Java Technical Lead

Top 3 reasons to join us

• Flexible Friday afternoon
• 18 Annual Leave + 5 Recharge Days/ Year
• Hybrid working model

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Leader to manage our team of Software Engineers, specializing in Java. In this role, you will lead and mentor a team of talented engineers, ensuring the successful delivery of innovative, high-quality solutions that exceed client expectations. You will collaborate with international teams, drive project ownership, and foster a culture of continuous learning and growth.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a team of Software Engineers, providing guidance and support to ensure their professional growth and development.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment, encouraging open communication and knowledge sharing.

Project Management:

• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of assigned projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables and successful completion.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to refine project requirements and specifications, offering technical insights and recommendations.
• Design, develop, and rigorously test robust, scalable, and cutting-edge web applications to deliver superior user experiences.
• Leverage native APIs and frameworks for seamless integrations, ensuring optimal system performance and user satisfaction.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve performance bottlenecks and bugs, ensuring applications run efficiently at scale.
• Maintain high standards of code integrity through rigorous testing, documentation, and adherence to best practices.
• Proactively monitor systems, resolving issues promptly to minimize downtime and optimize system reliability.
• Global Collaboration: Work closely with teams based in the United Kingdom and the United States, ensuring seamless coordination and project success.
• Problem Solving: Analyze complex technical challenges and devise creative solutions, driving innovation within the team and organization.

Your skills and experience

Skills and Experience:

Core Skills:

• Extensive experience with core Java concepts including object-oriented programming, multithreading, generics, and collections.
• Proficiency with Spring, Spring Data, Dependency Injection (DI), and transaction management.
• Strong skills in building RESTful APIs, working with microservices architecture, and expertise in server technologies like Tomcat and Jetty.
• Demonstrated ability to design scalable, well-documented APIs for internal and external clients, including API authentication, authorization, and versioning.
• Experience writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Proficiency with debugging tools and techniques to maintain high-performance systems.
• Expertise in SQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL solutions (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB), including database design, optimization, and data modeling.
• Proven ability to optimize backend systems for performance and scalability.

DevOps and Cloud:

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools automate build and deployment pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EKS, S3, RDS, and Lambda for scalable cloud-based solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes (K8s), including container orchestration, scaling, and deployment of microservices in a distributed system.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like DataDog to track performance, logs, and metrics in Kubernetes environments.

Version Control and Agile Practices:

• Proficiency in GitHub for version control and team collaboration.
• Experience working in Agile environments, participating in sprints, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Bonus Skills:

• Familiarity with JavaScript and TypeScript, including ES6+ syntax, is highly advantageous.

Why you'll love working here

Attractive Benefits:

• 100% salary during probation period
• Annual Leave: 18 days/ year
• Five “Recharge Days” – Extra days, in addition to company holidays.
• Flexible Friday afternoon
• Full salary insurance
• 13th-month bonus
• Gift + 1 day off for birthday
• Company Trip once a year
• Advanced health insurance (Generali)
• Regular engagement activities: sport clubs, monthly company lunches, internal event…
• Support Macbook and Monitor