Python Engineer

lendable; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement savings plans

Employee referral programme

Office meals & snacks

Sustainable commuting

Job summary

Lendable is seeking a Python Infrastructure Engineer to design and integrate APIs that enhance the customer experience and scale our lending platforms. You will work in a collaborative team, focused on building in-house technology with modern tooling.

You will contribute to architecture conversations and help push performance and reliability across the stack, joining a fast-growing fintech at the forefront of the UK market.

Qualifications

• Strong, modern Python development experience.
• Experience with FastAPI or a modern web framework.
• Strong automatic testing skills (unit, integration, functional).

Responsibilities

• Designing and integrating powerful new APIs to improve customer experience.
• Optimising lending platforms for performance and scale.
• Engaging in deep architectural discussions with engineers.

Skills

Python development

FastAPI

Testing (unit/integration)

Collaborative team

Job description

About Lendable

Lendable is on a mission to build the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money. We're building one of the world's leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start:

• One of the UK's most exciting unicorns with a team of over 800 people
• Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK
• Profitable since 2017
• Backed by top investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs
• Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot )

So far, we've rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance . We get money into our customers' hands in minutes instead of days.

We're growing fast, and there's a lot more to do: we're going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US) where trillions worth of financial products are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes.

Join us if you want to

• Take ownership: you are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1
• Work in small teams of exceptional people: Lendies are relentlessly resourceful. We challenge the status quo to solve problems and find smarter solutions
• Build the best technology in-house : we use new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting

About the role

We'd love for you to become a key part of our Python Infrastructure team; a collaborative group that's always pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

In this role, you'll get to do it all: designing and integrating powerful new APIs that genuinely improve our customers' experience, optimising our lending platforms for performance and scale, and diving into the kind of deep architectural conversations that engineers get excited about.

No two days look the same here.

We're building something great, and we're looking for the right people to grow with us.

Our Tech Stack

Our stack is built on Python and FastAPI, deployed via Docker and Kubernetes on AWS, with ArgoCD handling our continuous delivery pipeline.

What we're looking for

• Strong, modern Python development experience
• A good understanding of a modern web framework - FastAPI
• Strong automatic testing skills (unit, integration, functional)
• A keen desire to want to learn and input into a highly collaborative team
• If you've worked in a cross functional environment, it would be a plus but not needed

Interview process

• A quick phone call with one of the team
• A short coding exercise to complete in your own time
• Technical Video Interview for 60 mins
• Meet the team you'll work with daily
• Culture interview for 30mins
• Final Interview

Life at Lendable

Winning team: the opportunity to scale up one of the world's most successful fintech companies

• Flexible working: flexible approach tailored to each role. Hybrid roles require three days in-office weekly; fully remote roles include regular opportunities for in-person connection through socials and off-sites
• Socials & connection: opportunities and events to come together, socialise, and get to know each other beyond the office walls
• Health coverage: support for your physical and mental wellbeing, including private health cover
• Retirement & savings: long-term financial wellbeing through retirement savings plans
• Employee referral programme: earn a competitive bonus when you refer successful new team members
• Office meals & snacks: enjoy a fully stocked kitchen, plus complimentary lunches prepared by in-house chefs on in-office days at select locations
• Sustainable commuting: cycle-to-work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes available in select locations

Please note: The availability and details of specific benefits vary by location and role. For more information, please speak to your Talent Partner.