Lead Platform Software Engineer (£115,000 - £130,000) at next-generation sports entertainment platform

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Lead Platform Software Engineer

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

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

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

The ideal candidate:

• 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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