Senior Software Engineer

Catapult is building the future of sports performance technology, with a mission to Unleash the Potential of every athlete and team on earth. We don't just work in the sporting industry; we are actively changing it.  Since 2006, our solutions have been leading the way in sports performance software, science, and data, in a world where 1% can literally mean the difference between winning and losing.

We work with over 5,000+ teams around the world, empowering coaches, managers and trainers in premier teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, EPL, AFL, NRL, NCAA and more. We provide the information they need to optimize athletes’ health, game-day readiness, and performance, as well as in-game tactics.  

Catapult is a sports technology company that empowers professional teams to make data-driven decisions. We deliver health, performance, video, and AI insights from the locker room to competitive environments, ensuring every decision is an opportunity to gain an advantage, sharpen performance, and build lasting success. 

WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY

We are looking for a talented and inquisitive Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack, Cloud) whose drive for learning and determination for continuous improvement aligns with our ambitious, fast-growing and transforming company. Based in Melbourne, you will be a key player in planning, designing, building and testing the features of our next generation cloud platform that combines digital video assets, wearable data and athlete information to provide insights and analytics to coaching/support staff, sports scientists and athletes to assist in optimizing athlete performance. We believe that our customers deserve the best platform and we are on a mission to maximize and enhance their performance through delivering a high quality experience. Our software engineers match this ethos by taking responsibility for constantly improving productivity and development of self and be able to excel in a fast-paced environment with your short project timelines from conception to deployment.

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our dynamic group and help us shape the future of our cutting-edge projects. Here's a glimpse of what you'll be doing:

1. Develop high-quality software: Build applications and services that your favourite sports team will most likely be using.
2. Technical Design and Architecture: Contributing to technical design discussions, proposing solutions, and collaborating with technical leaders and colleagues globally to define system architecture and design patterns.
3. Collaboration and Communication: Our software is “whole stack”, i.e. we do it all from hardware to user-facing apps. Cross-team, stack and function collaboration is a must. 
4. Problem Solving and Troubleshooting: We work in a complex environment requiring our team members to think outside the box and be adaptable. Imagine delivering low-latency actionable performance metrics from our hardware to decision makers on the side of the field. We want people who bring openness to other perspectives, speak up when it matters, and own their outcomes.
5. Code Reviews and Quality: Participating in code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to coding standards, and best practices. Conducting unit testing and integration testing to verify functionality and reliability.
6. Mentoring and Knowledge Sharing:  Contributing to the growth and development of the team / department / company by sharing best practices and lessons learned.
7. Continuous Learning and Skill Development: Keeping up-to-date with emerging technologies, programming languages, and industry trends. Investing time in self-learning and skill development to improve technical proficiency and expertise.
8. Adherence to Best Practices and Standards: Following coding standards, software development methodologies, industry best practices and documentation. Ensuring compliance with security standards and regulations.

Right now, your expertise could be applied to a variety of exciting areas:

• Live Data Stream Processing: Dive into the world of real-time data processing using technologies like Kafka, Kinesis, AWS, and edge devices. We're processing live athlete data streams like never before, fueling data-driven decisions that impact the performance of athletes.
• Cloud-Based Data Processing: Harness the power of the cloud for large-scale data processing, paving the way for smarter solutions and insights.
• IoT Capabilities for Enhanced Experiences: Join the mission to enhance athlete support and customer experiences through IoT capabilities that provide real-time information about the health and configuration of our devices.
• Cloud Platform Migration: Be a key driver in defining our next-generation platform as we migrate our market-leading on-premise athlete wearable solution into a cloud platform. 
• Integrate with Firmware and Hardware: This is one of those rare roles where you get to work closely with the people designing and building hardware and firmware. This is about as close to the edge as you can get. 
• Scaling: our platform to support our continued growth.

AI: Being excited about the potential of AI to optimise how we work, raise the bar on velocity and quality, and unlock novel techniques and capabilities across our products..

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• A customer and product mindset - Understanding of user needs and a focus on delivering impactful solutions.
• Experience as an outcome-focused, full-stack engineer.
• Track record of owning features & initiatives end-to-end.
• Experience creating successful web and cloud-based products. We're hiring for your potential and your values alignment rather than years of experience. If the role sounds like you, please apply, whether you have 3, 5 or 7+ years. 
• Experience with the specific technologies in our stack is advantageous but not mandatory. (AWS infrastructure, including IoT, IaC, Go, Rust, C# .Net, C++)
• Proficiency in microservice architectures within AWS, applying domain-driven design principles.
• An understanding of NoSQL & relational database architecture, querying and performance.
• A passion for educating and sharing knowledge, actively contributing to the growth and development of your colleagues.
• A positive and curious mindset who has a passion for problem-solving, and a can-do attitude.
• A collaborative team player with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• An appetite for using/learning to use agentic AI pragmatically and effectively

WHAT YOUR SUCCESS WILL LOOK LIKE

• In 6 months time…
• You will be fully immersed in our platform and building cross-team relations.
• You will consistently demonstrate a high degree of technical capability and deliver impactful solutions.
• You will be a proactive participant in code reviews, driving discussions and setting standards for code quality and adherence to best practices.
• In 12 months time…
• You will be instrumental in setting and raising the standards of quality, efficiency, and velocity across the team
• You will be a primary mentor and educator, actively contributing to the growth and development of colleagues
• You will demonstrate deep capability by troubleshooting and solving complex, cross-stack problems, owning outcomes and continuously improving team productivity.

WHY CATAPULT? 

• We have amazing people. We promise you’ll work with some of the most ambitious,  intelligent people in an exciting industry, and do some of the best work of your life.
• We encourage our people to engage in constructive, open, and honest communication to make Catapult extraordinary. 
• We work in a collaborative yet challenging environment to consistently improve our performance, which in turn impacts our customers' performance.
• Our workforce spans more than 20 countries. You'll have the opportunity to work with people from multiple nationalities and cultures, and to build your global awareness.  
• We value improvement and development. We are challenging ourselves to continuously grow and become a high-performance company. That means we maintain a growth mindset in everything we do, and our people are always looking for ways to improve.  There is an unlimited opportunity to grow, do more, and do better.

Whether you’re interested in sports or not, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing your work is supporting some of the most successful teams and athletes on the planet! 

Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized groups tend only to apply when they check every box. So if you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job ad, please still get in touch! We would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team. We are building the future of sports performance. Our priority is to find the brightest talent who can add to our team culture, actively contribute, and be excited about what they do.

All offers of employment are subject to Catapult's positive prehire check. To find out more, please contact the Talent Partner for this role.