Java Lead Engineer

The Developer Platforms, Standards and Controls team is building a platform that enables control owners and development teams to manage and view their compliance with a range of software development standards and controls., You will work across Kotlin and Java-based in-house web applications and APIs. We are hiring across 2-3 applications and proof-of-concepts, with allocation depending on experience and fit. The solutions include both microservice architectures and monoliths built using modern engineering practices. What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide day-to-day technical leadership for an agile engineering team, supporting the overall Tech Lead to deliver outcomes at pace and with quality.
• Lead technical input into backlog refinement, breaking epics and features into well-defined user stories, clarifying acceptance criteria, identifying dependencies, and ensuring work is delivery-ready.
• Support sprint planning by shaping technical approaches, identifying spikes, and helping the team size work appropriately.
• Design, develop and implement primarily Back End features, including Kotlin/Java APIs and services, with a small element of UI work using a simple UI framework.
• Build and evolve APIs and microservices, applying consistent engineering patterns such as error handling, logging, resilience, and security-by-design.
• Contribute to architectural and design decisions alongside the Tech Lead, documenting key decisions and trade-offs where required.
• Design, build and deliver in-house solutions end-to-end, from initial ideas and requirements through development, testing, and ongoing support.
• Coach and develop team members in engineering best practices, including clean code, test-driven development, secure coding, and maintainable design.
• Drive effective peer reviews and engineering standards to ensure code quality, readability, and attention to detail.
• Work within an agile CI/CD environment, promoting automation and quality gates while delivering rapid iterations at a sustainable pace.
• Collaborate with developers, testers and the wider organisation to build, run and improve products.
• Engage proactively with customers and users to resolve issues, respond to feature requests, and reduce recurring operational challenges., * Kotlin
• Java
• Microservices
• REST APIs
• SQL/Databases
• HTML/JavaScript
• Kafka and event-driven architecture technologies
• GitHub
• Jira
• Confluence

What We Offer

• Exposure to leading IT technologies available in the market.
• Internal training events and workshops.
• In-house seminars with leading industry experts.

• Strong Kotlin experience, or significant Java experience with a willingness to learn Kotlin.
• experience leading or acting as a senior engineer within an agile delivery team.
• Proven ability to refine and decompose work, manage dependencies, and remove technical blockers.
• Strong experience in microservices and API development.
• experience with asynchronous messaging technologies such as Kafka or similar event-driven platforms.
• experience in at least two or three of the following:
• API development
• SQL/Databases
• HTML/JavaScript
• Strong technical and analytical troubleshooting skills, including a production support mindset.
• experience with developer collaboration tools such as GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira and Confluence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to working across engineering, testing, product and control owner teams.
• Proactive attitude with ownership of end-to-end delivery, including resolving blockers and prioritising work.