Java Technical Lead | Solution Architecture

White Bay; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

White Bay in Sydney seeks a Java-focused Solution Architect to lead customer implementations and own solution architecture for complex enterprise integrations. You will guide architectural decisions, review designs, and collaborate with delivery managers to ensure scalable, secure outcomes.

You will manage a team of eight Java developers based in the Philippines, working with them during Australian business hours to deliver integrations beyond standard configuration.

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial software development experience with Java as core technology.
• Experience steering the technical direction of a software development team.
• Strong customer-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to review code and stay technically credible with senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Act as the principal technical representative throughout customer implementations.
• Lead solution architecture and technical design of complex customer solutions.
• Define how the platform will integrate with customer environments and third-party systems.
• Translate customer requirements into technical designs and practical engineering approaches.
• Produce and maintain solution architecture documentation.
• Provide technical direction to the eight-developer team and ensure quality across delivery.

Skills

Java

Leadership

Customer engagement

Architecture review

Job description

The Opportunity

You will act as the technical lead and customer-facing Solution Architect for development work delivered through the company’s Delivery function.

You will lead an established team of eight Java developers based in the Philippines, working closely with them during Australian business hours. The team delivers the integrations and customer-specific development that sit beyond the standard configuration capabilities of the platform.

This is not a coding-heavy position. You will need a strong Java engineering background and enough current technical depth to review code, challenge designs, guide architectural decisions and step into development work when genuinely required.

Your primary focus will be solution architecture, customer engagement, technical governance, team leadership and commercially successful delivery.

You will work closely with Delivery Managers, implementation specialists, product stakeholders and the central Engineering function to ensure customer solutions are technically sound, scalable, secure and aligned with the long-term direction of the platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the company’s principal technical representative throughout customer implementations.
• Lead the solution architecture and technical design of complex customer solutions.
• Understand customer technology environments and define how the platform will integrate with existing systems.
• Design integrations with enterprise applications, third-party platforms, APIs and legacy systems.
• Translate customer requirements into clear technical designs and practical engineering approaches.
• Produce and maintain solution architecture documentation.
• Ensure proposed customer work is technically feasible before commitments are made.
• Review technical components of statements of work and delivery plans.
• Provide technical direction to an established team of eight Java developers.
• Remain accountable for the technical quality of all development work delivered by the team.
• Review designs, assess code quality and guide developers through complex engineering decisions.
• Mentor developers and build stronger technical leadership capability within the team.
• Develop emerging team leads and create a more self-sufficient engineering function.
• Identify technical capability gaps and support ongoing learning and development.
• Work with Delivery Managers to coordinate resources, priorities and customer milestones.
• Support effective team utilisation and commercially successful customer delivery.
• Balance delivery speed with scalability, maintainability, security and platform integrity.
• Collaborate with the central Engineering function where customer work requires specialist platform input.
• Work constructively with customer technology teams and third-party software vendors.
• Explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

About You

You are an experienced Java Technical Lead, Solution Architect, Technical Architect or Lead Java Engineer with a background delivering complex enterprise software solutions.

You have progressed beyond being solely a hands-on developer and are comfortable operating across solution architecture, customer engagement, technical leadership and people development.

You will bring:

• Significant commercial software development experience using Java as a core technology.
• Experience leading the technical direction of a software development team.
• Experience working for a software vendor, SaaS company or enterprise platform provider.
• Experience delivering customer-specific solutions on top of a common software platform.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise integrations, APIs and distributed systems.
• Experience designing solutions that interact with third-party and legacy systems.
• A strong understanding of scalable architecture, software design and engineering practices.
• The ability to review code and remain technically credible with experienced developers.
• Experience mentoring engineers and building team capability.
• Experience leading offshore, remote or distributed development teams would be highly regarded.
• Strong customer-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to explain technical concepts in clear, practical language.
• Experience working collaboratively with external technology vendors.
• Sound commercial judgement and an understanding of customer delivery environments.
• A proactive, accountable and partnership-focused leadership style.

This Role Will Suit Someone Who

• Enjoys working directly with customers on technically complex problems.
• Can move comfortably between architecture, delivery and people leadership.
• Wants to remain technically credible without spending most of the week coding.
• Has worked within the customer delivery or professional services function of a software vendor.
• Understands how to deliver tailored customer outcomes without compromising a common platform.
• Can lead experienced engineers while developing emerging technical leaders.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of customer solution architecture within an established Australian software vendor.

You will inherit an experienced development team, work with a sophisticated enterprise platform and become a key technical representative in important customer and vendor discussions.

The role offers genuine influence across architecture, customer delivery, engineering quality and team development, without requiring you to move away from technology completely.

The position offers:

• Sydney CBD location.
• Hybrid working, with approximately 50% of the week in the office.
• An established team of eight Java developers.
• Direct involvement in complex enterprise customer solutions.
• Significant ownership of solution architecture and technical delivery.

Keywords

Java Technical Lead, Java Solution Architect, Lead Java Developer, SaaS, software vendor, enterprise platform, integrations