Tech Lead - Django, Python in London

Tech Lead - New Customers TeamHybrid in London, UKWe're looking for a Tech Lead. You'll lead the engineering behind how new businesses become iwoca customers – the application they fill in, the checks they go through, and the offer they get. Opportunities often don't wait, and cash flow pressures can appear overnight. To keep going, and growing, SMEs need finance that's as flexible and responsive as they are. Our smart technology, data science and five-star customer service ensures business owners can act with the speed, confidence and control they need, exactly when it's needed. Our passionate team is driven to help even more SMEs succeed, through access to better finance and other services that make running a business easier. Our ultimate mission is to support one million SMEs in their defining moments, creating lasting impact for the communities and economies they drive. It brings together engineers, data scientists, and product and strategy people. It partners closely with credit risk on the trade-offs behind every lending decision. The roleAs the Tech Lead, you'll spend most of your time building. You'll build the systems that let data scientists test new models on live applications. You'll see the long-term results of the team's lending decisions. You'll line-manage and coach the team's engineers, setting context and helping them own projects end to end. Backend engineering. You have deep expertise in at least one object-oriented language. Commercial or product thinking. AI leverage. You've built agentic workflows, or used AI to deliver engineering work you couldn't have done alone. You help your team do the same. Bonus: Lending or payments experience. You've worked in lending, payments, or another domain where engineering decisions carry financial risk. Working with data scientists. You've worked with data scientists from prototype to production, and know their work well enough to challenge it. Python stack. You've worked with Python, Django, and PostgreSQL.Frontend. You've built frontend features as well as backend services. We routinely benchmark salaries against market rates, and run quarterly performance and salary reviews. We're a tech company and believe in the power of AI to help us work faster and better. We provide the infrastructure where every iwocan always has access to the best models and where those models have access to all of our data. We will help our people to learn how to use and grow with the new tools available to them. Events and community-led groups, including running groups, padel, and monthly ping-pong and pool competitions. Medical insurance from Vitality, including discounted gym membership. A private GP service (separate from Vitality) for you, your partner, and your dependents.25 days' holiday per year, an extra day off for your birthday, the option to buy or sell an additional five days of annual leave, and unlimited unpaid leave. A one-month, fully paid sabbatical after four years. Instant access to external counselling and therapy sessions for team members that need emotional or mental health support.3% Pension contributions on total earnings. An employee equity incentive scheme. Generous parental leave and a nursery tax benefit scheme to help you save money. Electric car scheme and cycle to work scheme. Useful links:iwoca benefits & policiesInterview welcome pack (TAP)Compensation Range: 90K - 120KLocationLondonEmployment TypeFull timeLocation TypeHybridDepartmentSoftware Engineering and TechCompensation90K – 120K