Lead Python Developer

Waracle are looking for a Lead Developer to join our world-class digital technology consultancy. We are home to a diverse, smart, curious, and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation. We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges, helping them innovate and create intelligent digital products and services.

We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design, and delivery to operations.

This is a Hybrid role working from our London office 2 days a week.

The Opportunity

Are you a visionary technical leader who thrives on empowering others? We are looking for a Lead Developer who does more than just write code; you will be a strategic partner and a mentor. In this role, you’ll foster a psychologically safe environment where diverse ideas flourish and every voice is heard. You will bridge the gap between complex business objectives and elegant technical solutions, ensuring our teams deliver high-quality outcomes that make a real-world impact.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Technical Vision: Defining project-level architecture for squads and anticipating risks in scaling distributed systems.

• Empowering Leadership: Leading a squad with a focus on collaboration, accountability, and the professional growth of your team members.

• Strategic Planning: Translating business goals into technical roadmaps that meet long-term client needs.

• Stakeholder Partnership: Facilitating workshops to understand requirements and managing expectations around scope and priorities.

• Operational Excellence: Owning technical delivery outcomes and championing coding standards through our Community of Practice (CoP).

What you’ll bring:

• Backend Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Python for building robust, scalable integration and backend services.

• Cloud Expertise: Deep experience in the AWS ecosystem (Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS) to design fault-tolerant systems.

• Architectural Insight: Proven ability to architect complex integrations between modern services and legacy systems.

• Mentorship Mindset: A passion for leading squads and mentoring engineers to foster a culture of technical excellence.

• DevOps & Automation: Hands-on expertise in establishing CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks from scratch.

• Technical Versatility: Proficiency in an additional language like Java, C#, or TypeScript to support our evolving tech stack.

The Recruitment Process

You can expect an initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, your aspirations, salary, and benefits. After that, you'll be invited to a two-stage interview process to find out more about the role and showcase your skills. Your partner will guide you through the whole process right up to your first day.

Our Benefits

We believe in supporting our team, inside and outside of work:

• Rest & Recharge: 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (35 days total).

• Financial Security: 5% company-matched pension and Death in Service benefit (2x salary).

• Health & Wellness: Medicash Health Cash Plans, Employee Assistance Programme, and Group Sickness Cover.

• Flexible Working: Hybrid working with a home office setup budget.

• Learning & Development: Access to Udemy Business and a dedicated L&D budget.

• Family First: Enhanced parental leave policies, including support for fertility journeys.

• Community: Monthly office lunch, regular meet-ups, and the "Spirit of Waracle" charitable initiative.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.