Lead Software Engineer
Full Stack - Ruby on Rails, React
Up to £120k DOE
Fully 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 full stack 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.
