Senior Full Stack Engineer, Insights in London

Lead Full Stack Engineer in the Insights team, responsible for technical ownership of our B2B products—the Artist & Repertoire (A&R) Dashboard and Fan Insights. The role leads a small, multi‑disciplinary squad (Frontend and Data Engineering) and combines hands‑on engineering with architectural leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end‑to‑end technical roadmap for the A&R and Fan Insights platforms, designing scalable, secure systems capable of handling massive datasets with high performance.
• Act as the technical lead for a small, expert squad, leading by example through architectural clarity, rigorous peer reviews, and momentum.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to define requirements, turning vague business "wants" into concrete technical "hows."
• Maintain high technical standards across Frontend and Data disciplines, ensuring overall technical health, consistency, and long‑term sustainability of the codebase.
• Champion "AI‑native" development, leveraging modern agentic tools (e.g., Cursor or Claude Code) to multiply team impact.
• Own the infrastructure and health of the domain, managing deployment patterns, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and modern security standards.
• Leverage agentic workflows and AI‑assisted engineering to achieve high velocity and efficiency.

Requirements

• Track record of architecting and scaling robust backend systems and high‑performance services, with expertise across complex application logic and infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Technical stack knowledge: Backend: Proficiency in Scala or Golang, and strong understanding of Big Data storage and querying (e.g., BigQuery, SQL). Frontend: Comfort with Next.js and React, capable of driving architectural decisions. Infrastructure: Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and container orchestration.
• Demonstrated natural leadership, the ability to explain complex technical trade‑offs to non‑technical stakeholders, and ambition to grow into a formal management role.
• Daily use of modern agentic tools to accelerate work and excitement about the future of agentic software.

Bonus points:

• Experience with AWS ECS.
• Experience with Python and data orchestration via Airflow.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with large‑scale data warehouses like BigQuery.

Benefits

• Extensive relocation support: allowances, one‑way flights, temporary accommodation, and on‑site support upon arrival.
• Creativity and Wellness benefit: gym membership, photography course, or book stipend.
• Employee Equity Plan.
• Generous professional development allowance.
• Flexible vacation and public holiday policy: up to 35 days of PTO annually.
• Various snacks, goodies, and two free lunches weekly at the office.

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