Client Server
Lead Software Engineer Python API - Fintech
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Lead Software Engineer / Developer
London / WFH
to £120k
Are you a skilled a backend-focused Python technologist with team leadership experience?
You could be progressing your career at a well-funded and profitable FinTech start-up.
About the Role
As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll head up a small, talented tech team to deliver new features and enhancements as well as some refactoring work, contributing to the core banking platform which integrates with major players such as HSBC. There's a relatively young codebase and lots of new projects to get stuck into.
You'll be collaboratively problem-solving in a hands-on role with approximately a 50/50 split between architecture/design and people management. You'll set the standards and mentor more junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and self-development.
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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
- Experienced Software Engineer with Python expertise and a strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and full SDLC experience.
- Team leadership experience, happy to mentor and develop others as well as provide 1-2-1s and performance reviews.
- Good knowledge of cloud-based services (they use GCP but AWS or Azure experience is fine).
- Experience of building APIs, ideally FastAPI experience.
- Good knowledge of CI/CD, testing, and deployment.
- Thorough understanding of Computer Science fundamentals such as OOP, Data Structures, Design Patterns, Algorithms.
- Collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills.
- Degree educated in a STEM discipline, having achieved a 2.1 or above.
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What's in it for you
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will earn a competitive salary (to £120k) plus pension and other benefits.
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