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 STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY  

We are looking for a talented Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with a drive to build quality products.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute across multiple applications and throughout the entire technology stack, from databases and backend services to APIs and front-end development.

Based in Cologne, you’ll be a key member of the Engineering team building IMPECT’s customer-facing Scouting and Analytics platforms. You’ll develop backend services and frontend features that help football clubs explore our data, evaluate players and teams, and analyse performance. Your work will span data-rich interfaces, interactive visualisations, integrated video tools, and workflows that support scouting and match analysis. Working closely with Product and fellow engineers, you’ll translate customer needs into intuitive, reliable applications and help improve their performance and scalability as our platform grows. As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you’ll contribute to technical decisions and take ownership of features from initial design through to delivery, shaping the products our customers use every day.

We believe that our customers deserve to have the leading technology, and we are on a mission to make the best possible products to enhance their performance.  Our engineers drive this ethos by making sure all of this technology comes together in a way our customers love to use.

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Build and maintain Angular web applications
• Build and maintain Java Spring Boot APIs and backend services that power our applications
• Design and implement database schema
• Profile and optimize query performance in backend applications
• Engage in architectural discussions to help design scalable and resilient systems.
• Work directly with Product and Design on scoping and designing features
• Work in multidisciplinary teams and interface with other engineers in our team and across various domains.
• Document your work in a shared knowledge base platform.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• At least 5 years of software development experience.
• Demonstrated experience programming in Typescript, Javascript, and Angular
• Demonstrated experience programming in Kotlin Java.
• Demonstrated experience working in SQL and designing database schema
• Ability to reason about and debug complex systems and applications
• Experience with Git code management is highly desired.

Other Requirements:

• Very strong attention to detail.
• Proven self-starter.
• Ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to prioritise and a “can-do” attitude.
• Occasionally providing technical assistance to our customer support team

WHY CATAPULT? 

• We have amazing people. We can promise you will work with some of the most ambitious and intelligent people in an exciting industry, and you will do some of the best work of your life.
• We encourage our people to have constructive, open and honest communication in order to make Catapult extraordinary; innovate and create smart solutions; establish a collaborative, yet challenging, environment to develop our performance and the performance of our customers.
• Our workforce spans more than 20 countries, you'll have the opportunity to work across multiple nationalities and cultures, and build your global awareness and capability 
• 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 do things better.  There is 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.