Engineering Lead - Core Group
Midnite is looking for an Engineering Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership while formally managing and developing a team of three to six engineers. This is not a conventional Engineering Manager role or a purely technical lead position: the successful candidate will create PRs, write production code and release features while setting technical direction and helping the whole team perform at its best.
The successful candidate will bring deep backend experience and a full-stack, systems-thinking mindset, understanding how clients, APIs, services, data, infrastructure, operations and third-party integrations work together. They will work closely with Product and Design to turn complex or ambiguous problems into simple, reliable experiences delivered incrementally.
- Set pragmatic technical direction and lead system design across clients, APIs, services, data, infrastructure and integrations.
- Create PRs, write production code and release features, alongside contributing technical designs, investigations and reviews.
- Work with Product and Design to turn ambiguous opportunities into clear milestones, small deliverables and frequent releases.
- Manage three to six engineers through clear expectations, one-to-ones, feedback, performance management and development support.
- Develop engineers through design discussions, reviews, pairing, debugging and production incidents without becoming a bottleneck.
- Champion effective testing, observability, safe releases and strong production feedback loops.
- Make sensible trade-offs, keep risks visible and help the team improve systems following production problems.
- Use AI responsibly and contribute to hiring, onboarding and shared engineering practices.
- Significant backend engineering experience, including time operating at senior or lead level. (required)
- Deep backend expertise with a full-stack, systems-thinking mindset across clients, APIs, services, data, infrastructure and operations. (required)
- Strong Python skills, or experience with another modern backend language and a willingness to learn Python. (required)
- Experience setting technical direction and designing, delivering and operating reliable systems. (required)
- Experience in formally managing engineers, or strong evidence of readiness to own one-to-ones, feedback, performance and development for a team of three to six. (required)
- Challenge assumptions constructively, helping Product and Design find simpler or more effective ways to achieve the intended outcome and the ability to break ambiguous, complex work into simple, safe deliverables. (required)
- Solid database and production-engineering fundamentals, including AWS, CI/CD and observability. (required)
- Communicate with energy and clarity, bring others into technical discussions, and help create momentum across the team. (required)
- Private health insurance with zero excess, including optical cover and optional dental.
- Income protection to protect your earnings and give you peace of mind.
- Tenure holiday policy. After three years you receive an extra two days leave, increasing to 30 days annually after five years.
- Flexible working and a fully supported home office setup so you can do your best work from home.
- Nursery salary sacrifice scheme helping parents save thousands each year on nursery fees.
- Salary sacrifice schemes for tech and holidays so you can spread the cost of the things you want.
- Retail discounts and subscription perks across a wide range of brands.
- Quarterly team socials to connect, celebrate and have fun together.
Midnite is a sportsbook and online casino operator based in London, licensed by the UK Gambling Commission and in Ireland. It began as an esports betting brand and has grown into a mainstream sports betting operator, becoming front-of-shirt sponsor of Wolverhampton Wanderers for the 2026/27 season, with plans to enter Canada.