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# Java Tech Lead

- **Company:** Octave Intelligence
- **Location:** Gent, Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Software Quality, Hibernate (Java), Java Persistence API, Octave, Spring-boot, Backend, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs, Domain Driven Design
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=72c41e1ec62e3c0c

## About the Role

* A minimum of six years of Java back-end experience in a Senior Software development role of which at least two years in a Tech Lead or Architect position.
 * Hands-on development experience with Spring / Spring Boot, JPA / Hibernate, REST API's
 * Experience with modernizing and modularizing legacy codebases
 * Gets excited about technical coaching and improving together as a team
 * Can explain the importance of technical changes to product and business
 * Good at organizing your work, setting priorities and staying focused
 * Interested in learning the business domain and understanding the need to balance between functional and technical improvements. Be pragmatic.
 * Fluent in English
 * Nice to have: knowledge and experience with Domain Driven Design

## Description

We're looking for a Java Tech Lead to join the CIT team. The CIT team manages all mission-critical internal software and tools, that directly drive core business operations, such as our in-house CRM/ERP, sales channels, support systems, Help Center and more.

You'll work in a multi-disciplinary international team with a clear focus that can mostly work independently.

As a Tech Lead we expect you to show technical leadership with a focus on backend development by helping the team write high-quality software and build a path to gradually modernize our legacy software system.

You'll work closely together with the team consisting of a Team Lead, Developers (backend and frontend), QA and Product Owner.

Responsibilities

 * Providing technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship
 * Maintaining a high standard of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
 * Contributes to the internal engineering processes (e.g. how to sustainably use AI during the development process)
 * Prioritise and build out a technical roadmap to help improve, modernize and modularize our legacy software system step by step
 * Strong and effective communication with team members including product owner and other product and technical stakeholders