Senior Backend Developer (Python)

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

Job summary

Join a leading fintech scale-up in London as a Senior Backend Engineer, where you'll take ownership of backend architecture and drive impactful projects. You'll work in a supportive, agile environment using technologies like Python and AWS, offering flexible work arrangements and ample vacation.

Benefits

Private medical + GP service

25+ days holiday

Paid sabbaticals

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering experience relevant to the tech stack.
• Confident with relational databases and designing schemas (PostgreSQL ideally).
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Ownership from project scoping to release with backend architecture.
• Lead on greenfield projects in a data-driven environment.
• Collaboration within agile squads.

Skills

Python

AWS

Relational databases

RESTful APIs

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in Maths, Physics, Computer Science, or Engineering

Job description

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 approached 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.