Technical lead / Lead engineer

Job Title: Senior Python Developer / Dev Team Lead

Location: Stratford office, London, UK

Style: Hybrid, 2 days per week

Level: Leadership

Contract: 6 months

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Python Developer / Dev Team Lead with a strong hands-on technical background. This role requires deep expertise in Python development, including experience with modern frameworks, emerging trends, and scalable system design.

While the position carries senior-level responsibility and involves supporting and guiding the development team, the primary focus is on hands-on Python engineering rather than pure people management.

Role overview

British Council are looking for a Technical lead/ Lead engineer - they need to have hands-on technical experience. They will not be leading a team to begin with however once settled they will be leading full stack & QA developers. Any experience in full stack support would be beneficial.

Project Overview

• BC have created an in house Chat box called AIBC ( candidates won't have this experience in this particular chat box). This will be rolled out in Vietnam.

• This is to help foreign students learn English

Candidate overview

• Technical leader/ Senior Engineer

• Must have extensive Python experience

• SQL

• JavaScript

• AWS

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.