Senior Python Engineer (Full Stack)

Job Overview

We're looking for a full-stack Python engineer to join our Central Operations team at Lendable, a leading fintech company. You'll have real ownership from an engineering perspective, shipping features that are used daily by Ops teams.

About Lendable

Lendable is on a mission to build the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money. We're one of the UK's most exciting unicorns, among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK, and profitable since 2017.

Responsibilities

• You will take ownership and make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1
• You will work in small teams of exceptional people, challenging the status quo to solve problems and find smarter solutions
• You will build the best technology in-house, using new data sources, machine learning, and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
• Solid experience with Python in a web application context, with web frameworks like FastAPI, Django, or Flask
• Experience with Javascript/Typescript and a modern JS framework such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
• Strong engineering principles and practices, including design patterns, testing, clean code, and a good reviewer
• Previous experience working in a product-focused team
• A keen desire to learn and input into a highly collaborative team
• You use AI tools like Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or others in your day-to-day coding

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Domain Driven Design, Message-Driven Systems, and Event Sourcing
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS
• SQL, and finding your way around data schemas
• Shipping containerised software with Argo, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform

Benefits

• Flexible working, with a hybrid approach requiring three days in-office weekly
• Opportunities for socialising and getting to know colleagues beyond the office walls
• Health coverage, including private health cover
• Retirement and savings plans
• Employee referral programme
• Office meals and snacks
• Sustainable commuting schemes

Interview Process

• A 30-minute introductory call
• Take-home task
• Technical interview
• Cultural/behavioural interview