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Xelix is looking for a Back-End Team Lead to join our fast growing scale-up. The role offers a mix of managerial tasks (leading a team of 3-6 developers) and hands-on coding, to ensure your technical skills are utilised and kept up to date. The candidate will work alongside the existing Engineering Team Leads and report to the VP of Engineering. We produce AI-powered software that works with clients’ existing finance systems to identify payment risks and deliver meaningful insights.
Job Responsibility:
Support developers when they are stuck on a problem
Facilitate architectural decision making
Share knowledge to maintain DRY principles and ensure codebase consistency
Keep up to date with industry developments and bring new technology to the team
Mentoring, training and career planning for team members
Conducting monthly 1-1 sessions
Collaborating with the Product Team to prioritise and allocate tasks
Recruitment
Promote managerial best practice with team lead peers
Requirements:
5+ years of professional development experience
Minimum of 2 years experience leading a development team of at least 3 people
Computer Science or similar technical degree
Strong understanding of the Python / Django ecosystem
Familiarity with building RESTful APIs with the Django Rest Framework
Developing robust and scalable solutions in Python
Relational databases (PostgreSQL on AWS)
Implementing performance improvement strategies
Strong Computer Science fundamentals
Nice to have:
Understanding of common AWS services, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Terraform
What we offer:
27 days of annual leave (including 3 days Christmas closing) which increases up to 3 days based on tenure
Option to roll over, buy or sell up to 3 days annual leave
Hybrid working with one day a week from dog-friendly Hoxton office
On-site gym
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discount at over 100 retailers
Comprehensive private medical & dental cover with Vitality
Enhanced parental leave pay
Learning & development culture – £1,000 personal annual budget
Company is carbon-neutral and working towards ambitious carbon reduction goals
Team socials & activities
Annual team retreat
Conference allowance
Budget for L&D resources
Monthly session with manager to identify and track learning goals