1d ago

Lead Python Engineer

London

โœจ $140k-$200k / yearest.

full-timelead Hybrid

๐Ÿ›  Tech Stack

๐Ÿ’ผ About This Role

You'll lead a small team building data pipelines and API services for our US products, shaping the data infrastructure that powers real-time financial decisions. This role combines hands-on coding with technical leadership, owning the direction of your squad while working across a modern stack of Python, FastAPI, AWS, and Kubernetes.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Design and build robust data pipelines and APIs
  • Balance hands-on coding with mentoring 1โ€“2 engineers
  • Drive technical decisions and architectural discussions
  • Ensure quality and scalability of data platform

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

  • Lead or mentor experience with a small team
  • Deep Python expertise with clean, well-tested code
  • Experience building data pipelines or ETL processes
  • Solid FastAPI or comparable modern Python web framework

โœจ Nice to Have

  • Experience in cross-functional or data-focused engineering
  • Familiarity with US financial products or regulated markets
  • Strong automated testing skills across unit, integration, and functional levels

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Flexible working - hybrid with 3 days in-office weekly
  • ๐Ÿฅ Health coverage - private health cover for physical and mental wellbeing
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Retirement & savings - long-term financial wellbeing through retirement plans
  • ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Office meals & snacks - complimentary lunches by in-house chefs on in-office days
  • ๐Ÿšด Sustainable commuting - cycle-to-work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks

  1. 1Phone callยท 30 min
  2. 2Coding exerciseยท 2 hours
  3. 3Technical Video Interview (60 mins)ยท 60 min
  4. 4Culture Interview (30 mins)ยท 30 min
  5. 5Final Interviewยท 45 min
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