experiences for a fast-growing digital entertainment environment. You will collaborate closely with engineers, designers, and product leaders, influence important technical decisions, and help deliver polished experiences to a large global audience.

Highlights

Work on scalable, engaging frontend experiences with experienced engineers, designers, and product leaders. The role offers meaningful involvement in technical and creative decisions and exposure to innovative gaming and entertainment technologies.

Description

ABOUT US:   Sportradar is the world's leading sports technology company, creating immersive experiences at the intersection of sports, betting, and entertainment. Every day, our products engage millions of sports fans and players around the globe.   Within our iGaming (Playradar) division, we are building the next generation of gaming experiences across Casino Games, Virtual Sports, Live Betting Products, 24/7 Experiences, and other innovative gaming concepts inspired by the world of sports. By combining premium sports content, engaging gameplay mechanics, and cutting-edge technology, we create products that redefine how players engage with sports and casino entertainment. Based in our Vienna office, this role offers the opportunity to collaborate closely with experienced engineers, designers, and product leaders, contribute to key technical and creative decisions, and help build scalable, engaging frontend experiences that bring our growing games portfolio to life for players. If you’re excited by creativity, innovation, and building games that players love, join us and help shape the future of Sportradar casino & virtual Games.    The Challenge Design, implement, and evolve high-quality frontend features, user interfaces, and gameplay experiences for reliable, scalable, and engaging gaming products.Translate product and game design requirements into robust technical solutions, providing constructive feedback and asking the right questions to improve outcomes.Build clean, maintainable, and well-tested software that minimizes defects, supports efficient operations, and enables future product growth.Take ownership of technical decisions within your area, actively suggest improvements, and contribute to planning, architecture discussions, and retrospectives.   ABOUT YOU:  Strong professional experience in software engineering, with a focus on frontend development and production-grade user-facing applications.Strong experience with modern JavaScript or TypeScript and hands-on experience with frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.Experience with WebGL-based rendering and animation frameworks, particularly PixiJS and GSAP, for building high-performance interactive user experiences and gameplay interfaces.Good understanding of component-based architecture, clean code, reusable UI patterns, and frontend software design principles.Experience designing, building, and maintaining responsive, accessible, and performant web applications in production environments.Proficiency working with HTML, CSS, browser APIs, state management, and modern frontend build tools.Experience integrating frontend applications with REST APIs, real-time services, or event-driven backend systems.Familiarity with Git and modern development workflows, including code reviews and pull requests.Understanding of frontend performance optimization, cross-browser compatibility, and debugging techniques.Practical experience with automated frontend testing, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing approaches.Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for frontend applications.Ability to work independently and take ownership of features from technical design through to production.Strong problem-solving mindset, attention to detail, and ability to balance quality, speed, usability, and maintainability.Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including designers and product managers.Willingness to mentor less experienced engineers and support strong frontend engineering practices across the team.Comfortable working in an Agile/Scrum environment.Proactive attitude and continuous learning mindset.   NICE TO HAVE:  Experience in game development, casino games, virtual sports, betting products, or other real-time/high-availability entertainment systems.Experience with graphics, animation, canvas/WebGL, or interactive gameplay interfaces.Exposure to mobile-first development, responsive design systems, and accessibility best pract