Lead Full Stack Engineer

BRUIN Financial

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Job location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java

JavaScript

API

Agile Methodologies

Artificial Intelligence

Software Quality

Continuous Integration

DevOps

Distributed Systems

Groovy

JUnit

Scrum

Software Engineering

Software Systems

Systems Integration

TypeScript

Private Cloud Environment

Cloud Monitoring

Spock

Backend

Gitlab

Build Management

Front End Software Development

Splunk

Appdynamics

Docker

Microservices

Job description

You'll take ownership of delivering scalable, secure, and resilient software solutions, working closely with product, design and operations teams. Alongside hands-on development, you'll play a key role in mentoring engineers and shaping best practices across the team.

There is a strong emphasis on backend engineering using Java (Spring), alongside full stack exposure and involvement in modern engineering and AI-driven initiatives., * Lead and mentor engineering teams, supporting development, performance and growth

Own end-to-end delivery across the full software lifecycle (design, build, test, deploy, support)
Design and build scalable microservices and APIs using Java (Spring)
Drive engineering best practices across code quality, testing, DevOps and automation
Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions
Contribute to architecture, system integration and modernisation initiatives
Develop and integrate AI-driven capabilities into applications and workflows
Ensure systems are secure, observable, and highly performant

Requirements

This is a hands-on leadership role, suited to someone who combines deep technical expertise in Java with the ability to lead teams, drive engineering standards, and deliver complex systems end-to-end., * Strong Java development experience (Spring) within complex, enterprise environments

Experience building distributed systems and microservices architectures
Proven experience leading or mentoring engineering teams
Strong understanding of DevOps practices (CI/CD, automation, testing)
Experience with tools such as GitLab, Docker, Splunk, AppDynamics
Exposure to frontend technologies (JavaScript / TypeScript)
Experience working in agile environments (Scrum / Kanban)
Experience or strong interest in AI development and integrating AI into products
Financial services experience is beneficial

Tech environment