Senior Software Engineer, Backend

7 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Fanalysis Full time £60,000 - £100,000 per year

We're building the go-to app for real football fans - a central home where trusted and passionate supporters can share their voices, insights, and emotions with clarity, cutting through punditry and the noise of fragmented social media

Founded by Michael McIntyre and Gary Neville, we're already partnering with Sky Sports to amplify the perspectives of those who live and breathe the game, bringing authentic fan opinion to millions of viewers.

Having closed our seed round with personal backing from some of the world's most exceptional venture investors, we're now focused on building the team, app, and data platform that will power Fanalysis.

This is a thrilling opportunity to join our founding team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of fan-powered football media.

The role
As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend at Fanalysis, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining the robust backend services 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 and Go
  • Extensive experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • 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.

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