Staff Backend Engineer, Pro Football Focus

AI Team

£80-120k

10% bonus dependent on company performance

SQL

AWS

TypeScript

Postgres

Senior and Expert level

Remote from UK

More information about location

End-to-end sports performance analytics experience

Be an early applicant

End-to-end sports performance analytics experience

101-200 employees

B2BAnalyticsSaaSSports

Be an early applicant

£80-120k

10% bonus dependent on company performance

SQL

AWS

TypeScript

Postgres

Senior and Expert level

Remote from UK

More information about location

101-200 employees

B2BAnalyticsSaaSSports

Company mission

To lead the sports industry in AI-driven analytics by 2030.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You have 6+ years of experience with software development in a production environment
You have expert knowledge in AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, Lambda, IAM, Cognito) preferably using CDK. Bedrock experience a bonus.
You have a strong understanding of databases, data warehousing, and caching systems.
You are able to work independently and in a distributed team environment
You are able to optimise SQL queries

Desirable

You have been involved in building external APIs / MCP servers
You have a bias for action
Have some experience working with LLM

What the job involves

Work on a cutting-edge greenfield project to take sports data analytics to the next level
Help expose data to external clients in a secure, efficient manner.
Develop APIs, implement business logic, build backends, and integrate 3rd party solutions alongside other engineers and team members

Application process

1. Apply with your profile
2. 15 minute screening call
3. 1 hour technical interview
4. 1 hour technical/experience interview

Our take

Focusing on tools for American Football and soccer team front offices, coaches and performance analytics experts, Pro Football Focus - or PFF - builds tools that help evaluate individual and team performance. Used within fantasy football leagues, betting and media partner companies, Pro Football Focus is a one-stop shop for news and analytics, working with fans and businesses end-to-end.

Tools built by PFF include fantasy draft simulators, live draft assistants and analytic tools for player grading. Ultimately, Pro Football Focus allows for the discovery of deeper insights into the sports, benefitting both fans and business interests.

PFF also analyses college-level American Football, indicating its go-to status as a statistician and predictive body for the sports market. Unparalleled in its scope, PFF will thrive for as long as the sports it analyses continue to.