Job description
Senior/Staff Python Developer - FULLY REMOTE
High-growth AI Insurance Startup
We're working with a well-funded, fast-scaling AI company building a highly ambitious product at enterprise scale. They're now looking to add Senior and Staff-level Python Developers to continue building the product.
This is a product engineering role (not consultancy)
What you'll be doing
- Architecting the backbone of revolutionary AI systems
- Create backend systems that deliver sub second response times
- Help to guide and mentor an extremely strong team of engineers
- Help to create robust, scalable platforms to process commercial claims faster than every before.
What they're looking for
- Expert Python skills with proven experience building high performing systems
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally with some insights into distributed systems
- Some frontend experience
- Some systems architecture exposure
- Performance engineering exposure
- Mentoring experience
Preferred Superpowers
- Background building AI/ML platforms
- Experience operating within regulated industries
Team & environment
- Small, high-calibre engineering team (~8 engineers)
- Fast-paced, high-ownership culture
- Serious technical ambition — strong people to learn from, but expectations are high
- Backed by recent oversubscribed funding and a very strong customer pipeline
Package
- Senior: ~£90k–£110k
- Staff: £110k-£130k (target level)
- Meaningful equity at an early stage
- Clear growth trajectory as the company scales toward Series A
Interested or curious? Drop me a message for a confidential conversation
Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Published at
- 07-03-2026
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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