Software Engineer (Video Player)

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><p><em>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 personalised than ever before.</em><em> Learn more at </em><a href="https://www.geniussports.com/"><em>geniussports.com </em></a><em>&nbsp;</em></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">The Role - Software Engineer (Video Player)&nbsp;</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">You’ll&nbsp;be responsible for&nbsp;building,&nbsp;maintaining, and hardening our video player, with a strong focus on playback performance, rendering, integrations, and overall viewer experience.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">You’ll also contribute to broadcast augmentation features and the development tools used by our content team. Over time, there will be opportunities to expand your impact into our video processing pipeline and our content and augmentation engines.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What you will use day to day</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW108580255 BCX0">You should expect to work in JavaScript and Rust&nbsp;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW108580255 BCX0">almost every</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW108580255 BCX0">&nbsp;day, with some tasks needing other languages. The balance shifts by task (browser and player code, transcoder and augmentation-related tooling, API). You will&nbsp;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW108580255 BCX0">predominantly work</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW108580255 BCX0">&nbsp;around video and augmentation</span><br><br></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Qualifications:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="15" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong experience in lower-level software development&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="15" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Ability to design, build, and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;reliable, low-latency systems&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="15" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Comfortable working across complex, distributed architectures</span></li> </ul> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"><br><br></span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Preferred Qualifications:&nbsp; </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Proven ability to code in different languages like Java, Kotlin, Rust, Typescript, etc.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Proven ability to lead features or subsystems from ambiguous requirements through to production&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong collaboration skills, including code reviews, pairing, and clear technical communication</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Nice to Have&nbsp;Qualifications:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinse