Senior Python Engineer (Full Stack)

Lendable is on a mission to build the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money. We're building one of the world’s leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start:

• One of the UK’s most exciting unicorns with a team of over 800 people

• Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK

• Profitable since 2017

• Backed by top investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs

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  Rebuilt our Ops QA admin system from the ground up, replacing an off-the-shelf tool with something tailored to our needs

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  Deployed a pipeline to summarise customer calls into concise notes using LLMs, automatically surfaced in ops admin panels — removing the need for manual note-writing

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  More than doubled the number of complaints processed by agents through a combination of targeted AI automation and improved UX

We’d consider the following essential to the role:

• You have 8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer

• Solid experience with Python in a web application context. You have some experience with web frameworks like FastAPI, Django or Flask. We use FastAPI.

• Experience with Javascript/Typescript and a modern JS framework such as React, Angular or Vue.js. We generally use React & NextJS. You can build a frontend that's good enough for internal tooling

• Strong engineering principles & practices: design patterns, testing, clean code and a good reviewer

• Previous experience working in a product-focused team

• A keen desire to want 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

The following are also a plus, but by no means essential. If you don’t meet all of these, please apply anyway!

• 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

• A 30 minute introductory call

• Take Home Task

• Technical Interview

• Cultural/behavioural interview

• Winning team: the opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies

• Flexible working: flexible approach tailored to each role. Hybrid roles require three days in-office weekly; fully remote roles include regular opportunities for in-person connection through socials and off-sites

• Socials & connection: opportunities and events to come together, socialise, and get to know each other beyond the office walls

• Health coverage: support for your physical and mental wellbeing, including private health cover

• Retirement & savings: long-term financial wellbeing through retirement savings plans

• Employee referral programme: earn a competitive bonus when you refer successful new team members

• Office meals & snacks: enjoy a fully stocked kitchen, plus complimentary lunches prepared by in-house chefs on in-office days at select locations

• Sustainable commuting: cycle-to-work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes available in select locations

Please note: The availability and details of specific benefits vary by location and role. For more information, please speak to your Talent Partner.

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