Technical Lead (Full Stack Java)

Version 1; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Java Technical Lead to join our UK Digital & Cloud Practice. Our Digital Practice is expanding rapidly, offering opportunities to achieve medium and long-term career goals. You will work on challenging and large-scale transformational and migration projects within both public and private sectors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership within a team to coordinate and deliver scalable, secure solutions in line with industry best practices (code quality, CI/CD, security, etc.)1.
• Project Management: Work within a project management/agile delivery methodology to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of software applications.
• Technical Ownership: Take technical ownership of a product or software solution, covering design, estimation, shaping, and user story/requirement creation.
• Solution Documentation: Document solutions, including architecture, configuration, release, and support handover.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate and liaise with other stakeholders/end users in the software development lifecycle, including PMs, BAs, Testing, Product, etc.
• Communication: Clearly communicate technical designs in conversation, documentation, and presentations to stakeholders of various technical abilities.
• Knowledge Transfer: Provide effective knowledge transfer to team members and customers.
• Team Development: Manage, coach, and develop junior members of your team and the wider community.
• Team Collaboration: Foster a positive working environment and facilitate team collaboration and communication.

Qualifications

• Coding Best Practices: Deep understanding of coding best practices and modern architectural patterns, including microservices and message-driven architectures.
• Non-Functional Requirements: Experience developing applications with non-functional requirements in mind.
• Application Design: Experience in application/digital services design.
• Software Engineering Practices: Proficiency in software engineering practices like code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and SOLID/DRY principles.
• Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with the following technologies:
  • Frontend: JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular, React, Node.
  • Backend: Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate. Desirable Kotlin.
• Estimation and Sizing: Experience in estimation and sizing.
• Integration and API Design: Experience in integration and API design.
• Cloud Experience: Proficiency in cloud technologies.
• Emerging Technologies: Appetite to work with emerging AI technologies.
• Security Clearance: SC Eligible.

This role involves working for government clients, so all candidates need to either hold SC Clearance or be SC Eligible.