Python Backend Lead — Remote + Equity

Burns Sheehan; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent InsurTech company seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive backend development using Python and FastAPI within a collaborative, product-focused squad. This includes contributing to scalable systems, rotating across product domains, and deploying code in AWS EKS. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of experience in backend engineering and strong communication skills. This is a unique opportunity to accelerate your career in a company poised for growth.

Benefits

Flexible benefits budget

Monthly socials

90-day work-from-anywhere perk

Qualifications

• 5+ years in backend engineering, ideally with Python.
• Experience in microservices or modern architecture.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend systems.
• Work across rotating product squads.
• Deploy and manage code in production.
• Collaborate with leads on complex problems.

Skills

Backend engineering experience

Python

Microservices

Communication skills

Initiative

Tools

FastAPI

GraphQL

gRPC

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

AWS

EKS

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

A prominent InsurTech company seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive backend development using Python and FastAPI within a collaborative, product-focused squad. This includes contributing to scalable systems, rotating across product domains, and deploying code in AWS EKS. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of experience in backend engineering and strong communication skills. This is a unique opportunity to accelerate your career in a company poised for growth.