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PlayOn Sports · 18 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Data

Alpharetta, GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

PlayOn Sports operates one of the largest real-time data ecosystems in high school sports. As a Senior Data Engineer on the Data Platform team, you will design, build, and operate a shared data platform that transforms real-time and batch data into analytics-ready datasets for various brands.

BroadcastingContentDigital MediaEvent ManagementEventsInternetNewsTicketingVideo on DemandVideo Streaming

Responsibilities

Reliable ingestion and transformation of real-time event streams into analytics-ready datasets

High-quality, well-modeled data powering BI, AI, and operational reporting

Production-grade pipelines with strong observability, SLAs, and cost controls

Build and operate streaming and batch pipelines consuming Kafka-based event streams

Implement data models, transformations, and dynamic tables in Snowflake

Ensure data freshness, completeness, and correctness for critical business domains

Partner with Unified Data Service engineers on event contracts and schema alignment

Deliver curated datasets and APIs to BI, Data Science, and AI teams

Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting

Optimize platform performance and cloud cost efficiency

Participate in on-call rotations and incident response

Qualification

Data engineeringSQLSnowflakeKafkaPythonData modelingProduction systemsOn-call responsibilitiesTeam collaborationAdaptability

Required

5+ years of experience in data engineering or analytics platform roles

Strong SQL skills and production experience with Snowflake or similar data warehouses

Experience consuming streaming data via Kafka, Flink, or Spark Streaming

Proficiency in Python for data pipelines and automation

Experience designing analytics-ready data models

Comfort operating production systems with SLAs and on-call responsibilities

Benefits

Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from

Dental, vision life and disability insurance

Employee Emergency Fund

Company equity (stock options)

Open PTO policy

401K plan with company match

Hybrid/flexible work environment

Company

PlayOn Sports

PlayOn is the all-in-one fan engagement platform for schools.

Founded in 2008

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

201-500 employees

https://www.playonsports.com/

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$72.31M

Key Investors

BIP CapitalHerff JonesHamilton Ventures LLC

2022-04-26Acquired

2022-02-01Private Equity

2021-01-08Series Unknown· $10M

Leadership Team

Perkins Miller

Chief Executive Officer

David Rudolph

President, Streaming and Coaching Tools

Recent News

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2025-11-22

PR Newswire

PlayOn Sports Recognized as One of the Fastest-Growing Companies in North America in 2025 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™

2025-11-19

Sports Business Journal

Pixellot raises $35M as new CEO speaks for first time on growth plans

2025-11-14

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