Join a high-growth engineering team as a Lead Platform Engineer to drive the reliability, performance, and scalability of a cutting-edge sportsbook and casino experience. This hands-on leadership role involves shaping core infrastructure, managing a small team of engineers, and making critical architectural decisions using a modern stack including Python, AWS, and Terraform.
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London, United Kingdom£115K - £130K
Lead Platform Software Engineer at next-generation sports entertainment platform
Are you a Python expert with a passion for high-performance infrastructure? We are looking for a Lead Platform Software Engineer to join a fast-growing sports entertainment startup in London. You will have the opportunity to lead architectural decisions, manage a talented engineering team, and scale a modern AWS-based platform that is redefining the gaming experience. If you thrive in a high-autonomy environment and want to build resilient systems using a cutting-edge tech stack including Terraform and PostgreSQL, this high-impact leadership role offers a competitive salary up to £130k and an industry-leading benefits package.
Overview
Role overview
Company
About the company
Next-generation sports entertainment platform
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Own and drive architectural decisions focusing on uptime, resilience, and performance across core platform services
- Manage and mentor a small engineering team while contributing directly to production code and daily delivery
- Lead the technical design for complex infrastructure projects and improve deployment pipelines and observability systems
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Over 7 years of engineering experience with deep expertise in Python, AWS, and distributed systems architecture
- Proven track record in a leadership or management role within platform, backend, or infrastructure engineering
- Expert ability to break down complex, ambiguous technical problems into clear milestones and scalable engineering plans
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Significant technical ownership over a modern cloud platform during a high-growth scaling phase
- Collaborative, engineering-led culture with a focus on developer productivity and high-performance standards
- Exceptional benefits package including zero-excess health insurance, nursery salary sacrifice, and comprehensive flexible working policies
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