Lead Backend Developer, Zero Down Lease
£80-140k
More information about location
1-3 days a week in office (Farringdon, London)
Reinventing leasehold homeownership
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Reinventing leasehold homeownership
1-20 employees
Be an early applicant
£80-140k
More information about location
1-3 days a week in office (Farringdon, London)
1-20 employees
Company mission
To make leasehold fair for all.
Role
Who you are
- Strong backend development experience: You’ve built and scaled backend systems in a production environment with complex business rules. Our backend is currently in Python which you should have experience of writing clean, tested code
- Applied data modelling experience: Comfortable with relational databases (PostgreSQL). You can make the trade-offs between designing schemas that accurately reflect the world without being overly complex
- Architecture mindset: You’ve made architectural decisions for growing applications. Preferably with experience handling migrations between platforms and moving from legacy code bases to more modern systems
- Problem-solving chops: Ability to navigate ambiguous, complex problems. Our domain (leasehold property law) can be intricate – you’re eager to dive into unfamiliar territory and simplify complexity with technology
- Product mindset: You care about the why behind the code. You think about the end-user’s experience and contribute ideas to make the product better, not just the code. Being customer-centric is part of our culture
- Comfortable with some frontend: 90% of the development work will be focused on backend code, databases and infrastructure, but 10% of it will be the occasional frontend work with basic HTML/CSS/JQuery (no modern JS frameworks)
- Leadership and collaboration: You don’t need to have been a “Lead” by title before, but you should be comfortable guiding other developers as we grow, doing code reviews, setting standards, and collaborating closely with a team. You communicate well, especially when explaining technical trade-offs, and you enjoy mentoring others
What the job involves
- Refactor & Scale – Take our initial MVP and distill it into clean, maintainable systems. You'll design architecture that scales easily as we grow, improving performance and reliability
- Applied AI – Pragmatic use of AI/ML where it adds value for our users across both internal tools (i.e. analysis of documents) and development workflows (i.e. Cursor, Replit or ClaudeCode)
- API Architecture – Architect and build robust APIs for our platform and integrations. You’ll design internal and external endpoints that will be the foundation to our future growth as we move more into Postgres and away from low-code tools like Airtable
- System Reliability – Ensure our systems are reliable and resilient so that the team can rely on things “just working” without worrying as we continue to ship improvements
- Helping the team –You will work closely with all parts of the business from sales through to the legal team to help come up with technical solutions to their real day-to-day problems
Application process
- 1. Apply with your profile
- 2. Quick 20 min call with internal recruiter
- 3. Longer 40 min call with one of the founders
- 4. Onsite to meet the team
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Owning a leasehold property can be an absolute nightmare. One of the big problems is extending your lease where the longer you wait, the more it will cost to do it. Homes with longer leases are worth more and sell faster.
With technology at it's core, Zero Down Lease offers customers an end-to-end lease extension service which combines the legal, valuation, and negotiation.
It's currently focused on residential lease extensions and is establishing itself at a time when the leasehold industry is on the verge of foundational shifts. Looking forward, Zero Down Lease's is looking to transform leasehold property, saving people time and money.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
72% female employees
Company
Company benefits
- A friendly, collaborative work environment
- 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
- Role can be either fully remote or hybrid
- An opportunity to make a mark in a young, fast-growing company
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Josef Wasinski
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Co-Founder & COO at Wayhome.
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