17 of 17 Lead Java Developer Jobs in England

Lead Java Microservices AWS Developer Contract Hybrid (London) Job Title: Lead Java Microservices AWS Developer Location: London (Hybrid 2 days/week onsite) Contract Length: 6 Months (Inside IR35) Rate: £400£500/day Start Date: ASAP Mode: Contract Hybrid About the Role We are looking for an experienced Lead Java Microservices … Developer with expertise in AWS serverless architecture to join a fast-paced delivery team working on enterprise-grade applications. Youll play a lead role in developing secure, scalable, and high-performance solutions using cutting-edge cloud-native tools. Youll also work closely with cross-functional teams, mentor junior developers, and take ownership of features from inception through to … production. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and development of web applications using Java and AWS serverless services. Integrate AWS services like Lambda, S3, ECS Fargate, DynamoDB, SQS, and more. Implement secure, reusable code using modern frameworks and cloud patterns. Own the full development lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment and monitoring. Develop CI/CD pipelines and deployment More ❯

Lead Java Developer/Software Engineer (Java Kafka Spring Boot) London/WFH to £120k Are you a skilled Java Developer with strong Java and real-time messaging experience combined with SC Clearance? You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on Lead Java Developer position at a … scale-up technology company with a successful workforce management solution used within the government, defence and other public sector clients. As a Lead Java Developer you will take a lead role in designing and developing secure, event driven, distributed backend systems for real-time operations, resilience and extensibility. You'll collaborate with engineers across the full … can work from home most of the time, meeting up with colleagues in the London office once a week. About you: You have significant experience as a backend focussed Java software engineering with leadership responsibilities You have strong Spring Boot, Kafka and event driven microservices experience with high throughput You have leadership, mentoring and coaching skills You have a More ❯

Lead Java Developer – FX/Trading! 💹💰 Salary: £120,000 - £130,000 + bonus (previously 25-40%) + benefits📍 Location: 3 days onsite, City of London Do you enjoy writing Java code day-to-day as well as line-managing your own team? Do you have a few years of commercial experience as a Software Engineering leader … leading Asian FX trading firm and work on cutting-edge trading solutions! This highly respected financial institution is expanding its London office and is on the lookout for a Lead Java Developer to guide one of the teams working on an App in the Cloud product. As the Lead Java Developer, you will:Be … a hands-on leader and write Java code, pair-program with your team and carry out code reviewsLine manage a team of approximately 4-5 Engineers, helping them grow in their careers and developmentContribute and discuss with different stakeholder in the business, notably the Product and Design teamsBe a key player in implementing the best software development methodologies and More ❯

A good understanding of relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL. Salary £130,000 - £132,600 per year Requirements A minimum of 10 years' experience in software development. Prior experience as a Java Microservices Developer in an agile setting. Expertise in AWS Serverless Architecture (including Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS Fargate, SQS, etc.) and JUnit. More ❯

Lead Java Developer London £90,000 - £95,000 An excellent opportunity awaits an experienced Java Developer with strong cloud infrastructure and architecture skills to join an exciting SaaS business. This role offers technical growth, variety, and strong development opportunities. The company is a profitable, maturing technology business delivering software and AI-driven solutions for industrial … infrastructure. You'll focus on boosting performance, driving efficiency, managing technical costs and debt, and helping scale and improve the reliability of the product's system. As a team lead, you'll mentor and provide technical guidance while working closely with the Software Engineering Manager. This role is fully office-based in London. The ideal candidate is a hands … on Software Engineer with strong experience in Java and Python, confident working with AWS cloud infrastructure including containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), architecture, and scaling systems. They will have solid skills in building and managing data ingestion and processing pipelines (Kafka/Spring Batch) and be looking to lead a team in an office-based environment in London. This More ❯

Lead Java Developer London £90,000 - £95,000 An excellent opportunity awaits an experienced Java Developer with strong cloud infrastructure and architecture skills to join an exciting SaaS business. This role offers technical growth, variety, and strong development opportunities.The company is a profitable, maturing technology business delivering software and AI-driven solutions for industrial sectors.In … infrastructure. You'll focus on boosting performance, driving efficiency, managing technical costs and debt, and helping scale and improve the reliability of the product's system. As a team lead, you'll mentor and provide technical guidance while working closely with the Software Engineering Manager. This role is fully office-based in London.The ideal candidate is a hands-on … Software Engineer with strong experience in Java and Python, confident working with AWS cloud infrastructure including containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), architecture, and scaling systems. They will have solid skills in building and managing data ingestion and processing pipelines (Kafka/Spring Batch) and be looking to lead a team in an office-based environment in London.This is a More ❯

About the Role: We are seeking an experienced and visionary Technical Lead with deep expertise in Java Springboot, microservices architecture, and solution design to lead the backend engineering efforts of our enterprise platforms. You’ll work closely with engineering managers, architects, mobile teams, and product stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions. Job Description: Java Lead engineer will play a critical role in the design, development, and implementation of mission - critical applications and systems. They leverage their extensive technical expertise and leadership skills to lead complex projects, mentor junior team members and drive innovation across the organization. They are proficient in all aspects of engineering disciplines, and they often have a deeper … understanding of architecture and design principles. They lead the technical direction and executions of deliveries, ensuring high quality solution aligned with business goals. Lead engineers drive continuous improvement and innovations, exploring new technologies and approaches to enhance team productivity and efficiency. Looking for someone who has clear basic fundamentals. CI/CD - Docker or Kubernetes concepts. Reactive Programming More ❯

About the Role: We are seeking an experienced and visionary Technical Lead with deep expertise in Java Springboot, microservices architecture, and solution design to lead the backend engineering efforts of our enterprise platforms. You’ll work closely with engineering managers, architects, mobile teams, and product stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions. Job Description: Java Lead engineer will play a critical role in the design, development, and implementation of mission - critical applications and systems. They leverage their extensive technical expertise and leadership skills to lead complex projects, mentor junior team members and drive innovation across the organization. They are proficient in all aspects of engineering disciplines, and they often have a deeper … understanding of architecture and design principles. They lead the technical direction and executions of deliveries, ensuring high quality solution aligned with business goals. Lead engineers drive continuous improvement and innovations, exploring new technologies and approaches to enhance team productivity and efficiency. Looking for someone who has clear basic fundamentals. CI/CD - Docker or Kubernetes concepts. Reactive Programming More ❯

Citi's FX Technology team is seeking a passionate and skilled Lead Java Developer to join our rapidly growing Markets technology division. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge financial technology solutions that drive global banking operations. As part of Citi's flagship FX area, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the … as well as direct interaction with clients and business teams to deliver impactful solutions in the FX market. Key Responsibilities Plan, design, and develop distributed, high-performance, and resilient Java applications for FX Technology systems. Collaborate with business product owners and internal users to interpret and implement business requirements. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of … and deliver critical components of the platform while ensuring scalability and reliability. Provide L3 support and maintain high-quality code using TDD principles. Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of Core Java (JDK 21 and above) and multithreading concepts. Proficiency in designing and implementing efficient data structures and algorithms. Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Cassandra More ❯

around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology. Your role and responsibilities As a Lead Developer you'll participate in many aspects of the software development lifecycle, such as design, code implementation, testing, and support. You will create software that enables your clients … practices and thought leadership. Required education None Preferred education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise Systems administration experience for SCALA J2EE applications JBoss Jenkins Ansible Git Technologies: Java Spring Framework Web Services JMS MDB Junit JIRA As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this More ❯

Lead Engineer | Java & TypeScript £85k + 10–20% bonus + pension | Bristol or Edinburgh (hybrid) Join a purpose-driven tech company making a real-world difference, changing over 800,000 people’s lives across the UK, and contributing around £4.3billion a year to the UK GDP. We are looking for a Lead Java Engineer, who will … mostly hands on working on customer-facing solutions to improve the user experience. You will also mentor junior team members and helping guide the team’s practices. As a Lead Engineer, you’ll help shape a new product team building systems that connect with dealers, service providers, and fleet managers. You’ll stay hands-on with Java, React … Microservice and TypeScript while guiding architecture, mentoring engineers, and shipping impactful features. Tech stack: Java (Spring Boot), React, TypeScript, AWS, PostgreSQL. Team setup: 6 engineers + QA, Product Owner, Analyst. Work mix: 70% backend, fullstack mindset welcome, and tiny bit of design, architecting and mentoring involved. You’ll fit if you: Lead by doing mentoring while staying technical More ❯

across the world, our teams are pioneering faster, better ways to bring our client's most exciting ideas to life. Are you ready to make an impact? As a Lead Java FullStack Developer at Emergn, you'll help us shape Emergn's exciting future and play an important role in our growth. Join our Java team … and let's make an impact together! We want you to: Take responsibility over designing, coding, testing and deploying Java-based applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scope, architecture and delivery timelines. Conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards and best practices. Troubleshoot, debug and optimize applications for performance and scalability. Maintain code integrity and organization … participate in all front, backend activities including testing. You're a perfect fit if you have: Excellent experience with development and Software Architecture design. Extensive backend development experience with Java - Springboot. Demonstrated frontend development experience with Angular. Experience working with AWS. Experience with PostgreSQL database. Knowledge of Design Patterns, Architecture Styles and CICD - Pipelines, Docker, etc. Nice to have More ❯

Lead Backend Developer/Software Engineer (Python Java AWS) London/WFH to £115k Are you a backend focussed software developer with leadership skills You could be progressing your career at a scale-up tech company (established 10 years), that enables smart matching for commercial van drivers and consumers, via job bidding and route optimisation, streamlining … processes and delivering CO2 carbon neutral targets. You'll be working on complex and interesting systems and can enjoy a range of benefits and perks.As a Lead Backend Developer you'll head up a team of 4-5 within an Agile environment to design and develop, troubleshoot and solve complex software issues to help scale and future proof … the business. You'll focus on backend Python and Java engineering on AWS but there's a range of other tech in the stack (JavaScript, Vue.js, TypeScript and of course a bit of legacy PHP!), you'll be encouraged to explore new technologies and use the best tool for the job. There's an emphasis on getting stuff done More ❯

Have you got experience leading a team while remaining hands-on and technically involved? Lead Java Developer – FX Trading Salary : up to £130k + bonus (25-50%) Location : London office 3 days a week We are delighted to be continuing our longstanding partnership with an FX Market Disruptor FinTech that has been acquired by a leading capital … market. They are looking for an experienced Java Developer who will fulfil a hands-on Lead role leading the next generation of Java Developers. They are looking for the following experience in Lead Java Developers: Core Java development Multithreading, concurrency, low latency Working in the financial sector e.g. FX, trading Building microservices in … Personal training & development budget Are you looking for a step up in your career to take on additional responsibilities while remaining technically hands-on? Apply now for this excellent Lead Java Developer opportunity! Please note : Due to compliancy reasons, we will only be able to consider applications based in and eligible to work in the UK. More ❯

Have you got experience leading a team while remaining hands-on and technically involved? Lead Java Developer – FX Trading Salary : up to £130k + bonus (25-50%) Location : London office 3 days a week We are delighted to be continuing our longstanding partnership with an FX Market Disruptor FinTech that has been acquired by a leading capital … market. They are looking for an experienced Java Developer who will fulfil a hands-on Lead role leading the next generation of Java Developers. They are looking for the following experience in Lead Java Developers: Core Java development Multithreading, concurrency, low latency Working in the financial sector e.g. FX, trading Building microservices in … Personal training & development budget Are you looking for a step up in your career to take on additional responsibilities while remaining technically hands-on? Apply now for this excellent Lead Java Developer opportunity! Please note : Due to compliancy reasons, we will only be able to consider applications based in and eligible to work in the UK. More ❯

Paragon Alpha are partnered with a well established Financial Services Firm who are hiring a Senior Java Developer to lead the buildout of a greenfield execution platform for their Equities desk in London. You will be central to the planning and development of this new build. Using your capacity to create high-quality trading algorithms for seamless … trading. As a hands-on Tech Lead, you will be critical to the hiring and development of a new team to ensure the continued expansion and management of the platform across the desk. You will bring direct experience in Equities Algo trading, being able to efficiently and effectively engage with my client's team of traders - deploying your proficiency … in Java for full-stack algo Equities trading. Tech Stack: Java, Kubernetes, SQL This is an opportunity to take on a leading role with a direct impact on their trading. If this is of interest, apply with a CV or contact Archie Lockyer (archie@paragonalpha.com More ❯

Paragon Alpha are partnered with a well established Financial Services Firm who are hiring a Senior Java Developer to lead the buildout of a greenfield execution platform for their Equities desk in London. You will be central to the planning and development of this new build. Using your capacity to create high-quality trading algorithms for seamless … trading. As a hands-on Tech Lead, you will be critical to the hiring and development of a new team to ensure the continued expansion and management of the platform across the desk. You will bring direct experience in Equities Algo trading, being able to efficiently and effectively engage with my client's team of traders - deploying your proficiency … in Java for full-stack algo Equities trading. Tech Stack: Java, Kubernetes, SQL This is an opportunity to take on a leading role with a direct impact on their trading. If this is of interest, apply with a CV or contact Archie Lockyer (archie@paragonalpha.com More ❯