Overview

This is a hands-on senior engineering role for someone who wants to stay technical while working on a complex, production-critical platform.

You’ll be joining an established product team during a major v1 ? v2 re-platforming phase, focused on scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

The work is backend-heavy, pragmatic, and delivery-focused.

What you’ll be working on

• Python-based backend services and APIs (Flask)
• ETL pipelines ingesting high-volume data
• PostgreSQL data persistence and Elasticsearch search/indexing
• Contributing to a large-scale product rewrite
• Building reliable, production-ready systems used in real legal cases

What they’re looking for

• Strong commercial Python experience
• Solid backend engineering fundamentals
• Comfortable working autonomously in a remote-first team
• Clear communicator who flags risks early
• Not a people-management role - this stays technical

Nice to have

• Elasticsearch experience
• Exposure to Kubernetes or containerised environments

The appeal

• Real product, real users, real scale
• High trust and autonomy
• Clear roadmap and long-term technical investment

Salary: £60k - £90k
Location: Remote UK (Leeds optional)