Principal Software Engineer

The role

You will design and build backend services, APIs, and data pipelines for a new sports technology product. You will influence architecture, technology choices, and engineering direction while working with frontend, computer vision, and machine learning teams.

What you will do

• Designing and developing backend services and APIs for real-time data ingestion, transformation, and delivery.
• Building scalable, low-latency, high-throughput systems.
• Owning data architecture and pipeline design including integration with streaming and event-driven technologies.
• Defining and evolving API contracts.
• Working with frontend engineers to shape data structures, contracts, and technical approaches.
• Collaborating with computer vision, machine learning, and data science teams to integrate complex data workflows.
• Contributing to key architectural decisions for long-term scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Leveraging AI-assisted and agentic development tools to accelerate delivery.
• Providing technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance across the wider engineering organisation.

Required qualifications

• Significant experience building production-grade backend systems using Java.
• Strong track record of developing low-latency, high-throughput applications.
• Experience designing and implementing distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and data pipelines.
• Knowledge of streaming technologies such as Kafka or similar platforms.
• Experience designing and evolving APIs in rapidly changing product environments.
• Working knowledge of modern frontend technologies such as React and TypeScript.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure and modern identity and access management approaches.
• Strong experience using AI-assisted or agentic development tools.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and make sound technical decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

About the company

Hawk-Eye Innovations is developing a brand-new sports technology product from the ground up.