Senior Back-end Engineer

ScorePlay is the AI-powered media infrastructure for sports, built to automate the content operations behind the world's biggest sports organizations. We work with 300+ leagues, competitions, teams and broadcasters – including Ligue 1 and Premier League clubs, NBA and NFL teams, the Tour de France, the Australian Open, and leading bodies like UEFA and FIBA – helping them turn every moment on and off the field into high-value, structured content. Our platform brings all their media into one place and makes it effortless to find, edit and share in seconds.

Founded in 2021, we’re a 50-person team based between New York and Paris, growing 2x year over year with 98% retention. We’ve raised $20M+ from top investors including Alexis Ohanian and Harry Stebbing’s 20VC and elite athletes like Kevin Durant, Raphaël Varane, Mario Götze, Nico Rosberg and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

If you’re passionate about sports and thrive in fast-paced environments - and you want to help shape how the next generation of fans experience sports, you’re in the right place. We’re on track to become the global leader in sports media, and this is definitely the best time to join our adventure.

💡 OVERVIEW

We’re looking for a senior Backend Engineer to join our Video Production squad — a small, focused team at the heart of ScorePlay’s product.

As one of our back-end engineers on the squad, you’ll take ownership of backend services powering our video processing and media automation flows.

This is a role for someone who wants both autonomy and impact — someone eager to take full technical ownership of their projects while collaborating across product, video and front-end teams.

🧠 WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

1. Backend Development

• Design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data pipelines in Go and related technologies.
• Monitor performance and reliability, ensuring scalable, maintainable systems.

1. Data & Databases

• Design and optimize database schemas, queries, and indexing for efficient storage and retrieval.

1. Cloud Infrastructure

• Deploy and manage backend systems on AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, etc.).
• Optimize resources for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.

1. Collaboration & Delivery

• Partner with front-end engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Help translate business and product goals into reliable technical solutions.

1. Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Test, debug, and review code to ensure functionality, performance, and resilience.
• Implement unit and integration tests, and contribute to shared best practices across the team.

1. Technical Leadership

• Lead by example through code reviews, mentoring, and sharing best practices.
• Contribute to a culture of technical excellence and learning.

🏆 WHY SCOREPLAY ?

Here are a few signs you might love working at ScorePlay

• You’re passionate about sports and excited to build tech that shapes how clubs, athletes, and media teams tell their stories worldwide.
• You enjoy solving complex technical problems, especially around large-scale video processing and live streaming.
• You like working in a small, senior tech team where everyone has real ownership, autonomy, and impact on what gets shipped each week.
• You want to join a fast-growing startup that’s already profitable and scaling sustainably.
• You like to evolve in an international environment (+15 different nationalities) with teams distributed across Europe and the US.
• You’re looking for a place where you can move and learn fast, with significant career development opportunities.

🧩 WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 5+ years of backend experience, with at least 1 year working in Go in a production environment.
• Comfortable working in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities.
• Solid understanding of software design principles and API development.
• Strong communication in English (French is a plus).
• You’re based in Paris or nearby, and willing to join the team at the office at least 2-3 days per week.
• A mindset focused on quality, pragmatism and delivery.

We know many people hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every single requirement on a job description. If you’re interested in ScorePlay but not sure you tick all the boxes, we’d still love to hear from you, this could be the start of a great long-term collaboration.