Senior Backend Developer (Python)

Burns Sheehan; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech scale-up in Central London seeks a Senior Backend Engineer proficient in Python and AWS. This role offers the chance to lead impactful projects, shape backend architecture, and work within agile squads. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in backend engineering and experience with relational databases and RESTful APIs. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits including private medical care and flexible working.

Benefits

Private medical care

25+ days holiday

Paid sabbaticals

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Strong backend software engineering experience with relevance to their stack.
• Confident working with relational databases and designing schemas.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Take the lead on greenfield projects and shape backend architecture.
• Define ways of working and deploy iteratively.
• Work within small, high-performing agile squads.

Skills

Backend software engineering

Python

Relational databases

RESTful APIs

Agile methodology

Education

Degree in Maths, Physics, Computer Science, or Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

Rust

Go

Job description

Overview

Senior Backend Engineer - Python | AWS

£80,000-100,000 + share options

Private medical + GP service | 25+ days holiday | Paid sabbaticals | Flexible working

Python, AWS

Central London, hybrid (1 day per week)

Profitable FinTech

We're partnered with a profitable, VC-backed fintech scale-up that's helping thousands of small businesses across Europe thrive. They combine modern approaches to software engineering with a strong sense of purpose and employee well being. They're one of the UK's standout tech employers in the fintech space.

This role offers full ownership, from project scoping to release, with the autonomy to shape backend architecture of projects with real business impact.

You'll have the opportunity to take the lead on greenfield projects, define ways of working and deploy iteratively in a fast-moving, data-driven environment. Most of the codebase is in Python, however they've utilised the likes of Rust and Go in smaller pieces of work.

Ideal Profile

• Strong backend software engineering experience with relevance to their stack (e.g., Python, Go, Rust or any OO language etc.).
• Confident working with relational databases. Experience with designing relational database schemas (PostgreSQL ideal)
• Clear experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Comfortable operating in small, high-performing, agile squads

Bonus Points For

• A strong numerical or technical background, underpinned by a degree in Maths, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering

This is a high-impact opportunity to shape a major revenue channel at one of Europe\'s leading fintech innovators - with the freedom, tooling, and support to grow.

Senior Backend Engineer - Python | AWS

Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.