Senior Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer (Python / FastAPI) Fast-Growing Sports AI Company

KEY POINTS

• Hybrid role based in London
• Build real time, data rich applications for the sports industry
• Small, fast-moving team with high ownership and real impact
• Work at the forefront of AI and LLMs applied to sport
• Stack flexible, as long as you are happy in Python, FastAPI and modern web tooling
• Salary up to £100,000 depending on experience
• Ideally a genuine sports fan

ABOUT THE CLIENT

We are supporting a fast-growing company building cutting edge AI solutions for the sports industry. The business is small, ambitious, and moving quickly, building real time, data rich products that analyse and predict the sports millions of people care about.

This is an environment where engineers have genuine ownership and a direct impact on product direction and technical architecture from day one. If you enjoy solving new problems every week and want to be a builder rather than a cog in a machine, this is for you.

THE ROLE, BACKEND ENGINEER

As a Backend Engineer, you will design and maintain the sophisticated APIs and data systems that power the company's AI-driven sports products. You will work with real time data at scale, translating complex sports logic into clean, efficient, high-performance code.

This is a hands-on role in a small team, with the autonomy to own what you build, from design through to deployment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build and maintain robust, scalable APIs using Python and FastAPI
• Work with real time data streaming, including SSE and WebSockets
• Translate complex sports data and logic into clean, efficient backend code
• Ensure systems are performant, reliable and well architected
• Own your work end to end, including deployment and ongoing iteration
• Collaborate closely with a small, high-calibre team to ship quickly

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Strong backend engineering experience, ideally with Python and FastAPI (stack is flexible if you are happy working in this environment)
• Solid experience with PostgreSQL, Docker and AWS
• A deep understanding of asynchronous programming and real time data
• Strong system design skills, able to solve complex problems from first principles
• Comfortable with the autonomy and pace of a small team
• A genuine sports fan who understands the game and the data behind it is ideal
• Right to work in the UK, no sponsorship is available for this role

WHAT'S ON OFFER

• Salary up to £100,000 depending on experience
• The chance to build real time AI products in the sports industry you love
• High ownership and real influence over product and architecture
• Work at the cutting edge of how AI and LLMs are changing sport
• A fast-paced, evolving environment where no two weeks are the same

TO APPLY

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