Backend Engineer (Python) — Scale RegTech Platform

Suade Labs Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Flexible holidays

£500 work-from-home budget

£500 personal training & development

Nest pension

Perkbox benefits plan

Job summary

Suade Labs Ltd is seeking a Mid-level Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale our regulatory reporting platform in London. You will own features end-to-end, collaborating with product and engineers to deliver precise data-driven solutions that support regulatory reporting and compliance for financial institutions.

The role requires 3–5 years of Python production experience, strong SQL skills, and hands-on Docker and RESTful API expertise.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional experience building production software in Python.
• Experience with FastAPI (or a similar web framework).
• Strong SQL skills and hands-on production experience with SQLalchemy/PostgreSQL.
• Professional experience with Docker; solid understanding of RESTful API design.
• Solid grasp of Git and standard version-control workflows in a team environment.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship features independently, from technical design through deployment.
• Maintain and lead the improvement of existing features within the application.
• Write efficient, well-tested code.
• Review code and provide constructive feedback to peers and junior engineers.
• Mentor junior engineers on Python best practices and software design.
• Collaborate with QA, product, and senior engineers to ship reliable, accurate features.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

SQL

RESTful API design

Git

Data structures

Algorithms

System design

Tools

Docker

PostgreSQL

ClickHouse

Job description

Suade Labs Ltd is seeking a Mid-level Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale our regulatory reporting platform in London. You will own features end-to-end, collaborating with product and engineers to deliver precise data-driven solutions that support regulatory reporting and compliance for financial institutions.

The role requires 3–5 years of Python production experience, strong SQL skills, and hands-on Docker and RESTful API expertise.