Senior Back-End Engineer (Python/Django) | Remote (UK-based)

Senior Back-End Engineer (Python/Django) | Remote (UK-based)

Eligible is on a mission to eliminate financial anxiety and distress for every mortgage customer. We already support over 1,000,000 consumers and manage £100bn+ in mortgages through partnerships with leading financial institutions.

As we scale, we’re looking for a Senior Back-End Engineer to take ownership of the core systems, APIs, and data workflows that power our platform. This is a senior role: you’ll influence architecture, shape our data layer, and deliver backend systems that scale.

What you'll you

• Lead backend development in Python/Django
• Design & deliver scalable APIs and services
• Optimise data models and pipelines for insights & ML
• Manage deployments & scaling in AWS/Heroku
• Champion clean, testable, maintainable code
• Contribute to technical direction & architecture

What we're looking for

• Deep experience with Python, Django, PostgreSQL
• Strong track record with backend architecture & APIs
• Hands-on with AWS (RDS, S3, Redshift, EC2, CloudFormation)
• Background in data modelling & pipelines
• Experience in fast-moving product environments

Bonus points

• Regulated industries (finance/insurance/health)
• Large-scale system redesigns or product launches
• Event-driven architectures or ML-driven products

Our stack

Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Celery | Redshift, DBT, MLFlow | AWS, Heroku, CloudFormation | PyTest | Sentry, CloudWatch

Why Eligible?

• Work fully remote, UK-based
• Private healthcare & generous annual leave
• Quarterly team meetups/offsites
• Small, senior team with high trust and autonomy

👉 If you’re a backend-first engineer who loves owning data-rich systems and scaling impactful products, we’d love to hear from you.