Lead Backend Engineer – Pension Team

🕒 May 6

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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InvestEngine

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2019

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

💰 $3M Equity Crowdfunding - InvestEngine on 2023-03

Finance • Fintech • B2C

InvestEngine is an award‑winning, industry‑leading online investment platform that champions low-cost, long-term investing using exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Founded in 2016, it provides accessible, user-focused digital investment products and account management for individual investors, with emphasis on simplicity, low fees, and analytics-driven product design.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services in Python 3.11 using Django / DRF • Lead architectural discussions and contribute to long-term technical strategy • Work with MySQL and Redis to optimize performance and scalability • Build and improve RESTful APIs for internal and external integrations • Collaborate with Product, Compliance, and Business teams to deliver impactful features and automate back office processes and workflows. • Investigate and resolve production issues, identify bottlenecks, and reduce tech debt • Apply best practices in Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines (TeamCity, GitHub Actions), and code quality • Mentor and develop engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance • Support security and compliance requirements with pragmatic, scalable technical solutions

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience, including leading projects or small teams • Strong Python expertise; solid experience with Django or similar frameworks • Strong understanding of relational databases, caching, and scalable system design • Excellent communication skills - especially written and spoken English with native or near-native stakeholders (B2+ required) • A collaborative mindset and passion for mentoring and growing engineers • Experience with modern development practices: Git, CI/CD, testing, clean code, monitoring

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited vacation • Remote-first and flexible work environment • Direct impact on business-critical systems • Mentoring and development opportunities