Technical Lead

Location: Central London (Fitzrovia) - Hybrid (1 day per week in the office)

Salary: Up to £120,000 + Bonus + Growth Shares

Help Transform the Future of Mortgage Lending

We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead to help shape the next generation of a market-leading lending platform and AI-powered mortgage solutions. This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing fintech organisation using innovative technology to transform the mortgage journey and deliver better outcomes for customers and brokers.

The Opportunity

This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll combine architecture, software engineering, and technical leadership to drive the evolution of cloud-native platforms. Working closely with engineering leadership, business stakeholders and development teams, you'll design scalable solutions, mentor engineers and deliver technology that has a direct impact on business success.

AI is a key strategic investment area. You'll play a leading role in developing intelligent solutions that accelerate mortgage decision-making, automate processes and provide instant insights throughout the lending journey.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction across multiple engineering initiatives.
• Make key architectural decisions and drive engineering best practice.
• Remain hands-on with software design, development and code reviews.
• Build scalable web applications, APIs and AWS cloud-native solutions.
• Drive the adoption of AI technologies including LLMs, RAG and AI agents.
• Develop AI-powered tools for brokers and underwriting teams.
• Champion engineering excellence across testing, CI/CD, observability and security.
• Mentor and develop engineers through coaching, code reviews and technical guidance.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable technical solutions.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Python
• Django
• FastAPI
• AWS
• Docker
• Git
• REST APIs
• CI/CD
• JIRA
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• AI Agents
• Vector Databases
• Prompt Engineering
• Amazon Bedrock

About You

• Extensive experience with Django and FastAPI.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience building cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Previous experience leading technical delivery and mentoring engineers.
• Exposure to AI technologies such as LLMs, RAG or AI agents.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• FinTech or Financial Services experience would be beneficial.
• Salary up to £120,000
• Annual performance bonus
• Hybrid working (1 day per week in the Central London office)
• Employer pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme
• High-quality office environment in Fitzrovia, Central London