Senior Software Engineer

Understanding Recruitment • london, london, United-Kingdom • Posted June 15, 2026

Location london, london

Job Type Full-time

Category Other-General

Posted June 15, 2026

  Role:  Lead Python Engineer (Hands-on Team Lead) 
  Location:  London – Hybrid (3 days office / 2 days WFH) 
  Salary:  Up to 140k base 
  Industry:  Fintech Platform 

We’re working with a profitable, high-growth UK fintech  building a platform used by wealth and advisory firms to manage investment accounts, portfolios and trading workflows. 

Following a recent Series C funding round , the company is scaling quickly and continuing to expand the product platform — both in terms of scale and functionality . As a result, they’re growing the engineering team and looking for a Lead Python Engineer  to take ownership of a core part of the platform. 


The Role  
This is a hands-on technical leadership role (50-70% hands-on) , leading a small backend pod while remaining closely involved in development. You’ll be responsible for building...
            

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