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Backend Tech Team Lead
Xelix
- London, England, United Kingdom
- London, England, United Kingdom
À propos
At Xelix, we work with some of the world’s largest companies to automate and strengthen their financial controls. Our AI solutions redefine how Accounts Payable teams operate - moving from manual processes to automated, intelligent workflows.
Xelix is a fast-paced scale-up - things move fast and expectations are high. We raised our Series B with Insight Partners in June 2025 and are expanding aggressively, whilst remaining profitable. We have over 100 talented people pulling together to achieve our goals. Everyone is trusted to take ownership, move fast and have a meaningful impact. We prioritise personal and professional growth, keep things fun & we love to celebrate a milestone together.
In this role you’ll grow, be challenged and help shape the future of Xelix. If you’re excited about building something special with us, we’d love to hear from you.
About the role
Xelix is looking for a Back-End Team Lead to join our fast-growing scale-up. The role offers a mix of managerial tasks (leading a team of 3-6 developers) and hands‑on coding, to ensure your technical skills are utilised and kept up to date.
The candidate will work alongside the existing Engineering Team Leads and report to the VP of Engineering.
We produce AI-powered software that works with clients’ existing finance systems to identify payment risks and deliver meaningful insights.
What you'll be doing
Technical Responsibilities Our mantra is “build for the long term” and so we take pride in our work – producing clean, tested, beautiful code. As a manager you will support your team in this by participating in code and design reviews, giving feedback to developers and encouraging their professional development. You will:
Support developers when they are stuck on a problem
Facilitate architectural decision making
Share knowledge to maintain DRY principles and to ensure the codebase is consistent
Keep up to date with industry developments and bring new technology to the team
You will be well supported to continue your professional development. This includes a conference allowance, a budget for L&D resources, and a monthly session with your manager to identify and track your learning goals.
Managerial Responsibilities Primarily you would be ensuring your team members are happy and productive.
Mentoring, training and career planning for your team members
Conducting monthly 1-1 sessions.
Collaborating with the Product Team to prioritise and allocate tasks
Recruitment
Promote managerial best practice with your team
What you’ll bring
We are seeking candidates who have 5+ years of non-internship professional development experience, a minimum of 2 years experience leading a development team of at least 3 people and a Computer Science or similar technical degree.
For a Python / Django Team Lead we expect a strong understanding of the Python / Django ecosystem including:
Familiarity with building RESTful APIs with the Django Rest Framework
Developing robust and scalable solutions in Python
Relational databases (we use PostgreSQL on AWS)
Implementing performance improvement strategies
Strong Computer Science fundamentals
We have a DevOps team that manage CI/CD, Cloud, IaC etc. An understanding of common AWS services, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Terraform is desirable but not essential.
What we offer in return
Competitive salary of £90,000 - £110,000 depending on experience
️ 27 days of annual leave (including 3 days Christmas closing) which increases up to 3 days based on tenure, with the option to roll over, buy or sell up to 3 days
Hybrid working with one day a week from our dog‑friendly Hoxton office
On‑site gym and cycle to work scheme
️ Employee discount at over 100 retailers
Comprehensive private medical & dental cover with Vitality
Enhanced parental leave pay
Learning & development culture – £1,000 personal annual budget
We’re carbon‑neutral and are working towards ambitious carbon reduction goals
Lots of team socials & activities
☀️ Annual team retreat
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We believe that people from diverse backgrounds, with different identities and experiences make our company and product better. No matter your background, we'd love to hear from you! And if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you - we're happy to accommodate!
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Compétences linguistiques
- English
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