Python Engineering Lead

Salary: £100, per year

• Experienced Software Engineer with strong Python expertise
• Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and full SDLC experience
• Team leadership experience, with ability to mentor and develop others, run 1-2-1s and performance reviews
• Good knowledge of cloud-based services; GCP experience preferred, but AWS or Azure is acceptable
• Experience building APIs, ideally with FastAPI
• Good knowledge of CI/CD, testing and deployment
• Thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including OOP, data structures, design patterns and algorithms
• Collaborative and pragmatic with strong communication skills
• Degree educated in a STEM discipline, with a 2.1 or above

• Lead a talented engineering team while remaining hands‑on in architecture, design and delivery
• Drive engineering standards and help shape the next phase of platform development
• Mentor developers and support their growth through regular feedback, 1-2-1s and performance reviews
• Contribute to technical direction and help the team solve complex technical challenges across our Python platform
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and business stakeholders
• Lead the delivery of new capabilities for our core banking technology platform
• Help evolve our platform and engineering culture in a collaborative, fast-moving environment

• AWS
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• FastAPI
• GCP
• Support
• OOP
• Python
• Backend

We are a successful and growing fintech transforming core banking technology through modern cloud-native platforms and integrations with leading financial institutions. You will join a profitable, well-funded business with ambitious growth plans, meaningful technical challenges and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on our technology platform and engineering culture. The role is based in Central London with a hybrid working model, offering flexibility to work from home twice a week.

We offer a competitive salary of up to £120k, plus pension and other benefits.