Job Overview
Location
London
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Backend Engineer
Date Posted
May 6, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Lead Python Engineer responsible for shaping data infrastructure and systems powering Lendable’s US products, combining hands-on engineering with team leadership in a high-impact fintech environment.
- • Day-to-day responsibilities include designing and building robust data pipelines, APIs, and services using Python and FastAPI; mentoring 1–2 engineers; driving technical decisions; and contributing to architectural discussions for scalability into the US market.
- • Part of Lendable’s Data Team within a fast-growing, profitable UK unicorn backed by Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs, dedicated to rebuilding consumer finance products with modern technology to deliver credit and savings solutions in minutes.
- • Opportunity to own technical direction, grow as a technical leader, deepen expertise in cloud-native Python systems, and contribute to scalable data platforms serving real-time financial decisions across the UK and US markets.
🎯 Requirements
- • Deep, modern Python expertise with clean, idiomatic, well-tested code
- • Experience building and maintaining data pipelines, ETL processes, or data-intensive backend services
- • Solid understanding of FastAPI or comparable modern Python web framework
- • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), Docker, and Kubernetes
- • Ability to lead or mentor a small team of engineers while maintaining hands-on delivery
- • Strong automated testing skills across unit, integration, and functional levels
🏖️ Benefits
- • Flexible working: hybrid roles require three days in-office weekly; fully remote roles include regular in-person connection opportunities
- • Health coverage: support for physical and mental wellbeing, including private health cover
- • Retirement & savings: long-term financial wellbeing through retirement savings plans
- • Office meals & snacks: fully stocked kitchen and complimentary lunches by in-house chefs on in-office days
- • Sustainable commuting: cycle-to-work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes available
- • Employee referral programme: earn a competitive bonus for successful referrals
Skills & Technologies
About Lendable Ltd
Lendable is a UK-based fintech that operates an online consumer-lending platform using open-banking data and machine-learning underwriting to offer unsecured personal loans and car finance. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, it funds loans through an institutional peer-to-peer model, matching investors with borrowers seeking fast, fixed-rate credit. The company automates identity, affordability and risk assessment, providing near-instant decisions and same-day payouts while giving investors access to diversified consumer credit returns. Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, Lendable has originated more than ÂŁ2 billion in loans without maintaining physical branches, focusing on transparent pricing and mobile-first customer experience.
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