Boston, MA

Salary
$150,000–$180,000
Posted
Jul 28, 2026
Location
Boston, MA
Last confirmed open
Jul 29, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A hands-on backend engineering lead role at a social sports-prediction platform, responsible for architecting and building scalable Python-based backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines. The role also carries technical leadership duties — mentoring engineers, driving architectural decisions, and ensuring compliance with AML, KYC, and sweepstakes regulations. Suited to an experienced backend engineer comfortable owning both deep technical work and cross-functional collaboration in a fintech/gaming environment.

Senior level · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Full-time

Must have (5)
PythonRESTCI/CDdata pipelinesmonitoring

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 750 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 560–970

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

What won't set you apart
Python51%CI/CD45%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $169,742 (middle half $134,780–$187,781).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (4)

The title 'Lead Software Engineer' maps to a Senior individual-contributor band here — the JD emphasizes hands-on design and development alongside mentoring, but does not describe managing direct reports, headcount, or budget, so 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) was not chosen as the primary code. It is listed as the runner-up given the genuine leadership and mentoring scope.

The posting is unusually light on named technologies: Python is the only language or framework explicitly called out. CI/CD, API development, data pipelines, and monitoring are listed as requirements but without naming specific tools (e.g. no mention of Django/FastAPI, Airflow, Kafka, Datadog, Jenkins, etc.). Skills have been captured at the level of specificity the posting actually provides.

No compensation range is stated anywhere in the posting.

The role is explicitly onsite at the Boston HQ near South Station — remote is not offered.

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