Lead Frontend Engineer in London

We are Two Circles, a Sports Entertainment Marketing business that grows audiences and revenues by understanding fans best. We work with clients to help them understand and influence what their fans are doing – the way fans spend their money, the events they attend, the channels they respond to, the content they watch, and more. Our platforms and services are trusted by over 1000 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike, and Amazon.

As part of our exciting growth journey, we’re expanding our Software Engineering team and are on the lookout for a talented Senior Software Engineer to join us on a hybrid basis at our London office. This is a rare chance to work on high-impact greenfield products for some of the biggest and most iconic sports brands in the world. You’ll be at the forefront of building modern, scalable software from the ground up, helping shape the future of fan engagement across global sport.

In this role, you won’t just write great code; you’ll provide technical leadership, drive engineering excellence, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring bold ideas to life. Whether it’s advising clients on the right technology solutions or steering innovative consulting projects, you’ll have a seat at the table where strategic tech decisions are made. You’ll also play a pivotal role in shaping our evolving technology strategy, influencing the direction of our engineering culture and practices while helping us build an environment where developers thrive and create meaningful change.

Key Responsibilities:

• Write clean, reusable code following best practices whilst helping to define coding standards and team conventions.
• Be an advocate for developer experience and have a keen interest in continually improving it.
• Encourage a blameless culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.
• Lead and influence the technical design, architecture, and development of digital projects.
• Work closely with Engineering Managers, Engineering Leads, and Product Managers to understand problems and define technical scope for global sports properties.
• Set up software development frameworks for release management, automation, code quality, and source control.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to other Two Circles engineers.
• Keep up to date on emerging technologies and trends in sports technology.

Presence in our London office for 2 days a week is encouraged for this role, and occasional travel to other offices in London and EMEA will be required at times.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5+ years experience in software engineering.
• A high level of proficiency and understanding in TypeScript, React, and Next.js with experience in Node.js desirable.
• Experience in a CI/CD environment where you have utilised tools such as Circle CI, GitHub actions, or Azure DevOps.
• An appreciation of DevOps and platform engineering culture.
• You don’t just write code, but you also like to build and ship it, utilising cloud platforms and services, such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience in agile development practices, continuous integration, and test automation via various methods such as unit, integration, contract, and E2E testing.
• You have a high degree of experience in observing the performance and health of applications via tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Data Dog, Sentry, etc.
• You have a strong desire and are an advocate for performant applications.
• Proactive in solving problems simply and effectively, with an eye for pragmatic solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate with a variety of audiences to explain your solutions and collaborate effectively with others.
• Experience building services for high traffic systems is desirable.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working: we’d love for you to come into our office at least 2-3 days a week, especially during your onboarding.
• Performance planning: potential to have a salary increase every 6 months and progress your career.
• Discretionary company bonus.
• Tickets to sporting events.
• Renowned Team Days and events.
• Lunch on a Wednesday, breakfast, and continuous supply of snacks.
• Private healthcare schemes.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Learning and Development opportunities, including certification in certain areas.

Two Circles is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.