Zego

Lead Backend Engineer

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1 year ago
London, United KingdomStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead several engineers within a team or workstream toward user value and business opportunities.
  • Design, build, and own secure, observable, scalable Python microservices for Zego’s insurance platform.
  • Drive architectural discussions and decisions across multiple teams.
  • Deliver large and complex technical initiatives end to end.
  • Improve engineering excellence across testability, reliability, scalability, and clean code.
  • Coach and mentor engineers through context, feedback, and support.
  • Improve team processes, including development pipelines and incident response, while investigating root causes.
  • Communicate technical decisions and concerns with non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Deep hands-on backend experience building cloud-native microservices, preferably with Python or another strong programming language.
  • Experience building distributed architectures and understanding performance tuning and observability.
  • Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and system design.
  • Ability to build simple, testable, maintainable systems and evaluate technical trade-offs.
  • Leadership experience through mentoring, clear communication, collaboration, and ownership of ambiguous technical problems.
  • Proactive collaboration with stakeholders beyond engineering.
  • Curiosity and willingness to use and rapidly learn AI-assisted tools on a daily basis.

Benefits

  • Market-competitive salary benchmarked against the function and reviewed annually.
  • Annual performance bonus linked to company performance and individual contribution.
  • Share options.
  • Private medical insurance for the employee and family.
  • Pension, generous holiday, and £1,000 per year for commuting to the office or learning something new.
  • Access to cutting-edge systems and tools.
  • Hybrid working with office attendance varying weekly, monthly, or quarterly, plus quarterly team gatherings and an annual company gathering.

Tech Stack

PythonSnowflake

Categories

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About Zego

201-500 employees

Zego is a property management automation company that simplifies cumbersome yet critical workflows for managers and associations. Our modern platform accelerates NOI growth and mitigates risk, helping clients to scale resources, build trust, and make data-backed decisions. From payments and utility management to resident engagement, Zego’s automated workflows seamlessly integrate with leading property management systems giving users real-time and accurate information at their fingertips. Since its inception in 2003, Zego (a Global Payments company) has evolved from a leading payments provider to a comprehensive property management automation platform. With more than 350 employees, Zego serves 7,000 residential real estate companies and over 15 million units nationwide. Learn more about what makes Zego one of the best workflow automation platforms for property management at gozego.com.

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