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Lead Backend Engineer – Python (Team Lead)

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United Kingdom , London

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Lead Backend Engineer – Python (Team Lead) role at Xelix, working with world’s largest companies to automate and strengthen their financial controls using AI solutions. The role offers mix of managerial tasks (leading team of 3-6 developers) and hands-on coding.

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 / Web development ecosystem
  • Familiarity with building RESTful APIs with Django Rest Framework (Flask experience acceptable)
  • Experience developing robust and scalable solutions in Python
  • Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL on AWS)
  • Experience 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) with increases based on tenure
  • Option to roll over, buy or sell up to 3 days 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
  • Carbon-neutral company working towards carbon reduction goals
  • Team socials & activities
  • Annual team retreat

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 14, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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