Engineering Lead — Hands-On Full-Stack Architect & Lead

Just Group plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic financial services company is seeking an Engineering Lead to oversee technical direction of their digital products including web and mobile applications. The role involves hands-on coding, leadership of a small team, and a focus on creating effective technical solutions. Ideal candidates should be adept at balancing speed, quality, and technical debt, with strong backend engineering skills in PHP or Python, alongside experience with AWS and relational databases. This position offers excellent benefits including a competitive salary, generous bonus scheme, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Life assurance

25 days annual leave + birthday leave

Private medical cover

Generous bonus scheme

Access to the Headspace app

Employee assistance helpline

Qualifications

• Comfortable leading small engineering teams while remaining hands-on.
• Strong advocate for continuous delivery and developer experience.
• Experience evolving legacy systems with modern architectures.

Responsibilities

• Build full stack systems end to end and make fast, pragmatic decisions.
• Lead a small engineering team, setting direction while being hands-on.
• Ship frequently using quick feedback loops based on user input.

Skills

Backend engineering experience with PHP or Python

Relational database design using PostgreSQL or MySQL

AWS serverless and event-driven architectures

Infrastructure as code using Terraform or CDK

Leadership of small engineering teams

Continuous delivery and testing culture advocacy

Pragmatic decision-making

Job description

A dynamic financial services company is seeking an Engineering Lead to oversee technical direction of their digital products including web and mobile applications. The role involves hands-on coding, leadership of a small team, and a focus on creating effective technical solutions. Ideal candidates should be adept at balancing speed, quality, and technical debt, with strong backend engineering skills in PHP or Python, alongside experience with AWS and relational databases. This position offers excellent benefits including a competitive salary, generous bonus scheme, and opportunities for career progression.