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Lead Software Engineer Python API - Fintech

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London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Lead Software Engineer / Developer London / WFH TC 200k

Are you a skilled a backend focussed Python technologist with leadership experience?

You could be progressing your career at a well-funded and profitable FinTech start-up.

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 50/50 split between architecture / design and technical leadership. You'll set the standards and mentor more junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and self development.

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 technical / 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 Lead Software Engineer you will earn a competitive salary to 200k total comp. plus pension and other benefits.

Apply now to find out more about this Lead Software Engineer / Developer opportunity.

Reference: WJ-5641_185344 · Posted 05 Nov 2026, 11:29 PM

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