Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software EngineerFull Stack - Ruby on Rails, ReactUp to £120k DOEFully Remote - must be UK based

A fast-growing sports tech company building high-performance, data-driven products for a rapidly expanding global audience is searching for a Lead Full Stack Engineer. This is a pivotal role for an experienced engineer who thrives on shaping architecture, driving technical direction, and still remaining hands-on in the codebase.

As a technical leader within a cross-functional Product Team, you’ll influence the long-term engineering strategy, guide architectural decisions, and ensure the platform scales reliably as our user base grows. You’ll act as a role model for engineering excellence - mentoring others, elevating standards, and collaborating closely with Product, Design, and Customer Success to build tools our customers truly value.

Tech Stack: Ruby on Rails, React, React Native, GraphQL

What You’ll Be Leading & Doing

• Drive architectural design, long-term technical vision, and scalable system patterns
• Lead complex fullstack development across Rails and React/React Native
• Own technical quality - setting engineering standards, reviewing code, and ensuring maintainability
• Guide the team through key scaling challenges across performance, reliability, and modularity
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of learning and high performance
• Work closely with stakeholders and users to translate real-world needs into elegant, robust solutions
• Influence and improve engineering practices, tooling, CI/CD, and operational excellence
• Remain hands-on, contributing significant code while unblocking and supporting the team

What We’re Looking For

• Extensive experience with Ruby on Rails or similar backend frameworks at scale
• Strong expertise with React and/or React Native
• Experience designing scalable architectures, APIs, and distributed systems
• GraphQL knowledge – highly beneficial
• Excellent communication and leadership skills; able to influence without ego
• Proven ability to guide teams, mentor others, and drive engineering quality
• Someone proactive, independent, and comfortable making high-impact technical decisions
• Thrives in a fast-paced, product-driven environment and enjoys working closely with customers

We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all backgrounds.