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# Lead Software Engineer Java - Sports

- **Company:** Client Server
- **Location:** Manchester, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £70,000.0 - £78,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Data Structures, Software Design Patterns, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Multithreading, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Spring-boot, Backend, Apache Kafka, Virtual Agents
- **Published:** September 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.client-server.com//job/lead-software-engineer-java-sports/apply

## About the Role

* You have strong backend software engineering skills and experience
 * You have strong Java and Spring Boot development experience
 * You have technical / team leadership, mentoring and coaching experience, you're an advocate of software engineering best practices
 * You have experience with Test Driven Development TDD
 * You have a strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals such as OOP, multithreading, Design Patterns, Data Structures
 * You're comfortable with agentic AI coding
 * You're collaborative and pragmatic with great communication and stakeholder management skills
 * Nice to have (not essential): Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS

## Description

As a Lead Software Engineer you will play a key role in guiding and inspiring a small, high-performing development team, working on real-time in sports betting applications.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on leader who enjoys balancing technical delivery with team development and collaboration, with approximately a 80/20 split between hands-on architecture and coding and people management (coaching, mentoring).

Collaborating closely with the Product Owner, you'll oversee the full delivery lifecycle, ensuring that the product backlog is delivered efficiently and to a high standard. You'll promote engineering excellence, encouraging best practices and contributing to continuous improvement across both team and wider organisation. A central part of this role will be creating a developer friendly environment that allows individuals to focus, innovate and perform at their best.


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