Job Description
Tech Lead (Backend) – London, Hybrid (2 days/week) – £100,000-£120,000 plus Benefits – High Growth Startup
We’re partnering with a fast-growing healthtech company on a mission to transform primary care. Their platform supports hundreds of practices and millions of patients across Europe, helping teams spot risk earlier, act faster, and deliver care efficiently.
They’re looking for a Tech Lead who enjoys taking ownership of complex problems while helping guide a small team of engineers. This role is primarily hands-on, building and scaling backend systems, while also supporting the growth and delivery of a squad of engineers working on high-impact healthcare technology.
A a Tech Lead Engineer you will 👇
Build and scale backend systems: Design, develop, and maintain reliable services powering a platform used by healthcare providers across Europe.
Lead a small engineering squad: Work closely with a team of four engineers, providing technical guidance and helping drive delivery while remaining hands-on in the code.
Shape technical direction: Contribute to architectural decisions, ensuring systems are scalable, secure, and able to support growth across multiple countries.
Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to solve meaningful problems and deliver impactful solutions.
Improve engineering practices: Help introduce and maintain best practices across testing, deployment, and observability.
Own delivery: Ensure work moves forward at pace while maintaining high standards for reliability and performance.
What You Bring ✅
Strong backend engineering experience, ideally within high-growth startups or scale-ups.
Expertise in Python, with some experience or exposure to Node.js.
Experience working with cloud environments (AWS preferred), distributed systems, and infrastructure as code.
A product mindset – you care about solving meaningful problems, not just writing code.
Experience mentoring or guiding other engineers, even if you haven’t formally managed people.
Comfortable balancing speed with quality in a fast-moving environment.
Healthtech experience is a strong plus, but not essential.
What They Offer ✨
£100-120k salary + equity package
Hybrid working: London office 2 days/week
Flexibility and independence to grow as the company does
Private pension, generous leave policies, and a supportive environment
Opportunity to build impactful technology used by millions of patients across Europe