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Job summary
A cutting-edge sports entertainment platform in London is seeking a Lead Platform Software Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for driving architectural decisions and managing a small engineering team to enhance performance and reliability of their modern sportsbook and casino platform. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of experience, with strong expertise in Python and AWS, and a proven track record in leadership positions. This role offers an exceptional benefits package and a collaborative engineering culture.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Over 7 years of engineering experience.
- Proven track record in leadership or management roles.
- Expert ability to breakdown complex technical problems.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive architectural decisions for uptime and performance.
- Manage and mentor a small engineering team.
- Lead technical design for complex infrastructure projects.
Skills
Tools
Salary: £115,000 - £130,000
Company Description: Next-generation sports entertainment platform
Job Description: 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.
Location: London, UK
- 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
- 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
- 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
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