AI-Driven Backend Tech Lead

Zego; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

Share options

Private medical insurance

Pension and generous holiday

Learning budget (£1,000)

Job summary

Zego is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead and mentor a team, shaping scalable, secure Python microservices for our AI-driven insurance platform. You will drive architecture decisions, improve backend performance, and ensure reliability while collaborating across teams in a fast-paced, hybrid setup in London and beyond.

You will work on end-to-end initiatives, champion clean code and incident readiness, and mentor others to raise the bar in engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Deep backend experience with cloud-native microservices.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Lead several engineers within a team or workstream, guiding their work towards user value and business opportunity.
• Design, build and own the Python microservices powering our insurance platform.

Skills

Python

Backend architecture

Distributed systems

Mentoring

AI-first mindset

Communication

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Zego is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead and mentor a team, shaping scalable, secure Python microservices for our AI-driven insurance platform. You will drive architecture decisions, improve backend performance, and ensure reliability while collaborating across teams in a fast-paced, hybrid setup in London and beyond.

You will work on end-to-end initiatives, champion clean code and incident readiness, and mentor others to raise the bar in engineering excellence.