Technical Team Lead – Java

Emagine Solutions FZE; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Emagine Solutions FZE, a fast-growing global fintech in Dubai, is seeking a Technical Team Lead – Java to lead a backend engineering team.

This role combines hands-on backend development with team leadership, technical governance, and delivery ownership. Responsibilities include mentoring developers, providing technical direction, and ensuring high-performance backend services.

Ideal candidates will have 7+ years of backend engineering experience, strong Java skills, and 2+ years of team leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years backend engineering experience with strong hands-on Java.
• 2+ years experience leading a technical team (7+ members) with delivery accountability.
• Java 17+ experience and modern backend development practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Java backend developers; own day-to-day execution and delivery outcomes.
• Provide technical direction across backend services, integrations, and microservices architecture.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce engineering standards.

Skills

Java backend development

Team leadership

Code review

Microservices architecture

Performance tuning

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

eMagine's client, a fast-growing global fintech based in Dubai, is seeking a Technical Team Lead – Java to lead a backend engineering team and drive delivery across high-performance, low-latency systems. This role combines hands‑on backend development with end-to‑end team leadership, technical governance, and delivery ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Java backend developers; own day-to-day execution and delivery outcomes
• Break down work into clear tasks, assign responsibilities, track progress, and remove blockers
• Provide technical direction across backend services, integrations, and microservices architecture
• Conduct code reviews and enforce engineering standards, documentation, and best practices
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java (Java 17+), including REST APIs and event‑driven services
• Drive performance, stability, and reliability (JVM/concurrency tuning, production readiness, incident RCA)
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, QA, DevOps/Cloud, Mobile, and business stakeholders

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years backend engineering experience with strong hands‑on Java
• Java 17+ experience and modern backend development practices
• 2+ years experience leading a technical team (7+ members) with delivery accountability

Preferred

• Fintech/Trading/Forex/CFD domain experience
• FIX Protocol / market data exposure
• Kotlin, Vaadin, observability tooling (Grafana/Prometheus/ELK)
• Docker/Kubernetes/Terraform