Senior Python Developer

SearchWorks; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth AI Insurance Startup is seeking a Senior/Staff Python Developer for a fully remote role. The candidate will be responsible for architecting AI systems, guiding a strong team, and creating high-performance backend platforms. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of backend engineering experience, strong Python skills, and agile methodology familiarity. The compensation package includes a salary ranging from £90k to £130k depending on the role level, alongside meaningful equity and growth opportunities as the company approaches Series A.

Benefits

Meaningful equity

Clear growth trajectory

Qualifications

• Proven experience building high performing systems.
• 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Experience in fast-paced agile start-ups.
• Some systems architecture exposure.
• Strong in performance engineering.

Responsibilities

• Architect the backbone of revolutionary AI systems.
• Create backend systems for sub second response times.
• Guide and mentor a team of engineers.
• Develop robust, scalable platforms for processing claims.

Skills

Expert Python skills

High performing systems

8+ years backend engineering

Agile methodologies

Mentoring experience

Job description

Senior / Staff Python Developer - FULLY REMOTE

High-growth AI Insurance Startup

We're working with a well-funded, fast-scaling AI company building a highly ambitious product at enterprise scale. They're now looking to add Senior and Staff-level Python Developers to continue building the product.

🔧 What you'll be doing

• Architecting the backbone of revolutionary AI systems
• Create backend systems that deliver sub second response times
• Help to guide and mentor an extremely strong team of engineers
• Help to create robust, scalable platforms to process commercial claims faster than every before.

🧠 What they're looking for

• Expert Python skills with proven experience building high performing systems
• 8+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally with some insights into distributed systems and high traffic websites/applications
• Experience working in fast paced, agile start-ups
• Some systems architecture exposure
• Performance engineering exposure
• Mentoring experience

Preferred Superpowers

• Background building AI/ML platforms
• Experience operating within regulated industries

🏗 Team & environment

• Small, high-calibre engineering team (~8 engineers)
• Fast-paced, high-ownership culture
• Serious technical ambition — strong people to learn from, but expectations are high
• Backed by recent oversubscribed funding and a very strong customer pipeline

💰 Package

• Senior: ~£90k–£110k
• Staff: £110k-£130k (target level)
• Meaningful equity at an early stage
• Clear growth trajectory as the company scales toward Series A

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