Technical Lead

Technical Lead AI / Full-Stack Engineering

Remote first (once a fortnight in London- can be more flexible if required) | Up to £120k + Bonus + Equity

Were working with a fast-growing, technology-led financial services business that is investing heavily in AI, product development and modern engineering.

Theyre looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to join their engineering team and help shape the technical direction of the platform while continuing to build software yourself.

This is a role for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, getting stuck into the code and having genuine influence over what gets built.

What Youll Do

Design, build and ship customer-facing applications, APIs and internal platforms.

Remain hands-on with coding, testing, architecture and code reviews.

Build AI-enabled products using LLMs, RAG, agents and model APIs.

Take AI ideas from rapid prototypes through to reliable production systems.

Work across Python, React/TypeScript, Django, FastAPI, PostgreSQL and AWS.

Improve architecture, engineering standards and delivery practices.

Work closely with product, business and engineering stakeholders to solve complex problems.

Mentor and support engineers through pairing, reviews and technical guidance.

Make pragmatic decisions around scalability, security, reliability and maintainability.

Technology

Python | React | TypeScript | Django | FastAPI | PostgreSQL | AWS | Docker | REST APIs | CI/CD | Git

AI experience across LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows, embeddings, prompt design or model evaluation is particularly valuable.

What Theyre Looking For

510 years' commercial software engineering experience.

Strong, recent hands-onPython development.

Strong full-stack capability, ideally including React/TypeScript.

Experience building and operating pr...