Python Engineer / Tech Lead - FinTech
Client Server
Overview
In this role you will lead a small tech team to deliver features and refactor work for a core banking platform connected with major players. You’ll balance architecture and hands-on delivery, setting engineering standards and mentoring junior developers. The position sits at the intersection of fintech scale-up growth and technical excellence, with a focus on building robust APIs and cloud-first solutions. You’ll work closely with cross-functional partners to drive continuous improvement and impactful outcomes.
Pay / Benefits- Salary up to 140k + bonus
- Share options
- Pension contribution
- BUPA Healthcare + Medicare CashPlan
- Life Assurance
- 28 days holiday + bank holidays
- Lead a small, skilled tech team to deliver features and perform refactoring
- Contribute to the core banking platform and API development
- Balance architecture/design work with technical leadership (approx. 50/50)
- Set engineering standards and mentor junior developers
- Conduct 1-2-1s and performance reviews to support growth
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners (e.g., HSBC)
- Support CI/CD, testing, and deployment practices
- Promote continuous improvement and best practices across the SDLC
- Python expertise with strong software engineering fundamentals
- Technical and people leadership experience, mentoring and performance reviews
- Cloud experience (GCP preferred; AWS/Azure acceptable)
- Experience building APIs, ideally with FastAPI
- Solid CI/CD, testing, and deployment knowledge
- Strong CS fundamentals (OOP, data structures, design patterns, algorithms)
- Collaborative, pragmatic communication skills
- STEM degree with 2.1 or higher
- collaborative
- pragmatic
- clear communication
- FastAPI
- Python
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Reference: WJ-747_31291580 · Posted 13 Nov 2026, 04:56 AM