Lead Engineer, Payments Platform — Hybrid & Impactful

Jack & Jill/External ATS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth fintech platform based in the UK is seeking a Lead Engineer to guide a squad of engineers in the full payments journey. This role involves architectural design and mentoring, leveraging technologies like Python and NodeJS. The company offers a hybrid work culture focusing on innovation and high-impact collaboration, aiming to create simple and resilient engineering solutions that drive positive business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering squads and designing distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of TDD, continuous deployment, and cloud-native infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery and architectural design of scalable payment systems.
• Coach and mentor a squad of engineers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for high-quality technical outcomes.

Skills

Lead engineering squads

Designing distributed systems

Python

NodeJS

TypeScript

TDD

Continuous deployment

Cloud-native infrastructure

AWS

GCP

Job description

A high-growth fintech platform based in the UK is seeking a Lead Engineer to guide a squad of engineers in the full payments journey. This role involves architectural design and mentoring, leveraging technologies like Python and NodeJS. The company offers a hybrid work culture focusing on innovation and high-impact collaboration, aiming to create simple and resilient engineering solutions that drive positive business outcomes.