Lead Python Engineer

🕒 May 5

🏢🏡 London – Hybrid

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Lendable

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

Finance • Fintech • B2C

Lendable is a loan management company that provides fast loans with fair rates. Customers can see their loan rates before applying without impacting their credit score and can receive money the same day. Lendable emphasizes transparency, safety, and customer satisfaction, with strong customer reviews and regulatory compliance under the FCA. The company offers loans ranging from £1,000 to £25,000 with flexible repayment terms and competitive APR rates.

📋 Description

• Join our Data Team as a Lead Python Engineer, shaping the systems and data infrastructure for US products • Balance hands-on engineering with team leadership, owning technical direction and mentoring engineers • Design and build robust data pipelines, APIs, and services that drive real business decisions • Be a key voice in architectural discussions defining how we build and evolve our data platform

🎯 Requirements

• Interest in leading or mentoring a small team of engineers, with the ability to balance hands-on delivery with team development • Deep, modern Python expertise; you write clean, idiomatic, well-tested code and hold others to the same standard • Some experience building and maintaining data pipelines, ETL processes, or data-intensive backend services • Solid understanding of FastAPI or a comparable modern Python web framework • Strong automated testing skills across unit, integration, and functional levels • Experience working with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS, and comfortable with Docker and Kubernetes • Ability to drive technical decisions and communicate clearly with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders • Experience in a cross-functional or data-focused engineering environment is a strong plus • Familiarity with US financial products or regulated markets is a bonus, but not essential

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working: flexible approach tailored to each role. Hybrid roles require three days in-office weekly; fully remote roles include regular opportunities for in-person connection through socials and off-sites • Socials & connection: opportunities and events to come together, socialise, and get to know each other beyond the office walls • Health coverage: support for your physical and mental wellbeing, including private health cover • Retirement & savings: long-term financial wellbeing through retirement savings plans • Employee referral programme: earn a competitive bonus when you refer successful new team members • Office meals & snacks: enjoy a fully stocked kitchen, plus complimentary lunches prepared by in-house chefs on in-office days at select locations • Sustainable commuting: cycle-to-work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes available in select locations