About this role
This is an AI-native engineering position within a well-funded sports-tech startup focused on building intelligent content infrastructure. The engineer will own end-to-end delivery across both backend and frontend, with a heavy emphasis on architecture and agent management. Key responsibilities include designing real-time data pipelines and event-driven systems at scale. The technical environment involves Java 21 as the core backend, with additional interest in Node.js, Python, or Go. The role requires high-trust technical ownership and the use of AI tooling like Claude Code and prompt coding in the daily workflow.
Skills & technologies
Must have
- Java 21
- Node.js
- Python
- Go
- Agentic Development
- Prompt Coding
- Claude Code
Nice to have
- Sports Tech
- Live Event Data
- Video Streaming
- Data Architecture
- Systems Design
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Full-Stack Engineer (AI-Native / Backend-Led)
Location: London, Hybrid
Salary: Up to £100,000 + Discretionary Bonus
We're working with a well-funded, founder-led startup in the sports-tech space. The co-founders are domain insiders backed by specialists in AI and SaaS, building next-generation intelligent content infrastructure. This is an AI-native engineering position - not a standard full-stack role. The expectation is that you operate at the level of architecture, agent management, and high-trust technical ownership, with AI tooling embedded into how you actually work.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery across backend, frontend
- Design and build real-time data pipelines and event-driven systems at scale
- Agentic Development - Prompt coding
- Contribute to architecture decisions in a fast-moving, iterative engineering culture
Key Requirements
- Polyglot mindset - Java 21 is the core backend; experience across Node.js, Python or Go welcomed
- Agentic Development, prompt coding, Claude Code
- Engineering rigour: clean, tested, documented code with performance and security in mind
Desirable
- Domain experience in sports tech, live event data, or video streaming
- Strong background in data architecture and systems design
Details
- Up to £80,000 base salary + discretionary bonus
- Hybrid - London, 2-3 days in office
This is a strong opportunity for an engineer who wants genuine ownership, meaningful technical challenge, and the chance to shape the foundation of a platform built to operate at scale.
