Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer (Back End / Golang / Go)

Albany Growth are partnered with a sports brand entering a major phase of digital transformation following private equity investment.

They’re building a connected platform that combines hardware, computer vision and cloud software to power gameplay, real time analytics and enhanced player experiences.

They’re now hiring a Lead Engineer to take ownership of the backend platform while leading a small team of engineers (4/5 of them).

This is a key hire working closely with senior leadership and the CPO, helping shape both technical direction and product evolution as the platform scales.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading and mentoring a small engineering team (4/5 engineers)
• Designing and building backend services using Go
• Owning and evolving platform architecture as usage grows
• Building scalable REST APIs for web and mobile applications
• Working cross-functionally with frontend, mobile and hardware teams
• Managing data architecture across real-time and historical datasets
• Driving CI/CD, testing and deployment best practices
• Running services in cloud environments using Kubernetes
• Monitoring performance and improving system reliability

PE-backed business investing heavily in product and tech.

Live product with active users and strong growth plans.

If you’re looking for something a bit different from typical SaaS roles, where you can stay hands-on while shaping a real world sports product, drop me a message for more details.

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