Catapult sports

Full Stack Software Engineer

London Full Time

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Catapult is building the future of sports performance technology, with a mission to Unleash the Potential of every athlete and team on earth. We don't just work in the sporting industry; we are actively changing it.  Since 2006, our solutions have been leading the way in sports performance software, science, and data, in a world where 1% can literally mean the difference between winning and losing.

We work with over 5,000 teams around the world, empowering coaches, managers and trainers in premier teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, EPL, AFL, NRL, NCAA and more. We provide the information they need to optimize athletes’ health, game-day readiness, and performance, as well as in-game tactics.  

Catapult is a sports technology company that empowers professional teams to make data-driven decisions. We deliver health, performance, video, and AI insights from the locker room to competitive environments, ensuring every decision is an opportunity to gain an advantage, sharpen performance, and build lasting success. 

WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY  

We are looking for a talented Full-Stack Software Engineer with a drive to build quality products. This role allows you the opportunity to contribute across a broad range of our application stack. Everything from Catpult’s APIs and backend infrastructure to frontends on both web and mobile.

Based in London, you will be a key player in the Engineering team working on the Perch family of applications. You’ll contribute to Perch’s backend systems and UI applications, which interact with the Perch 3D camera system and power planning, data collection, and data analysis of weightlifting. Perch’s applications are written in modern frameworks, and provide exciting challenges in distributed systems, real-time data processing, and creating insightful user experiences for elite athletes and coaches. Reporting to a Senior Director of Engineering, the primary responsibility of the Full-Stack Engineer is to develop software solutions for the elite sports industry.  You will be responsible for the development cycle and ensuring that our products have a high level of quality.

We believe that our customers deserve to have the leading technology, and we are on a mission to make the best possible products to enhance their performance.  Our engineers drive this ethos by making sure all of this technology comes together in a way our customers love to use.

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

  • Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
  • Build and maintain React Native mobile applications and React web applications
  • Build and maintain APIs and backend systems powering applications
  • Design and implement database schema
  • Profile and optimize query performance in backend applications
  • Engage in architectural discussions to help design scalable and resilient systems.
  • Work directly with Product and Design on scoping and designing features
  • Work in multidisciplinary teams and interface with other engineers in our team and across various domains.
  • Document your work in a shared knowledge base platform.
  • Work with test engineers to resolve issues.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

  • At least 4 years of software development experience.
  • Demonstrated experience programming in Typescript, Javascript, and React
  • Demonstrated experience programming in Python (preferred) and/or Go, C++, or Java.
  • Demonstrated experience working in SQL and designing database schema
  • Ability to reason about and debug complex systems and applications
  • Experience with Git code management is highly desired.

Other Requirements:

  • Very strong attention to detail.
  • Proven self-starter.
  • Ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to prioritise and a “can-do” attitude.
  • Occasionally providing technical assistance to our customer support team

WHY CATAPULT? 

  • We have amazing people. We promise you’ll work with some of the most ambitious,  intelligent people in an exciting industry, and do some of the best work of your life.
  • We encourage our people to engage in constructive, open, and honest communication to make Catapult extraordinary. 
  • We work in a collaborative yet challenging environment to consistently improve our performance, which in turn impacts our customers' performance.
  • Our workforce spans more than 20 countries. You'll have the opportunity to work with people from multiple nationalities and cultures, and to build your global awareness.  
  • We value improvement and development. We are challenging ourselves to continuously grow and become a high-performance company. That means we maintain a growth mindset in everything we do, and our people are always looking for ways to improve.  There is an unlimited opportunity to grow, do more, and do better.

Whether you’re interested in sports or not, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing your work is supporting some of the most successful teams and athletes on the planet! 

Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized groups tend only to apply when they check every box. So if you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job ad, please still get in touch! We would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team. We are building the future of sports performance. Our priority is to find the brightest talent who can add to our team culture, actively contribute, and be excited about what they do.

All offers of employment are subject to Catapult's positive prehire check. To find out more, please contact the Talent Partner for this role.