Software Engineer
Department: Engineering
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: London, UK
Description
We are looking for a Developer to join our small, dynamic team developing cutting‑edge football data acquisition and analysis systems. We are leveraging frontier LLM systems to generate high-value structured data in real time, from diverse data sources, including social media. This is an opportunity to work on challenging technical problems in a collaborative environment where your contributions directly impact our platform's success.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, develop, and maintain data acquisition systems taking inputs from social media and other unstructured online sources, which produce timely structured data for internal use in models and trading systems
* Implement and maintain relational database schemas and API integrations which interface the above with internal modeling and trading systems
* Enhance and refactor existing systems for scale and performance
* Monitor and optimize system performance to maintain and improve low-latency pipelines
* Collaborate closely with football analyst team to ensure data utility and accuracy
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Postgres: Familiarity with Postgres and/or other traditional RDBMS.
* Programming Proficiency: Strong skills in Java (Spring), experience in Python, and working knowledge of R
* Cloud & Infrastructure: Hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Docker containerization
* API Development: Experience building and integrating with RESTful APIs, particularly for real‑time applications
* AI/LLM integration: Experience with design and delivery of analytics pipelines which include LLM elements for conversion of unstructured to structured data: familiarity with prompt engineering in this domain with OpenAIand/ or other frontier model APIs
* Version Control & CI/CD: Proficiency with Git and modern deployment practices
Benefits
* Salary depending on experience.
* Annual discretionary performance bonus.
* 25 days holiday per annum, plus UK bank holidays.
* Private health & dental insurance.
* Optical cover through Aviva.
* Pension plan.
* Gympass membership to over 1900 gyms and wellness businesses.
* Breakfast bought in everyday and lunch bought in twice a week
* Free coffee & snacks at the office.
* Regular team events & socials.
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