Lead Backend Engineer

Lead Backend Engineer (Python)

London hybrid (3 days onsite)

Up to £130k

Python • FastAPI • Pydantic • Pandas • SQLAlchemy

We’re partnering with a fast-growing fintech rebuilding the infrastructure behind modern wealth management.

Their platform is replacing legacy adviser and investment systems with API-first tooling designed for speed, transparency, and automation, giving financial advisers a far better way to manage investments at scale.

Following a major funding round, they’re now hiring a Lead Backend Engineer to help shape the next phase of the platform and lead a small, high-performing engineering team.

What makes this role interesting

• You’ll work on core platform architecture, not peripheral features
• High ownership environment with direct influence on product and technical direction
• Opportunity to modernise systems in an industry still dominated by outdated techn...