Software Engineer Lead Level
Software Engineer Lead Level
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18-04-2025
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Job Description
This is a remote position.
Remote London HQ.
Join us as we build the future of football management gaming!
At Footium were bringing football to life like never before. As a multiplayer Football Management game we offer fans the chance to live their dream of becoming a Football Manager and Club Owner. Its social its rewarding and its fiercely competitive!
Following our successful launch back in October the game is now live thousands of clubs are battling it out daily to build stronger squads crush rivals and rise through the divisions to claim glory!
We operate a remote/hybrid working model with occasional (once per month) inperson meetings at our London office as well as quarterly socials and annual company offsite.
The Role
We re looking for a Lead Software Engineer who thrives in a handson role taking ownership of endtoend feature development. You ll work across the full stack from backend architecture to polished UI delivering performant scalable solutions that power a competitive gaming experience.
You ll be embedded in a collaborative team solving meaningful technical challenges shaping playerfacing features and contributing directly to our evolving platform. This is a fastmoving highly technical role for someone who enjoys building and refining systems in production.
If you thrive in tightknit highperformance teams and enjoy the challenge of a fastpaced highimpact environment we d really LOVE to hear from you!
Our Tech Stack
You ll be working with (and ideally experienced in) most of the following technologies:
Frontend: TypeScript Tailwind CSS ChakraUI
Backend: TypeScript PostgreSQL GraphQL
DevOps: AWS ECS Lambda SQS S3 CloudWatch Terraform SST Docker
Requirements
Working as an IC (individual contributor) your focus will be on:
- Build and maintain full stack features using our modern TypeScriptbased stack.
- Architect backend services and APIs using PostgreSQL and GraphQL.
- Create responsive accessible UIs with React Tailwind CSS and ChakraUI.
- Develop and integrate scalable reliable GraphQL APIs.
- Optimize systems for speed scalability and user experience across both frontend and backend.
- Deploy containerized services and contribute to our CI/CD and infrastructure setup (AWS Docker Terraform).
- Prototype and deliver new functionality quickly and iteratively based on product and player feedback.
- Continuously improve code quality system performance and dev workflows.
Ideally were looking for someone with:
- Strong TypeScript skills proficient in TypeScript and its advanced features across both frontend and backend.
- Backend expertise solid experience with PostgreSQL and GraphQL in production environments.
- React/ proficiency confident using modern React features (hooks context server components) and the framework.
- Serverless and DevOps familiarity experience with serverless architecture and queueing systems (e.g. AWS Lambda SQS) is a plus.
- The ability to work independently on complex problems and a collaborative mindset for contributing to shared codebases and team discussions.
Bonus points for:
- Experience with infrastructureascode tools like Terraform or SST.
- Familiarity with AWS services like ECS S3 CloudWatch etc.
- A background in consumerfacing platforms or gamerelated tech.
Benefits
- 28 days of paid holiday relax and come back more inspired than ever.
- Flexible/hybrid working flexible hours and our hybridfriendly policy ensure you can work where you re most productive several days per week.
- Team meetups quarterly inperson socials to hang out have fun and celebrate wins.
- Annual company get together a chance to get together somewhere awesome connect and plan big things.
- Weekly gaming sessions you don t have to but we believe a little friendly competition never hurts.
- Health & wellness budget we need you at your best after all!
- Learning & development budget whether it s courses books or training we ve got you covered.
- Equity Options We offer all employees ownership of the company to ensure the entire team is aligned and rewarded when Footium succeeds!
Working as an IC (individual contributor) your focus will be on: Build and maintain fullstack features using our modern TypeScript-based stack. Architect backend services and APIs using , PostgreSQL, and GraphQL. Create responsive, accessible UIs with React, , Tailwind CSS, and ChakraUI. Develop and integrate scalable, reliable GraphQL APIs. Optimize systems for speed, scalability, and user experience across both frontend and backend. Deploy containerized services and contribute to our CI/CD and infrastructure setup (AWS, Docker, Terraform). Prototype and deliver new functionality quickly and iteratively based on product and player feedback. Continuously improve code quality, system performance, and dev workflows. You Should Have Strong TypeScript skills proficient in TypeScript and its advanced features across both frontend and backend. Backend expertise solid experience with , PostgreSQL, and GraphQL in production environments. React/ proficiency confident using modern React features (hooks, context, server components) and the framework. Serverless and DevOps familiarity experience with serverless architecture and queueing systems (e.g. AWS Lambda, SQS) is a plus. The ability to work independently on complex problems, and a collaborative mindset for contributing to shared codebases and team discussions.
Employment Type
Full Time
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