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Are you a Software Engineer with expertise in Python and a desire to work with cutting edge machine learning? Ready to collaborate with professors from Cambridge University to build an innovative and powerful AI method of predicting the future of live football and tennis matches? Join our team and help to enhance the accuracy, extend the capabilities, and create an intuitive user interface for software that aims to change the face of sports analytics.
As a Software Engineer, you'll collaborate with our team to turn a prototype machine learning technology into a full scale product, ready to be deployed at tournaments around the world. You'll help process and prepare training data, design testing suites to watch and analyse the forecasted gameplay predicted by the model, and contribute to the accuracy, reliability and scalability of the AI itself, aided by experts from Cambridge University.
Key responsibilities
- Collaborate with our team of software engineers to build a product around a powerful piece of AI
- Help brainstorm and implement improvements to the machine learning architecture
- Develop a responsive front-end interface for testing and showcasing the simulation software
- Develop robust algorithms to collect and convert Hawk-Eye data into a clean format ready for machine learning training
- Work with future clients in football and tennis translate their needs into software requirements
- Work with Azure engineers to improve the efficiency of our cloud computing
- Write comprehensive technical documentation
Skills, knowledge and expertise
Essential
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience in processing, cleaning and reformatting large quantities of data
- Solid understanding of software engineering principles and agile methodologies
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think algorithmically
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to pick up new concepts quickly
- Experience with version control systems like Git
Desirable
- Any experience with machine learning frameworks, preferably PyTorch
- Experience working with Microsoft Azure and its various data and machine learning services
- Any experience in Front End Development for quick testing of Back End components
Benefits
At Hawk-Eye not only do you get to be part of the cutting edge of sports technology, you will also be valued and rewarded for your contribution through a strong reward platform that includes:
- 25 Days Annual Leave and 8 Public Holidays
- Pension Scheme: We care about your future! Join our pension scheme and secure your financial well-being for the long term. Plan ahead and enjoy peace of mind as you build a solid foundation for retirement.
- Flexible & Remote Working: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere and tailor your schedule to achieve the perfect work-life balance. Embrace the flexibility that allows you to excel both professionally and personally.
- Sporting Events and Tickets: Immerse yourself in the excitement of the sports world! Get exclusive access to thrilling sporting events and tickets, and witness unforgettable moments firsthand. Cheer for your favorite teams and celebrate victories together!
- Health & Wellness Activities: Prioritize your well-being with a variety of health and wellness activities. We encourage a healthy lifestyle and provide opportunities to stay active and energised. Invest in yourself and thrive both professionally and personally!
- Sony Discounts: Elevate your entertainment experience with exclusive discounts on Sony products. Whether it's gaming, movies, or electronics, enjoy special offers and bring the latest technology into your life.
About HawkEye Innovations
About Hawk-Eye
Hawk-Eye Innovations have been at the forefront of sports officiating and broadcast enhancement technology since 2001. The world’s biggest sporting events trust Hawk-Eye to make the right call when it matters most.
Hawk-Eye’s vision-processing, video replay and creative graphic technologies make sport fairer, safer, more engaging and better informed. Our innovations are constantly changing the face of sports officiating, production, content management, and fan engagement in every sport.
Hawk-Eye Innovations form a key part of the Sony Sports Innovations Group with a shared mission to deliver best-in-class officiating, broadcast and digital solutions to the sports world.
Our values
At Hawk-Eye Innovations, our three core values underpin our success, ensuring that we continue to be a leading innovator in sports technology on a global scale. Our business is filled with exceptional talent that helps to ensure that the World’s biggest sporting events trust us to make the right call when it matters the most. We deliver on this by ensuring that:
- we are brave
- Confident in solving almost impossible problems, pioneering and ambitious for our clients and for ourselves. We are bold leaders in the industry, driven by possibilities and striving with pace and energy. We understand our risks and love the challenge.
- we are owners
- Our business is our own; we feel every win, and especially the losses. We take pride in excellence and trust ourselves to do what’s right, relentlessly. We make decisions like owners, with endeavour and entrepreneurialism. We are serious about what we do, and have fun whilst doing it.
- we are inclusive
- We are one team; a community that’s connected and open. No secrets, no politics, just honesty and respect. We value diverse thinking, and diverse people - this helps us innovate. We treat people as people, who are all integral to our success and we celebrate as one.
Diversity and inclusion
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience drives us forward every day. We celebrate differences. We encourage different opinions and approaches to be heard, and then we come together and build.
