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Software Engineering Team Lead
Hybrid - 2 days a week in Bristol
Salary - Up to £75,000
We’ve partnered with a leading technology-driven fintech-focussed data automation consultancy to help them find an exceptional Software Engineering Team Lead. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on high-performance back-end systems, ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative, engineering-led environment.
Key Responsibilities as Software Engineering Team Lead:
- Hands-on Development – Write high-quality, well-tested Java code and set a strong technical standard within the team.
- Technical Leadership – Champion best practices in architecture, performance tuning, and maintainability.
- System Design – Drive the design of complex, scalable systems with a strong focus on security and reliability.
- Code Reviews & Mentorship – Support team growth through thoughtful code reviews and technical guidance.
- Continuous Improvement – Identify opportunities to improve performance, adopt new technologies, and refactor legacy systems.
- Cross-functional Collaboration – Work closely with Product, UX, and other engineering teams to deliver meaningful features.
- Team Support – While not a pure management role, you will have a few direct reports and be expected to mentor and support their development.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Expert-level Java experience (Java 17+ preferred), including multithreading, concurrency, and performance tuning.
- Strong background with Spring Boot, REST APIs, and Microservices architecture.
- Proven experience designing and building scalable, high-performance software systems.
- Solid understanding of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, testing best practices, and version control systems.
- Experience working within an Agile development environment.
Desirable Skills:
- Experience in Financial Services or other regulated environments.
- Frontend exposure (e.g., React) – not essential but beneficial.
- Familiarity with Kotlin or openness to working with Kotlin-based services.
- Messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
- Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Understanding of DevOps and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
- Exposure to NoSQL technologies (e.g., MongoDB, Redis) in read-optimized or thin-client use cases.
Ideal Candidate Attributes:
- Passionate about writing clean, scalable, and efficient code.
- A problem solver who can dig deep into technical challenges and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Strong communicator, capable of engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Self-driven with a continuous improvement mindset – eager to enhance both the codebase and team capabilities.
What’s on Offer?
- Work on modern Java projects with a strong focus on quality and scalability.
- A high-impact leadership role that remains hands-on.
- Opportunity to mentor and upskill fellow engineers.
- A collaborative, engineering-first culture that values innovation and clean architecture.
If you're a Software Engineering Team Lead specialising in Java — we’d love to hear from you.
