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Sportradar is the world's leading sports technology company, creating immersive experiences at the intersection of sports, betting, and entertainment. The iGaming (Playradar) division is building the next generation of gaming experiences across Casino Games, Virtual Sports, Live Betting Products, and 24/7 Experiences.
In this Senior Software Engineer role based in Vienna, you will design, implement, and evolve high-quality frontend features and user interfaces for reliable, scalable, and engaging gaming products. You'll translate product and game design requirements into robust technical solutions, providing constructive feedback to improve outcomes. You'll build clean, maintainable, and well-tested software that minimizes defects and enables future product growth. You'll take ownership of technical decisions within your area, actively suggest improvements, and contribute to planning, architecture discussions, and retrospectives.
You'll collaborate closely with experienced engineers, designers, and product leaders, contributing to key technical and creative decisions. The role offers the opportunity to help build scalable, engaging frontend experiences that bring the growing games portfolio to life for players worldwide.
The company operates on a fully on-site model with team members working in the office five days a week to foster stronger connections, encourage collaboration, and drive innovation. Benefits include a collaborative global environment with colleagues from Europe, Asia, and the US; flexible working hours; an Employee Assistance Program; well-being apps (Calm and Reulay); and online training videos.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience in game development, casino games, virtual sports, betting products, or other real-time/high-availability entertainment systems
- Strong professional experience in software engineering with focus on frontend development and production-grade user-facing applications
- Strong experience with modern JavaScript or TypeScript and hands-on experience with frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue)
- Experience with WebGL-based rendering and animation frameworks, particularly PixiJS and GSAP, for building high-performance interactive user experiences
- 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 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 (unit, integration, and end-to-end)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for frontend applications
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of features from technical design through 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
- Comfortable working in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Proactive attitude and continuous learning mindset
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience with graphics, animation, canvas/WebGL, or interactive gameplay interfaces
- Exposure to mobile-first development, responsive design systems, and accessibility best practices
- Experience making architectural and technical decisions for scalable, maintainable frontend applications
- Ability to design frontend solutions that support performance, reliability, observability, and long-term maintainability
- Leading by example in code quality, reviews, testing discipline, and frontend engineering best practices
- Supporting the team with technical guidance, mentoring, and pragmatic decision-making
- Practical experience using AI tools to support software development
- Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code and ensure correctness, security, and maintainability
- Understanding of best practices and limitations of AI-assisted development
- Comfortable integrating AI tools into day-to-day engineering workflows
