Senior Backend Engineer

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London, UK💼 Full-time💰 $100,000–$100,000🗓 2026-06-03 → 2026-08-07

Core

Design and maintain scalable APIs and data systems for real-time AI-driven sports products.

Role type

Senior Backend Engineer (Python/FastAPI)

Builds

Real-time, data-rich applications for the sports industry

Domain

Sports analytics and AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, asynchronous programming, real-time data streaming, system design

Preferred skills

Sports domain knowledge, genuine sports fan

Technologies

Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, SSE, WebSockets

Responsibilities

Design and build robust, scalable APIs; work with real-time data streaming; translate complex sports logic into efficient code; ensure system performance and reliability; own work end-to-end including deployment; collaborate with a small team to ship quickly

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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