Are you an experienced Residential Conveyancer looking to join a top-quality regional firm in Sleaford? This firm have been established for over 100 years and have set up several offices across the East Midlands and Yorkshire and are looking for a Team Leader to join them.
As the Residential Conveyancing Team Leader, you will be an enthusiastic fee earner who is ready to lead and develop a team. You will have ambitious plans for the conveyancing market and be ready to increase the firms market share through strong and consistent business development.
The Role
Joining the team, you will play a pivotal role in the department, running a caseload of a wide range of matters from start to finish. You will be working on freehold, leasehold sales, purchases, remortgages, transfer of equity, new-build transaction, and shared ownership schemes.
Key Responsibilities
Managing your own mixed caseload of conveyancing transactions from start to finish.
Managing colleagues in the department.
Responsible for managing solid professional relationships with clients and estate agents whilst developing new relationships.
About You
Qualified Solicitor, Chartered Legal Executive, Licensed Conveyancer, or non-qualified fee earner with significant residential conveyancing experience.
Confident business developer with the ability to interact and develop relationships with a variety of people.
Outstanding communication skills and written skills.
Strong commercial awareness.
A comprehensive knowledge of the Law Society's Conveyancing Protocol, with experience of working within the CQS framework.
What’s in it for you?
Competitive Salary
Bonus Scheme
25 days annual leave plus bank holiday
Annual Holiday Sale/Purchase scheme
Life Assurance
Flexible working 1 day a week
If you are interested in this Residential Conveyancing Team Leader role in Sleaford then please get in touch with Vicky Cavendish on 0113 236 6713 to find out more information or if you’ve a CV to hand, please submit this for review. To hear about other legal opportunities that we have available, please visit our website. Alternatively, if you know anybody who would be suitable for this role then please let them or us know as we offer a reward for successful referral. For full terms, please visit our website.
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Back-End Python Developer (Application Development)
Location: London, UK Type: Full-Time | Hybrid (2–3 days in office) Industry: Alternative Asset Management
About the Client
Our client is a leading alternative asset management firm with a global footprint, specialising in private equity, private credit, real assets, and hedge fund strategies. The firm fosters a collaborative and high-performance environment, underpinned by a strong commitment to technology-driven solutions that support investment decision-making and operational efficiency.
Role Overview
Our client is seeking an experienced Back-End Python Developer to join its in-house technology team. The successful candidate will build and enhance robust, cloud-native applications that support the firm’s investment operations, analytics, and infrastructure. The role demands a strong engineering mindset, deep experience in financial services, and hands-on expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Key Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure Python-based back-end services and APIs
Develop and deploy cloud-native applications on AWS (e.g., Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS)
Integrate with third-party financial data providers and internal portfolio systems
Collaborate closely with front-end developers, DevOps, and business stakeholders
Write clean, testable code and contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments
Participate in architectural planning, peer reviews, and agile development cycles
Monitor and improve performance, availability, and security of production systems
Key Skills & Experience
Essential:
5+ years of professional experience in back-end development using Python
Proven experience in a financial services environment (e.g., asset management, hedge funds, investment banks)
Strong working knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cloud-native development
Experience with RESTful API design and frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django
Proficient in working with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORMs (e.g., SQLAlchemy)
Familiarity with Docker, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform or CloudFormation)
Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, including version control, testing, and deployment workflows
Desirable:
Experience with alternative asset strategies such as private credit, real estate, or private equity
Exposure to event-driven systems (Kafka, Redis) and ETL/data pipelines
Familiarity with portfolio management tools or investment data modeling
Knowledge of security and compliance requirements in financial cloud environments
Additional Information
Competitive salary + discretionary bonus
Hybrid work model: 2–3 days per week in the London office
Work on mission-critical tools directly supporting investment and risk teams
Flat structure and high visibility with senior stakeholders
Opportunity to influence architectural decisions in a technology-forward environment
Application Instructions
To apply or learn more, please submit your CV and any relevant code samples or GitHub links. Suitable candidates will be contacted directly.
Venquis is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.....Read more...
We offer a full spectrum of software development and devops services. Typically we get involved when clients have problems that cannot be solved with existing resources - identifying performance issues or complex bugs in website infrastructure is a speciality. We often work with other software or design agencies as an enhancement to their existing team. Providing advice and support where required.
This work can be anything from coding to managing cloud services to building complex deployment pipelines. Our regular work also includes long term development projects, such as Customer Relationship Management systems (CRM) or Web App development.
Core company values include: diligence, respect, curiosity and ethical conduct. We pride ourselves on meeting and exceeding the expectations of our clients, while also being courteous and approachable to in-house development, project management or design teams. This makes LifeDev a pleasant company to work with for our clients, and a happy working environment for our employees.
The technologies, services and frameworks in use by Life Dev are always evolving, and we never shy away from a potential project due to an unfamiliar language or framework alone. However some of the current mainstays are listed below:
PHP (Yii2, WordPress, Laravel etc)
HTML & CSS (SASS)
JavaScript (React DOM, Node.js - too many frameworks to list)
Databases (MySQL, Firebase, Redis etc)
Website optimisation (speed, security, responsiveness, and accessibility)
Generative AI automations (APIs, services etc)
Debugging and testing of any system
Integration and Automation - using 3rd party APIs and bespoke APIs (Microsoft, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn etc)
Data processing, complex imports, and export routines
Cloud platform management (AWS & Digital Ocean, some Azure)
Scalability, redundancy, and security Personal projects are actively encouraged at Life Dev. While time is not provided within working hours for these projects, the company will support any personal project that is beneficial to the personal professional development of the employee - personal web projects, apis, building games etc are all good examples of this.
As a Software Engineering Apprentice at Life Development solutions your duties will include but are not limited to:
The successful candidate can expect action packed and interesting working days. Due to the range of projects and clients there are opportunities to work in a range of frameworks and environments.
Tasks are organised into larger projects, with the successful candidate working alongside a project manager and one or more developers or engineers.
A typical day would consist of one or more of the following tasks:
Writing code or markup (PHP, Javascript, HTML, CSS etc)
Testing code (own or someone else’s)
Using source control (Git)
Handling first line and second line support requests
Communicating directly with clients and/or other team members
Analysing problems or evaluating solutions During the day one can expect multiple video/phone calls with clients or other team members as well as regular contact via business instant messaging tools (ie Slack, Teams etc).Training:Software Developer Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard:
The successful candidate will undertake a 30 month, nationally recognised qualification through TDM
This is a work-based learning programme which will require commitment to block weeks in an online training room once every quarter working towards the qualification along with weekly off the job training and monthly coaching sessions
You will be required to demonstrate through the standard that you meet all competencies and behaviours, which will lead to the achievement of the qualification
You will have a designated mentor in the workplace to support your learning and at the end of programme will be assessed via an external assessment body
Knowledge modules will include:
Software Development Methodologies and Testing
Systems Analysis and Design
Algorithms, Data Structures and User Interfaces
OOP and Design Patterns
Training Outcome:
Opportunity to progress to a Degree Level Apprenticeship and/or permanent role for the right individual
Flexible working hours. Typically within Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Very occasionally out of hours work will be required (international work or time sensitive deployments etc) The usual hours of working will be decided during on-boarding
Employer Description:Life Development Solutions (or just Life Dev) is an IT consulting company based in the West
Midlands. We provide software development and dev ops consultancy to a broad range of
business clients. We have over 25 years of experience in the industry and are looking to
expand our team in order to better support our growing client base.
We offer a full spectrum of software development and dev ops services. Typically, we get involved when clients have problems that cannot be solved with existing resources - identifying performance issues or complex bugs in website infrastructure is a specialty.
We often work with other software or design agencies as an enhancement to their existing team. Providing advice and support where required. This work can be anything from coding to managing cloud services to building complex deployment pipelines. Our regular work also includes long term development projects, such as Customer
Relationship Management systems (CRM) or Web App development.
The technologies, services and frameworks in use by Life Dev are always evolving, and we never shy away from a potential project due to an unfamiliar language or framework alone. However some of the current mainstays are listed below:
● PHP (Yii2, WordPress, Laravel etc)
● HTML & CSS (SASS)
● JavaScript (React DOM, Node.js - too many frameworks to list)
● Databases (MySQL, Firebase, Redis etc)
● Website optimisation (speed, security, responsiveness, and accessibility)
● Debugging and testing of any system.
● Integration and Automation - using 3rd party APIs and bespoke APIs (Microsoft,
Google, Facebook, LinkedIn etc).
● Data processing, complex imports, and export routines.
● Cloud platform management (AWS & Digital Ocean, some Azure)
● Scalability, redundancy, and securityWorking Hours :Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.Skills: IT skills,Problem solving skills,Initiative,Team working,Communication skills,Logical....Read more...
