Lead Backend Engineer

Lead Back End Engineer – Insurtech / Agentic AI UK Remote | Salary to c£100,000 An exciting opportunity for an experienced Back End Engineer to join a fast-growing Insurtech developing innovative Policy Administration System (PAS) technology for the insurance market. Working within a highly capable technology team, you will take a leading hands-on role in the development of scalable, robust back-end solutions, helping shape a modern insurance technology platform with Agentic AI at the heart of its development. This is very much a hands-on engineering position, suited to someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems and wants the opportunity to have a genuine influence within an ambitious startup environment. For someone with existing leadership capabilities, there will also be scope to coach and mentor other engineers as the team grows. Key Responsibilities Design, build and enhance scalable back-end services and platform capabilities supporting the company’s PAS technologyDevelop high-quality solutions using Python, PySpark and Microsoft AzureWork with Agentic AI technologies, helping to integrate AI-driven capabilities into the platform and engineering workflowsContribute to architectural and technical decisions as the platform continues to evolveBuild robust, secure and maintainable services capable of supporting increasingly complex insurance workflowsCollaborate closely with Product, Engineering and other technical specialists in a fast-moving startup environmentChampion strong software engineering practices, including code quality, testing, performance and maintainabilityHelp identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, automation and platform scalabilityPotentially coach and mentor less experienced engineers, while remaining highly hands-on technically About You We are looking for an accomplished Back End Engineer with strong experience of developing complex, production-grade software solutions. You should be able to demonstrate: Strong commercial back-end software engineering experienceExcellent development skills using PythonGood practical experience with PySparkStrong experience working within Microsoft Azure environmentsCommercial experience working with Agentic AI, including integrating or developing AI-enabled applications, agents or workflowsExperience designing and developing scalable APIs, services and data-driven applicationsA strong understanding of modern software engineering principles and cloud-based architectureThe ability to work effectively and independently within a remote, fast-paced startup environmentStrong communication and collaborative problem-solving skills Experience within Insurance technology and Policy Administration Systems would be particularly attractive, who can demonstrate relevant platform and Agentic AI experience. Previous technical leadership, coaching or mentoring experience would be advantageous, but this is not a pure management role – we are looking for someone who still enjoys being close to the technology and writing high-quality code. The Opportunity This is a chance to join an ambitious Insurtech at an exciting stage of its development, working on modern PAS technology where AI is a genuine part of the product and engineering strategy rather than simply an add-on. The role offers considerable scope to influence technical direction and, for the right person, to take on increasing technical leadership and mentoring responsibility as the business and engineering team grow. Salary: To c£100,000 Location: Remote – candidates must be based in the UK