Xpertise Recruitment
Technical Lead
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Technical Lead
Location: Central London (Fitzrovia) - Hybrid (1 day per week in the office)
Salary: Up to £95,000 + Bonus + Growth Shares
Help Transform the Future of Mortgage Lending
We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead to help shape the next generation of a market-leading lending platform and AI-powered mortgage solutions. This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing fintech organisation using innovative technology to transform the mortgage journey and deliver better outcomes for customers and brokers.
The Opportunity
This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll combine architecture, software engineering, and technical leadership to drive the evolution of cloud-native platforms. Working closely with engineering leadership, business stakeholders and development teams, you'll design scalable solutions, mentor engineers and deliver technology that has a direct impact on business success.
AI is a key strategic investment area. You'll play a leading role in developing intelligent solutions that accelerate mortgage decision-making, automate processes and provide instant insights throughout the lending journey.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction across multiple engineering initiatives.
- Make key architectural decisions and drive engineering best practice.
- Remain hands-on with software design, development and code reviews.
- Build scalable web applications, APIs and AWS cloud-native solutions.
- Drive the adoption of AI technologies including LLMs, RAG and AI agents.
- Develop AI-powered tools for brokers and underwriting teams.
- Champion engineering excellence across testing, CI/CD, observability and security.
- Mentor and develop engineers through coaching, code reviews and technical guidance.
- Translate business requirements into practical, scalable technical solutions.
- Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Technology Stack
Essential Skills
- Python
- Django
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
- Docker
- Git
- REST APIs
- CI/CD
- JIRA
- Claude Code
Desirable Skills
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- AI Agents
- Vector Databases
- Prompt Engineering
- Amazon Bedrock
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About You
- Expert-level Python development skills.
- Extensive experience with Django and FastAPI.
- Strong understanding of software architecture and distributed systems.
- Experience building cloud-native applications on AWS.
- Previous experience leading technical delivery and mentoring engineers.
- Exposure to AI technologies such as LLMs, RAG or AI agents.
- Experience working in Agile environments.
- FinTech or Financial Services experience would be beneficial.
Benefits
- Salary up to £95,000
- Annual performance bonus
- Growth share scheme
- Hybrid working (1 day per week in the Central London office)
- 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays
- Private healthcare cash plan
- Employer pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme
- High-quality office environment in Fitzrovia, Central London
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If you're a hands-on technical leader with a passion for modern software engineering, cloud technologies and AI innovation, we'd love to hear from you. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact while helping build the future of digital lending.
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