Forge Sports is a quietly operating, product focused company building a new generation of B2B sports-trading and exchange technology. The team is moving fast and building a brand new product from scratch. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the team as one of our first engineers, working alongside the CTO and founding engineer on developing our exchange platform. This role suits someone who loves to take a high degree of ownership in their work and cares deeply about building highly-performant, well-designed systems. We are looking for someone who will be deeply involved in areas beyond programming; We are a hybrid working company, working Thursdays in our London (Farringdon) office and flexible the rest of the week. Our typical working hours are 10 am to 6 pm UK time (Monday to Friday) but we support flexible working and trust our team to manage their own schedules to meet their goals. You want to join early and help shape engineering from the ground up You care deeply about the quality of the code you write You thrive with ownership across the full development lifecycle Full assessment day (10:30–5pm in the office) - a one day systems programming exercise designed to be similar to the real work we do in the team. Meet some of the team, see the office, have a nice lunch (on us). Bachelor’s or Master’s in a quantitative or technical subject (e.g. Demonstrable experience building mission critical distributed systems (finance, gaming, telco, ad-tech, etc.) Startup experience: proven track record shipping products in small, fast moving teams. Proven track record delivering and maintaining production systems in at least one systems language (Go, C++, Rust, Java, C#, etc.), Cloud & DevOps: comfortable working in AWS and GitHub Actions. Comfortable using latest AI tools efficiently and safely Fluent written and spoken English. You need to be able to effectively collaborate on everything from low level details to long term strategic planning. Participation in the company bonus scheme ~10% matched pension contributions ~ Private healthcare insurance ~ Long term illness insurance ~ Gym membership
Senior PHP Software Engineer (Remote) in London employer: Forge Sports
Forge Sports is an exceptional employer, offering a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of innovative B2B sports-trading technology. With a hybrid work culture based in London, employees benefit from a collaborative environment that fosters personal and professional growth, alongside competitive compensation and the chance to shape the engineering landscape from the ground up.
