Engineering Lead -at well-funded insurtech platform

Job Title

Engineering Lead

£100k-£115k

Well-funded insurtech platform

Lead a product-focused squad building the front door of a modern insurance platform. This hands-on role involves shipping high-quality Type Script across a serverless AWS stack while partnering with product management to define technical strategy. You will own delivery, operational excellence, and technical mentorship for a small, fast-moving team of three engineers.

London, UK

• Work on a modern, event-driven serverless architecture using Type Script, AWS Lambda, and Terraform with 30-minute CI/CD pipelines.
• High-growth phase backed by top-tier VCs, transforming how commercial motor insurance is priced through real-time vehicle telemetry and data science.
• Hands-on leadership focus: prioritize technical excellence, delivery cadence, and engineer coaching without the overhead of traditional line management responsibilities.

• Partner with the Product Manager to translate business goals into technical scope and maintain a pragmatic, high-velocity delivery cadence.
• Architect and build scalable microservices using a monorepo approach, trunk-based development, and automated type-safe contracts between services.
• Mentor engineers within your squad, shaping internal developer experience, observability practices, and the standards for production-grade software delivery.

• Strong background in Type Script and experience building scalable systems within a cloud-native environment, specifically AWS serverless services.
• Proven ability to lead technical delivery and make pragmatic trade-offs between speed and safety in a fast-paced product environment.
• Passion for engineering excellence, including automated testing, infrastructure-as-code, and fostering a culture of ownership and high-quality software craftsmanship.