Senior Software Engineer, GeniusIQ
Company: Genius Sports
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
By bringing together next-gen technology and the finest live
data available, Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for
fans worldwide, delivering experiences that are more immersive,
interactive and personalized than ever before. Learn more at
geniussports.com The Role – Senior Software Engineer We are looking
for a senior software engineer to work on the systems and
applications that power our automated, real-time GeniusIQ products.
You will collaborate with Computer Vision and AI/Machine Learning
teams to take models from research to production, ensuring they run
reliably and efficiently in live environments. This includes
building the services, orchestration layers, configuration tooling,
monitoring and alerting systems, and internal operator interfaces
required to manage, visualize, correct/enrich, and scale our
automated data pipelines across thousands of global sporting events
each year. What You'll Do Design and develop systems and
applications that power our automated, real-time GeniusIQ products
including tracking data, analytics and event feeds, video products,
and officiating technologies. Own and implement features end-to-end
across the stack, taking responsibility for the system lifecycle
from configuring and managing on-premise hardware through reliable,
real-time delivery of critical products to customers. Lead
technical discussions, drive architectural decisions, and identify
opportunities to improve scalability, automation, and operational
efficiency as we expand across new leagues and sports globally.
Design and maintain the foundational GeniusIQ platform that powers
our live systems and supports development & iteration by other
engineering teams building on this platform. Design and improve
testing and release strategies for complex, distributed systems —
including backend services, web applications, data pipelines,
messaging and streaming services, real-time model inference
systems, and on-site hardware components. Monitor, analyze, and
continuously improve system performance, reliability, and
scalability. Build solutions for simulating and replaying live
inputs, system and metadata validation, automated evaluation and
regression testing, and observability and alerting. Design and
build mechanisms for enabling human or agent-in-the-loop workflows
that validate, correct, and enhance outputs from the system. What
You’ll Bring: Experience operating distributed systems. Experience
building real-time, interactive web frontends. Experience designing
APIs and integrating services. Experience managing relational
databases (schema design, indexing strategies, query optimization,
performance tuning, migrations, and availability considerations).
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
It’ll be a bonus if you know: Rust, Elixir, TypeScript, Go, C++,
Python Postgres, relational databases React, Three.js, HTML5 Video,
and/or Canvas REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs Systems that run
inference with Computer Vision or AI/Machine Learning models AWS,
Temporal.io Docker, Kubernetes Pulsar, RabbitMQ WebAssembly The
base salary range for this role is $175,000 - $220,000. This role
will also be eligible to take part in Genius Sports Group's
benefits plan. We enjoy an ‘office-first’ culture and maximize
opportunities to collaborate, connect and learn together. Our
hybrid working models differ depending on your role and location.
Occasional travel may be required. As well as a competitive salary
and range of benefits, we’re committed to supporting employee
wellbeing and helping you grow your skills, experience and career.
Learn more about how rewarding life at Genius can be at Reward |
Genius Sports. One team, being brave, driving change We strive to
create an inclusive working environment, where everyone feels a
sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference. Learn more
about our values and culture at Culture | Genius Sports. Let us
know when you apply if you need any assistance during the
recruiting process due to a disability.
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