A high-growth FinTech is expanding its engineering leadership and is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to guide the development of core platform capabilities. Their products enable businesses across the UK, and the organisation is scaling quickly as demand increases.
This position is ideal for someone who enjoys hands‑on engineering while also influencing architecture, mentoring others, and shaping how modern software is built and delivered.
What You’ll Take Ownership Of
Designing, building, and improving large-scale distributed systems
Working across both backend (Python) and frontend (TypeScript/React) components
Taking full lifecycle ownership of your work — from concept to deployment and ongoing operation
Contributing to architectural direction and evaluating technical decisions
Supporting and uplifting engineers through mentorship and pairing
Helping the team prioritise simplicity, performance, and long-term maintainability
Making engineering decisions with product, users, and business impact in mind
Leveraging modern tooling and AI-assisted development to optimise delivery
How the Engineering Teams Operate
Squads are cross‑functional with engineers, product, and design working closely together
Work is guided by clear outcomes and real user needs
Continuous deployment is the default, supported by fully automated pipelines
Strong emphasis on testing, reliability, and observability
Engineers hold end‑to‑end responsibility for the systems they create
The platform is cloud‑native and designed for scale, resilience, and rapid iteration
A collaborative environment where ideas are shared openly and respectfully
Diverse teams where inclusion is part of the everyday culture
Engineers have freedom to experiment and propose new approaches
Low‑ego, supportive leadership focused on enabling people to do their best work
A culture of continuous learning and improvement, backed by data and real‑world feedback
Tech Environment
You’ll work with a modern and thoughtful stack, which includes:
Plus a strong testing culture powered by: Jest • Cypress • pytest • React Testing Library
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