Lead Python Engineer – Fintech Backend (Hybrid, London)

Understanding Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment is working with a profitable fintech in London to hire a Lead Python Engineer. This hands-on technical leadership role will balance architecture and coding while guiding a small backend pod and shaping core systems that support investment workflows and trading operations.

The position offers a base salary up to 140k, with a strong focus on building scalable Python services and leading technical design in a fast-moving scale-up environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Python backend development in production systems.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and data-heavy platforms.
• Experience leading projects or small engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable backend services in Python.
• Design systems for processing financial data and investment workflows.
• Lead architecture and technical design for new features.
• Run a small engineering pod and guide delivery.
• Improve reliability, performance and resilience of core systems.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards.

Skills

Python backend development

Distributed systems

Lead projects or small teams

Job description

Understanding Recruitment is working with a profitable fintech in London to hire a Lead Python Engineer. This hands-on technical leadership role will balance architecture and coding while guiding a small backend pod and shaping core systems that support investment workflows and trading operations.

The position offers a base salary up to 140k, with a strong focus on building scalable Python services and leading technical design in a fast-moving scale-up environment.