[Hiring] Lead Full Stack Engineer @PlannerPal

Role Description

We’re now looking for a Lead Full-Stack Engineer to take ownership of solution design and lead delivery across a distributed engineering setup.

• Own the design for key features of our solutions
• Organise and manage the work of a small squad of engineers
• Ensure that coding and testing standards are upheld

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with the founders at a defining stage in our growth.

Responsibilities

• Solution design:
  • Own the end-to-end solution design for new features within a defined architecture framework
  • Make pragmatic decisions about trade-offs (scope, performance, scalability, security) in a fast-moving environment
• Delivery leadership:
  • Act as the day-to-day technical and delivery lead for a squad of engineers
  • Define and manage the work: break down Product Requirement Documents and user stories into clear tasks, estimate effort, set priorities and timelines, and track progress to ensure on-time delivery
  • Run or participate in ceremonies (stand-ups, planning, reviews) to keep work aligned and unblock issues quickly
• Hands-on development:
  • Take ownership of complex or high-impact pieces of work, especially where the architecture, integrations or performance considerations are non-trivial
  • Design, build and optimise the journeys of our service using our tech stack:
    • Backend: Python
    • Frontend: React + Flutter
    • Data / Infra: Postgres, AWS (S3, ECS etc.)
  • Write high-quality, testable code and contribute to our continuous integration and deployment pipelines
• Technical ownership & continuous improvement:
  • Take ownership of technical design as part of a small, fast-moving team
  • Help evolve our platform architecture for performance, resilience, observability and security as we scale
  • Identify and drive improvements to developer experience, tooling and internal processes (e.g. testing, release, monitoring, on-call), in collaboration with both in-house and outsourced engineers

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related developer education (e.g. a reputable coding bootcamp) or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years’ experience designing, developing, shipping and maintaining backend applications using Python and front-end web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks (ideally React.js), including operating at lead level
• Proven experience leading a squad’s work– including planning and prioritising work, running ceremonies/stand-ups, reviewing output, and ensuring on-time, high-quality delivery across time zones
• Strong experience working with both Python and React, and some experience working with AWS hosting/back-end services
• Significant experience using agentic coding tools
• Experienced in designing, building and maintaining automated tests and contributing to CI pipelines
• Has worked with other developers in an agile set-up (e.g. sprints, stand-ups, retros)
• Experienced in debugging and fixing live incidents in time-pressured situations, and in improving systems/processes to prevent recurrences
• Experience of working with continuous deployment pipelines (you don’t have to build everything yourself, but should be comfortable working within and improving such setups)
• Strong understanding of industry trends and development best practices– especially regarding security, application performance and scalability
• Has a strong sense of ownership, attention to detail and the ability to work independently with a team-oriented work ethic
• Strong communication skills for effective teamwork and collaboration, and confidence interacting with customers and partners in a technical leadership capacity
• Is proactive, initiates improvements, and offers assistance even without being asked
• Comfortable in using AI code development tooling
• Right to work in the UK

Requirements

• Experience in B2B SaaS, ideally in fintech, wealth tech or other regulated industries
• Experience integrating with CRM systems and/or financial platforms
• Exposure to observability and monitoring tools (e.g. logging, metrics, tracing)

Benefits

• Competitive salary + employee share options
• Remote-first work environment (UK-based team) with a collaborative team culture
• Regular team meet-ups to foster team synergy and alignment
• Work directly with the founding team – your leadership and decisions will have a visible, measurable impact
• An open, transparent work environment where your voice is valued and your contributions directly shape the company’s trajectory
• Clear growth path: as the business scales, you’ll have opportunities to expand your scope, ownership and influence