Lead Backend Python Engineer - Cardiff - 3 days onsite a week - £80k

Join one of the UK's most exciting multi-award winning start-ups!

Yolk are supporting the recruitment campaign for a Lead Backend Python Engineer at one of the most exciting and rapidly growing fintech companies in the UK. Since their launch in the UK in 2020, my client has expanded globally and is set for exponential growth in the future. As a Lead Backend Python Engineer, you will be part of a passionate engineering team who are dedicated to delivering high-quality solutions in an agile and fast-moving environment.

This is what you'll be doing:

• Working on multiple projects with a responsibility of a team of engineers
• Working with product owners and scrum masters to ensure work is clearly defined, aligned with business objectives and scoped with effective team estimation
• Driving improvement within the team from regular sprint reviews
• Coaching and mentoring others in the engineering team
• Being proactive in identifying deeper issues and fixing problems and translating these into non-technical descriptions that can be widely understood

The experience you'll bring to the team:

• Over 5 years' experience as a seasoned software engineer, passionate about building and delivering technology in an agile and fast-moving environment
• Two years' experience in leadership and management of an engineering team
• Strong understanding of AWS products, particularly experience in database design and administration, with significant experience in Python and its tooling (poetry, pytest)
• Good understanding of AWS and its services, with an emphasis on Lambda, CloudFormation, CloudFront, RDS, and Dynamo
• Exposure to the technologies that we use every day, including SQL Alchemy, Alembic, and PostgreSQL with Docker and Gitlab's CI/CD tooling
• A strong background in API design and development
• A background in financial services/Insurance/Tech and Start-up Business would be advantageous

What you'll get in return:

• Competitive salary
• Employee share scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Additional day off for your birthday
• Pension Scheme
• High-quality mentoring from our leadership team
• Annual company events

Are you up to the challenge?

As a Lead Backend Python Engineer, you will play a vital role in the delivery of high-quality solutions and contribute to the growth and success of the company. If you have a passion for technology and delivering excellence, we want to hear from you.

Apply now to be part of this exciting journey.