Software Engineering Lead (Python) at starcompliance

starcompliance

York, United Kingdom, Hybrid·3h ago

LeadFull-timeTypeScriptPythonRustDjangoAWSAzurePostgreSQLMongoDBMicroservicesGit

Salary Range

$114,750 - $155,250 /year

Estimated

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About the Role

The Software Engineering Lead (Python) is an Associate Director-level role within StarCompliance’s R&D Engineering organization, responsible for the technical leadership and delivery of StarCompliance’s crypto compliance product. This role holds end-to-end accountability for the technical health, delivery outcomes, and operational sustainability of the crypto product.

Key Responsibilities

→Own and guide the technical architecture of the crypto compliance product
→Act as the primary decision-maker for technical trade-offs within the product
→Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term technical sustainability
→Provide clear technical direction on system design, service boundaries, APIs, data models, and integration patterns
→Ensure alignment with StarCompliance architectural principles, cloud standards, and security requirements
→Line-manage and lead a small development team (3–5 Software Engineers)
→Create an environment where engineers are enabled to perform at their best
→Coach, mentor, and develop engineers through regular feedback and guidance
→Take accountability for the end-to-end delivery of engineering outcomes for the crypto product
→Ensure applications and services are developed to a high standard
→Drive solutions to complex technical and delivery problems
→Partner with Product Management to shape feasible technical approaches
→Champion modern software engineering practices including testing, documentation, and operational readiness

Requirements

✓Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams
✓Demonstrable experience providing technical leadership for complex systems
✓Strong working knowledge of Python and modern backend development practices
✓Experience designing, delivering, or overseeing service-oriented or API-driven systems
✓Experience operating in cloud-based environments (AWS or equivalent)
✓Strong understanding of secure software development practices
✓Experience working in regulated or compliance-sensitive environments
✓Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
✓Eligibility to pass StarCompliance pre-employment screening