Python Engineering Lead - Fintech

London, Greater London | £90k - £120k per year

Python Engineering Lead (Backend Software Developer) London / WFH to £120k

Opportunity to join a successful and growing Fintech that is transforming core banking technology through modern cloud-native platforms and integrations with leading financial institutions. As the business continues to scale, they are looking for a hands‑on Python engineering leader to help shape the next phase of platform development.

As a Python Engineering Lead your role will blend of technical leadership and software engineering, giving you the opportunity to guide a talented team while remaining closely involved in architecture, design and delivery. You'll play a key role in driving engineering standards, mentoring developers and helping the team tackle complex technical challenges across a modern Python based platform.

Collaborating with Product, Engineering and business stakeholders, you’ll influence technical direction, lead the delivery of new capabilities and contribute to the evolution of a platform that supports critical financial services. The environment is collaborative, fast-moving and well suited to engineers who enjoy balancing strategic thinking with hands‑on problem solving.

You’ll join a profitable, well funded business with ambitious growth plans, meaningful technical challenges and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on both the technology platform and the engineering culture.

Location / WFH:

You’ll join colleagues in the Central London office with flexibility to work from home twice a week in a hybrid model.

About you:

• You're an experienced Software Engineer with Python expertise and a strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and full SDLC experience
• You have team leadership experience, happy to mentor and develop others as well as provide 1-2-1s and performance reviews
• You have a good knowledge of cloud based services (they use GCP but AWS or Azure experience is fine)
• You have experience of building APIs, ideally FastAPI experience
• You have a good knowledge of CI/CD, testing and deployment
• You have a thorough understanding of Computer Science fundamentals such as OOP, Data Structures, Design Patterns, Algorithms
• You're collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills
• You're degree educated in a STEM discipline, having achieved a 2.1 or above

What's in it for you:

As a Python Engineering Lead you will earn a competitive salary (to £120k) plus pension and other benefits.

Apply now to find out more about this Python Engineering Lead (Backend Software Developer) opportunity.

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