Position overview

We are looking for a hands-on Lead Python Engineer / Technical Architect to act as the senior technical member of a small engineering team.

The role combines Python development, AWS architecture, technical leadership, and direct collaboration with business stakeholders. The successful candidate will design and implement scalable solutions, modernize existing applications, establish engineering standards, and mentor junior and mid-level developers.

The successful candidate will be able to move effectively between business discussions, solution design, architecture, development, code review, and mentoring, applying pragmatic technical leadership and excellent stakeholder communication to transform business-developed applications into robust, scalable, and maintainable engineering solutions.

This is not a purely architectural or managerial role. The successful candidate is expected to remain actively involved in solution design, coding, code reviews, and delivery.

This is a hybrid position requiring onsite presence at the client’s London office two days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture and technical design activities
• Design, develop and maintain production grade Python applications
• Refactor and modernize applications originally developed by business teams
• Design scalable, resilient, secure, and observable AWS native solutions
• Contribute to data architecture and solutions based on Snowflake and modern data platforms
• Define engineering standards, design patterns, testing practices, and CI/CD processes
• Conduct code reviews and support software quality, maintainability, and security
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Work effectively in an environment with limited Business Analyst support
• Mentor junior and middle-level engineers and facilitate knowledge transfer across the team