Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure

Second Spectrum, part of Genius Sports, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their On-Premise team in the Infrastructure Engineering group. As they expand their real-time player tracking, sport analytics, and broadcast augmentation services worldwide, they aim to scale from hundreds to thousands of sport arenas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and code end-to-end processes for untrained staff to prepare, install, and monitor Linux servers and networking devices in 100+ sport venues
• Create processes for developers to autonomously deploy and monitor player tracking and augmentation applications
• Take ownership of long-term technical efforts and communicate design choices to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborate with teammates to solve problems, share knowledge, and provide actionable feedback
• Participate in an on-call rotation focused on eliminating repeating escalations
• Visit the Lausanne office twice per week

Requirements:

• Swiss/EU/EFTA citizen or residency permit in Switzerland
• 5+ years of experience in server application development with Linux
• Strong understanding of the Linux server stack, including OS boot and installation, systemd, networking, container deployment, logging, metrics & monitoring, and out-of-band management
• Proficiency in Python programming and Bash scripting
• Excellent communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing large-scale automation processes for network routers and switches
• Strong understanding of OSI network layers 2 and 3
• Experience with AWS EC2, S3, VPC, IAM
• Experience with Nvidia GPU driver installation and monitoring

Tech Stack:

• Languages and frameworks: Python, Bash, TypeScript, Rust
• Servers: Ubuntu Linux, Nvidia GPUs
• Cloud: Ansible AWX, Tailscale, Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, AWS cloud

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday per year + extra holidays between Christmas and New Year's Eve
• Improved insurance plan, including accident, loss of earnings in case of sickness, and occupational plan
• Office location only 2-min walk from the Lausanne train station

This role offers an opportunity to work in elite sports, build systems supporting data analytics and augmentation for top leagues, and develop automation solutions that improve the daily work of operational staff and developers.