Job Description

? Flexible benefits budget | Monthly socials | 90 day work-from-anywhere perk
? Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, AWS, EKS
?Central London, 1 day a week (will consider once quarterly)
??? InsurTech | Microservices | Greenfield Development
We've partnered with a well known name in the insuretech space - one of the UK's most exciting scale-ups over the past few years..
Following a successful profitability push, they're now entering a growth phase and expanding their product offerings. There's also ongoing work rewriting their Django monolith into modern microservices/FAST APi based architecture.
You'll be joining a collaborative, product-led squad environment, rotating across business domains. This is an opportunity to gain exposure to cloud-native architecture, contribute to new platform initiatives, and accelerate your path to seniority.
With a new VP of Engineering in place and strong engineering leadership, they offer the right mix of scale-up pace, engineering maturity, and long-term growth potential.
They're looking for established Seniors Software Enngineers or Lead Developers with coaching and mentoring skills and/or the ability to influence the design and architecture of high volume, customer facing applications.
Tech stack:
Python (FastAPI, Starlette) | gRPC | GraphQL | PostgreSQL | DynamoDB | AWS | EKS | CI/CD pipelines
What you'll be doing:
? Contributing to the design and development of scalable backend systems
? Working across rotating product squads with full domain exposure
? Deploying and owning your code in production (AWS EKS)
? Collaborating with product and engineering leads to solve complex problems
Ideal Requirements:
? 5+ years backend engineering experience (ideally Python, but open to other languages)
? Experience in microservices or modern architectural style
? Excellent communication skills and willingness to take initiative
Nice to have:
? FastAPI, GraphQL, gRPC
? Experience with AWS and CI/CD tooling
This is a great opportunity to join a profitable, product-focused company with ambitions to scale in 2025. You'll be surrounded by experienced engineers and given the tools to take ownership and grow your career.
Lead Software Engineer - Python | FastAPI | AWS | Microservices
Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.

Skills Required