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# Lead Java Software Engineer - Sports

- **Company:** Client Server
- **Location:** Manchester, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Data Structures, Software Design Patterns, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Multithreading, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Spring-boot, Backend, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Docker
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5902754822

## About the Role

* Strong backend software engineering skills and experience
 * Strong Java and Spring Boot development experience
 * Technical or team leadership experience, including mentoring and coaching
 * Advocacy for software engineering best practices
 * Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD)
 * Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented programming, multithreading, design patterns, and data structures
 * Comfort with agentic AI coding
 * Collaborative and pragmatic approach, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills
 * Nice to have: Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, or AWS experience

## Description

* Guide and inspire a small, high-performing development team working on real-time sports betting applications
 * Balance hands-on architecture and coding with people management, including coaching and mentoring
 * Collaborate closely with the Product Owner and oversee the full delivery lifecycle
 * Ensure the product backlog is delivered efficiently and to a high standard
 * Promote engineering excellence, best practices, and continuous improvement across the team and wider organisation
 * Create a developer-friendly environment that enables individuals to focus, innovate, and perform at their best

Technologies:

 * Agentic AI
 * AI
 * AWS
 * Backend
 * Docker
 * Java
 * Kafka
 * Kubernetes
 * Product Owner
 * Spring
 * Spring Boot
 * TDD
 * Cloud
 * OOP


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