Lead Software Engineer (Python)

Understanding Recruitment

Greater London, UK

11 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.collegerecruiter.com

Tech stack

Code Review Python (Programming Language) NumPy Software Construction Software Engineering SQLAlchemy Backend Fastapi Pandas Build Management

Job description

We are partnering with a profitable fintech scale-up seeking a Lead Python Engineer to play a key role in building its US investment infrastructure.

The business has established a successful investment platform in the UK and is now building the technology, workflows and financial infrastructure required to support investing across US markets. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll lead a small pod of engineers whilst remaining deeply involved in architecture, design and software development.

The Opportunity

You’ll help design and build the systems that underpin trading, execution, settlement, portfolio management and investment operations for US-listed products. You’ll join a highly collaborative engineering team and have significant influence over technical direction, architecture and delivery as the platform continues to scale., * Lead a pod of 3-4 engineers whilst remaining hands-on in the codebase

Design and build core financial infrastructure supporting US investment products
Develop systems covering trading, execution, settlement, brokerage, portfolio and investment workflows
Drive architectural decisions and technical direction within your team
Work closely with Product and Engineering leadership to shape solutions and delivery plans
Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical guidance and best practices
Balance rapid delivery with long-term scalability, maintainability and reliability
Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering standards, tooling and development processes
Python, FastAPI
SQLAlchemy, Pydantic

Requirements

Strong commercial experience building backend systems with Python
Proficiency with Pandas/NumPy
Previous experience leading engineers or acting as a technical lead
Strong understanding of architecture, system design and software engineering best practices
Experience building and supporting production-grade applications
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment