2 months ago
London, United KingdomMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build and ship backend features using Python, Django, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Pydantic, Postgres, and Google Cloud.
- Own backend work end to end, from requirements and technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, launch, and iteration.
- Collaborate with internal teams, external engineering partners, and frontend engineers on features with cross-team dependencies.
- Contribute to backend architecture, API design, data modeling, performance, reliability, security, and developer experience.
- Improve system scalability and maintainability while delivering clear, shippable product solutions.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience building backend systems with Python.
- Practical experience working with Django.
- Experience designing or consuming RESTful APIs and designing and exposing GraphQL APIs.
- Experience working with Postgres and relational data models.
- Familiarity with Pydantic, typed Python, or modern Python engineering practices.
- Some experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally Google Cloud, or a strong desire to learn.
- Strong judgment in clean architecture, API design, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Preferred experience includes PDF generation or document rendering workflows, early-stage or fast-moving product teams, observability, monitoring, alerting, and infrastructure operations.
Benefits
- Equity in the company.
- Hybrid work with three days per week in the office.
- 25 days of annual holiday plus eight bank holidays.
- Two paid volunteering days per year.
- One month of paid sabbatical after four years.
- Employee loan.
- Free gym membership through WellHub.
- Team wellness budget for activities such as yoga, tennis, or bouldering.
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About Abound
Abound is a UK consumer lender that uses Open Banking data and AI to underwrite personal loans of £1,000–£20,000 with terms up to five years. It lends directly to consumers and evaluates overall financial health rather than only credit scores; Abound is a trading name of Fintern Ltd, an FCA‑authorised firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in London. The company has issued over £1.3bn in loans and reached profitability about 2.5 years after launch.