Lead Software Engineer

We're partnered with a product-first tech company building real-time, high-scale distributed systems that power millions of events per day. This role is perfect for a hands-on Tech Lead who enjoys solving deep technical challenges, guiding small teams, and shaping the architecture of systems where latency, scale, and reliability matter most. You’ll work on the backend core that drives their main product—helping evolve it into a horizontally scalable, cloud-native platform. Package & Benefits Competitive package up to 150,000 Hybrid working model (London HQ) Private health insurance Daily chef-prepared lunch at HQ Annual learning budget (£1,000) Global remote working (20 days/year) The Role Lead a small engineering team while staying deeply hands-on Design and optimise high-volume, distributed backend services Drive quality engineering, observability, and fault-tolerance Collaborate closely with PMs and senior engineers on roadmap delivery Shape the platform’s technical evolution through major architectural changes Champion modern DevOps and deployment practices Tech Environment Rust, Python, PostgreSQL, Kafka Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, GitLab CI CI/CD-first culture with daily production deploys What You’ll Need 5 years of backend experience in modern, high-scale environments Strong hands-on coding skills in either Rust, Golang, C++ or Python Deep understanding of distributed system architecture and performance Experience leading or mentoring engineers in high-performance teams Comfortable balancing architecture, delivery, and hands-on implementation Familiarity with cloud-native ops and infrastructure-as-code tools You'll be joining a team that values ownership, simplicity, and high performance. It’s a place for engineers who want impact without layers of process. Interested? Apply now or drop me a message to learn more.