Backend Data Engineer – Core Data & GSL

Hudl; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hudl in London is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Core Data team. The role centers on backend-heavy data tooling, APIs, and large-scale pipelines that power Hudl’s platform across products and sports.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, QA, product managers and designers to deliver reliable data infrastructure, tackle data modeling, and scale services that support coaches and athletes worldwide.

Qualifications

• At least three years of backend-heavy or data-heavy engineering experience.
• Cloud experience with a strong emphasis on CI/CD and TDD.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguous work with multiple implementation options.
• Collaborative, team-first mindset and willingness to contribute in code reviews.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for learning new technologies across foundational stack layers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across disciplines with engineers, QA, PMs and designers to build foundational data tools.
• Deliver backend-heavy features and maintain the Global Sports Library data infrastructure.
• Design APIs, distributed services and large-scale data pipelines for Hudl products.
• Propose new solutions and provide guidance to less experienced engineers.
• Build pipelines and libraries powering features for coaches and athletes.

Skills

Backend-heavy engineering

Cloud experience

Ambiguity navigation

Collaborative mindset

Curiosity

Job description

Hudl in London is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Core Data team. The role centers on backend-heavy data tooling, APIs, and large-scale pipelines that power Hudl’s platform across products and sports.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, QA, product managers and designers to deliver reliable data infrastructure, tackle data modeling, and scale services that support coaches and athletes worldwide.