Lead Software Engineer (Python)

Flexible benefits budget Monthly socials 90 day work-from-anywhere perk

Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, AWS, EKS

Central London, 1 day a week (will consider once quarterly)

InsurTech Microservices Greenfield Development

We've partnered with a well known name in the insuretech space - one of the UK's most exciting scale-ups over the past few years.

Following a successful profitability push, they're now entering a growth phase and expanding their product offerings. There's also ongoing work rewriting their Django monolith into modern microservices/FAST API based architecture.

You'll be joining a collaborative, product-led squad environment, rotating across business domains. This is an opportunity to gain exposure to cloud-native architecture, contribute to new platform initiatives, and accelerate your path to seniority.

With a new VP of Engineering in place and strong engineering leadership, they offer the right mix of scale-up pace, engineering maturity, and long-term growth potential.

They're looking for established Seniors Software Engineers or Lead Developers with coaching and mentoring skills and/or the ability to influence the design and architecture of high volume, customer facing applications.

Tech stack:

Python (FastAPI, Starlette) gRPC GraphQL PostgreSQL DynamoDB AWS EKS CI/CD pipelines

What you'll be doing:

• Contributing to the design and development of scalable backend systems
• Working across rotating product squads with full domain exposure
• Deploying and owning your code in production (AWS EKS)
• Collaborating with product and engineering leads to solve complex problems

• 5+ years backend engineering experience (ideally Python, but open to other languages)
• Experience in microservices or modern architectural style
• Excellent communication skills and willingness to take initiative

Nice to have:

• FastAPI, GraphQL, gRPC
• Experience with AWS and CI/CD tooling

This is a great opportunity to join a profitable, product-focused company with ambitions to scale in 2025. You'll be surrounded by experienced engineers and given the tools to take ownership and grow your career.