Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer in London

Catapult is building the future of sports performance technology, with a mission to unleash the potential of every athlete and team on earth. We don’t just work in the sporting industry; we are actively changing it. Since 2006, our solutions have been leading the way in sports performance software, science, and data, in a world where 1% can literally mean the difference between winning and losing. We work with over 5,000 teams around the world, empowering coaches, managers, and trainers in premier teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, EPL, AFL, NRL, NCAA and more. We provide the information they need to optimize athletes' health, game-day readiness, and performance, as well as in-game tactics.

We are looking for a talented Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with a drive to build quality products. This role allows you the opportunity to contribute across a broad range of our application stack, from Catapult's APIs and backend infrastructure to frontends on both web and mobile. Based in London, you will be a key player in the Engineering team working on the Perch family of applications. You’ll contribute to Perch’s backend systems and UI applications, which interact with the Perch 3D camera system and power planning, data collection, and data analysis of weightlifting. Perch’s applications are written in modern frameworks, and provide exciting challenges in distributed systems, real-time data processing, and creating insightful user experiences for elite athletes and coaches.

Reporting to a Senior Director of Engineering, the primary responsibility of the Senior Full-Stack Engineer is to develop software solutions for the elite sports industry. You will be responsible for the development cycle and ensuring that our products have a high level of quality.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Build and maintain React Native mobile applications and React web applications.
• Build and maintain APIs and backend systems powering applications.
• Design and implement database schema.
• Profile and optimize query performance in backend applications.
• Engage in architectural discussions to help design scalable and resilient systems.
• Work directly with Product and Design on scoping and designing features.
• Work in multidisciplinary teams and interface with other engineers in our team and across various domains.
• Document your work in a shared knowledge base platform.
• Work with test engineers to resolve issues.

What You’ll Need

• At least 6 years of software development experience.
• Demonstrated experience programming in Python (preferred) and/or Go, C++, or Java.
• Demonstrated experience working in SQL and designing database schema.
• Ability to reason about and debug complex systems and applications.
• Experience with Git code management is highly desired.
• Very strong attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to prioritise and a "can-do" attitude.
• Occasionally providing technical assistance to our customer support team.

Why Catapult?

• We have amazing people. You’ll work with some of the most ambitious, intelligent people in an exciting industry.
• We encourage constructive, open, and honest communication.
• We work in a collaborative yet challenging environment to consistently improve our performance.
• Our workforce spans more than 20 countries, providing opportunities to work with diverse cultures.
• We value improvement and development, maintaining a growth mindset in everything we do.
• Your work supports some of the most successful teams and athletes on the planet!

Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized groups tend only to apply when they check every box. So if you have what it takes, but don’t meet every single point in our job ad, please still get in touch! We would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team.

All offers of employment are subject to Catapult's positive prehire check. To find out more, please contact the Talent Partner for this role.