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We’re building the go-to platform for real football fans—a centralised home where trusted and passionate supporters can share their voices, insights, and emotions without being drowned out by pundits or fragmented across social media. Our mission is to amplify the perspectives of those who live and breathe the game, and to create a space where genuine fan sentiment drives the conversation. This is a really exciting opportunity to join the founding team and be a really important part of driving our success.
The role
As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend at Fanalysis, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining the robust backend services and infrastructure that power our football fan platform. You'll work closely with the founding team to develop scalable systems that process, analyze, and deliver sports data to passionate fans across our platform.
Responsibilities
* Designing, building, and maintaining high-performance backend services and APIs that support our mobile and web applications
* Architecting and implementing low-latency pipelines to process events
* Ensuring system reliability, scalability, and security across all backend infrastructure
* Optimizing database performance and data storage solutions
* Ensuring strong multi-layered test coverage
* Collaborating with frontend and mobile engineers to define and implement API contracts
* Implementing effective monitoring, logging, and alerting systems
* Contributing to technical architecture decisions and establishing best practices
* Participating in code reviews and mentoring junior team members
* Researching and implementing new technologies that improve our platform's capabilities
* Working with product and design teams to translate requirements into technical solutions
* Continuously improving our development processes and system performance
About You
* Solid grounding in backend software development
* Strong proficiency in a mainstream programming language such as TypeScript, Python, C#, Java, Go
* Extensive experience with a cloud provider such as AWS or GCP
* Proven experience with both document-based and relational database management systems
* You see automated testing as an essential part of software engineering
* Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs, microservice architectures and containerization with Docker
* Solid understanding of performance optimization, caching strategies, and scaling techniques
* Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
* Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems
* Excellent communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts clearly
* Experience working in agile environments and fast-paced startups
* Passion for football is a plus but not required — your technical expertise comes first
This is a full-time, hybrid role based in London. Our office is in Soho and we believe in the benefits of working together, so you’d be able to join us in the office at least 3 days a week.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries
Entertainment Providers
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