Senior Backend Engineer

Performance intelligence company transforming how the sports industry uses data to unlock athletes' potential, serving over 2000 teams in 50 leagues globally.
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
Sports · Enterprise SaaS

Description For Senior Backend Engineer

Kitman Labs, a leading performance intelligence company, is revolutionizing sports analytics by helping over 2000 teams across 50 leagues optimize athlete performance. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll be integral to building core data-flows and APIs that handle massive amounts of sports data globally. The role focuses on creating robust, secure, and high-performance systems, working alongside data scientists to maintain cutting-edge injury risk prevention technology.

The position offers an opportunity to work with modern technologies, primarily Ruby, and AWS infrastructure, while collaborating with cross-functional teams including frontend engineers and product managers. You'll be responsible for designing and maintaining critical APIs and data processing pipelines, ensuring high-quality code delivery through effective QA processes and industry best practices.

The ideal candidate should be passionate about building successful products, comfortable with complex systems, and adaptable to new technologies. You'll work in an environment that values both technical excellence and pragmatic problem-solving, with opportunities to influence technical architecture decisions.

The company offers an attractive benefits package including competitive salary, meaningful equity, comprehensive health insurance, and flexible working arrangements. Based in Dublin's CHQ Building, the company promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming talent from all backgrounds. This role presents an excellent opportunity to join a growing company at the intersection of sports and technology, making a real impact on athlete performance worldwide.

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Responsibilities For Senior Backend Engineer

  • Design, build, and maintain APIs, services and data-stores
  • Maintain high standards of software quality through QA processes and best practices
  • Collaborate with frontend engineers to build user-friendly features
  • Work with product team to spec out and refine user stories
  • Debug complex production issues across services
  • Set technical architecture direction on projects
  • Make pragmatic decisions on project scaling and direction

Requirements For Senior Backend Engineer

Ruby
  • Experience building APIs or working with dynamic web applications
  • Ability to learn new technologies and languages
  • High standards for code quality
  • Project completion track record
  • Understanding of standardized, fully tested code in CI/CD environment

Benefits For Senior Backend Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Equity
  • Competitive salary
  • Meaningful equity
  • Pension Plan
  • Fully paid health insurance for employee & dependants
  • Life Assurance
  • Wellness Perk
  • Flexible workplace with options for office-based, hybrid and remote working

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