Full-Stack Engineer Location: London (Hybrid) We have partnered with a well-funded, founder-led technology startup operating in the sports and media space, building next-generation systems for processing and analysing live content in real time. As the platform scales, they’re hiring a Full-Stack Engineer to design and deliver high-performance systems across real-time data pipelines, modern frontend applications, and AI-enhanced product features. What You'll Do as a Full-Stack Engineer: Design and build resilient, high-throughput backend services in Java that power the movement of data across millions of sporting events each year. Architect and maintain real-time event-driven data pipelines and streaming systems at scale. Take end-to-end ownership of real-time video and data delivery across our digital content platform. Build and maintain frontend interfaces in TypeScript/React as needed, internal tooling means this is a lighter, cross-functional responsibility. Integrate LLM APIs and AI-powered workflows into product functionality, and leverage AI coding assistants to accelerate development. Collaborate closely with a small, high-trust team to ship and iterate quickly. Java, distributed messaging systems, relational databases, Docker, infrastructure as code Frontend: TypeScript, modern JavaScript frameworks AI Tooling: Regular use of AI-powered development tools and coding assistants What We’re Looking For in a Full-Stack Engineer: A polyglot engineering mindset with the ability to work across multiple languages and systems. Strong experience building backend services and distributed systems. Ability to read, understand, and contribute to Java-based systems. Frontend experience with modern frameworks such as React, Vue, Svelte, or similar technologies. Regular use of AI tools and coding assistants to increase development velocity and automate workflows. Strong engineering fundamentals including testing, documentation, security, and performance optimisation. Nice to Have’s as a Full-Stack Engineer: Experience in sports technology, live event data systems, or digital media platforms. Exposure to streaming technologies or real-time data processing frameworks. Strong experience designing data architectures and large-scale distributed systems. This is a rare opportunity for a Full-Stack Engineer to help shape a real-time digital platform from an early stage, working with modern cloud infrastructure and AI-augmented engineering workflows to deliver high-impact systems.
