At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead backend development for high-availability systems and own cloud infrastructure.
- Company: Fast-growing sports-tech company with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous perks, and fully remote work within the UK.
- Other info: Join monthly in-person engineering meet-ups to connect with your team.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by shaping the architecture and driving key technical decisions.
- Qualifications: Experience with AWS, Postgres, API design, and Python (FastAPI or similar).
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Senior Backend Python Engineer (UK-based (remote), ~£130-150K + perks) Join a fast-growing sports-tech success story and take real ownership of the systems that power live-event traffic at scale.
This isn’t a “ticket-taker” backend role.
You’ll own your services end-to-end — designing them, shipping them, and keeping them running in production.
You’ll shape the architecture, drive key technical decisions, and have genuine autonomy to build the platform the right way. ** What you’ll be doing:
- Leading backend development across event-driven, high-availability systems
- Owning cloud infrastructure across AWS GCP
- Building with Python (Fast API or similar), Postgres, and Redis
- Designing clean, versioned, backwards-compatible APIs
- Driving CI/CD and observability for systems that can’t afford downtime during live events ?
What we’re looking for
- Hands-on experience running real production workloads on AWS — not just deploying to it
- Strong Postgres/SQL skills: schema design, query tuning, migrations
- Solid API design chops: clear contracts, versioning, backwards compatibility
- Python-first mindset (Fast API or similar)
- Redis experience: caching patterns, invalidation, pub/sub
- Comfort owning and operating your own services in CI/CD ** Fully remote within the UK, with monthly in-person engineering get-togethers to keep the team connected. ** Circa £130-150K + generous perks.
If you thrive in fast-moving environments, love building from the ground up, and want real influence over a platform’s future — let’s talk.
Contact Details:
Interact Consulting Limited Recruitment Team
