About Us

Tempus Ex Machina is the technological vanguard for the sports and entertainment industry. Utilizing unprecedented access, we R&D at the world’s biggest sporting events. Merging sports, video, and data with innovation and accessibility, Tempus Ex technology enables the creation of new interactive experiences around live events. Harnessing the latest AI, machine learning, and data science technologies alongside unparalleled access to sports, entertainment, and technology leaders, we have partnered with the National Football League, premier global sports leagues, broadcasters, gaming companies and world-class athletes to deliver cutting-edge solutions that will forever change the sports consumption experience. We closed our Series B investment round led by Silver Lake and Endeavor in Fall of 2021. With our Seed and Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, and Will Ventures who also participated in the Series B funding round.

Join our passionate team of former Tesla, Amazon, Google and Microsoft alumni. We are on the lookout for the next generation of self-starters driven by a desire to bring the Silicon Valley ethos of disruption and state-of-the-art technologies to revolutionize the sports landscape. We can’t wait to hear from you.

Role

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will help build out our sports data platform. You will have influence in architectural decisions. You are passionate about solving problems at scale, and go the extra mile to minimize latency. As a senior engineer, you enjoy spreading knowledge, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to technical debates.

Requirements

• Deep experience with modern, safe backend languages such as Golang, Rust, or TypeScript
• History of architecting high availability deployments - we’re passionate about adding more 9’s
• DevOps experience, using Docker, CI services, and infrastructure as code to perform safe, zero-downtime deployments
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience with large-scale or real-time distributed systems
• Understanding of NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB, MongoDB, and Redis, and concurrency control patterns
• Experience with messaging technologies such as SQS, Kafka, or NATS and idioms such as fan-out and request-reply
• Experience implementing robust and well-designed REST, JSON:API, or GraphQL APIs
• Relentless attention to infosec best practices

Perks & Benefits

• Generous Vacation: Flexible PTO, mandatory 2-week minimum
• Health/Wellness: Reimbursements up to $200 per month
• Travel: We work in sports stadiums around the country, and will sometimes travel to events
• Cell Phone Allowance: $37.50 per pay period ($75 per month) automatically included with each pay period to help cover cell phone costs
• Health Insurance: Tempus Ex covers 100% of monthly premiums for medical benefits for you and your dependents, and 99% of monthly premiums for dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents
• 401(K) Contribution: 401(k) plan with up to 4% matching
• Workshop/Conferences: We will reimburse expenses for one technical conference each year

Tempus Ex Machina, Inc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Tempus Ex Machina complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Pursuant to applicable laws, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. And if you believe that you will need any type of accommodation, please let us know.

To the extent permitted by law, Tempus Ex requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they have a medical condition, disability, or deeply held religious objection that prevents vaccination.