Senior Software Engineer, Rust

Genius Sports Statistician Network

$175K — $220K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5 years of industry experience
  • Expertise in optimizing low-latency, real-time systems
  • Passion for framework development and enhancing developer experience
  • Desire to learn and mentor others
  • Proven communication skills and technical leadership
  • Strong understanding of asynchronous programming and multi-threading
  • Proficiency in Rust or similar systems-level languages

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate low-latency algorithms
  • Develop efficient code for both cloud and on-premise systems
  • Design scalable autonomous systems with minimal manual input
  • Create tools to enhance developer productivity
  • Build frameworks that accelerate team development velocity

Benefits

  • Participate in a comprehensive benefits plan
  • Opportunity for hybrid working arrangements
  • Support for employee wellbeing initiatives
  • Commitment to career growth and skill development
  • Fostering an office-first culture that promotes collaboration and learning
Full Job Description
The Role - Senior Software Engineer, Rust

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to build low-latency and reusable data pipelines that produce tracking and pose data that powers AI-driven insights about team and player performance, assists our semi-automated systems that make real-time officiating decisions, and revolutionizes the sports viewing experience through live video augmentation.

What You'll Do:
  • Collaborate with teams across computer vision, automated event detection, and augmentation to integrate low-latency algorithms.
  • Develop performant code for both cloud-based and on-premise environments.
  • Design autonomous systems that scale efficiently and minimize manual intervention.
  • Create tools and frameworks that accelerate developer productivity and team velocity.

Minimum Qualifications
  • 5 years of industry experience
  • Experience with optimizing and benchmarking low-latency, real-time systems
  • Enthusiasm towards framework development and developer experience
  • Learning and mentoring mentality
  • Ability to excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Proven technical leadership and strong communication skills
  • Understanding of asynchronous code execution, multi-threading, and high-performance applications
  • Proficiency in writing Rust and/or other systems-level languages

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience building DAGs and using the actor pattern
  • Previously delivered live events and participated in on-call support
  • Used message brokers such as Pulsar, RabbitMQ, ZMQ
  • Devops experience with Linux, CMake, Docker/Earthly, Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with Nvidia GPUs and CUDA

The salary for this role is based on an annualized range of $175,000 - $220,000 USD. 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

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