Senior Product Engineer - Backend

Fanatics Sportsbook

London, United Kingdom
On-site
Go programming language experience
Blockchain dapp or evm/solana integration
Postgresql query optimization and schema management
This role involves leading the design and development of scalable backend services in Go for a real-money prediction and trading platform

Job Summary

  • This role involves leading the design and development of scalable backend services in Go for a real-money prediction and trading platform.
  • The team is pioneering AI as a code collaborator, requiring engineers to actively use tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot to ship production code.
  • Candidates will own features end-to-end from specification to monitoring while establishing best practices for AI-assisted development in a 0→1 environment.

Matching Summary

This role involves leading the design and development of scalable backend services in Go for a real-money prediction and trading platform.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Go programming language experience
  • Blockchain dApp or EVM/Solana integration
  • PostgreSQL query optimization and schema management
  • Event-driven architecture with Kafka or PubSub
  • AI-assisted development tools usage
  • End-to-end service ownership and deployment

Nice-to-have

  • Startup or 0-1 environment experience
  • Real-money transaction system knowledge
  • Open-source project contributions
  • Developer tooling or productivity improvement background
  • Leading without authority in technical direction

Key Requirements

  • More than 4 years of backend application experience
  • Hands-on blockchain integration experience
  • Visa sponsorship not available

Work Rights

Must be based in the United Kingdom

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