Lead Backend Engineer

📋 Description

• Lead several engineers within a team or workstream, guiding their work towards user value and
• Design, build and own the Python microservices that power our insurance platform: secure
• Drive architectural discussions and decisions across multiple teams, shaping the future of our
• Deliver large, complex technical initiatives end to end, with clarity on scope, sequencing and
• Raise the bar on engineering excellence: testability, reliability, scalability and clean code
• Coach and mentor engineers, sharing context, feedback and support so the whole team levels up

🎯 Requirements

• Deep backend expertise - Hands-on experience building cloud-native microservices, Python preferred
• Systems at scale - You have built distributed architectures and understand performance tuning and
• You strive for simplicity - You build systems that are easy to understand, test and maintain, and
• You lead by example - Through mentoring, clear communication and a collaborative mindset, plus the
• You are proactive with people beyond engineering - You raise concerns early, engage the right
• You work AI-first - You will use AI daily here, and we mean daily. You do not need to arrive an

🎁 Benefits

• Market-competitive salary, benchmarked against your function and reviewed every year
• Annual performance bonus, linked to company performance and your contribution
• Share options, a real stake in the company and a share in the future you build
• Private medical insurance, for you and your family
• Pension, generous holiday, and £1,000 a year to spend on getting to the office or learning
• Cutting-edge systems and tools, so you always have what you need to drive your impact