Senior Java Technical Lead – Banking (Brussels)

Nova Hunte Ltd; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nova Hunte Ltd. is seeking a Java Technical Lead in Brussels to drive enterprise Java development for a major financial services client. You will lead technical decisions, review code, and mentor a multi-disciplinary team across developers, testers, architects, and security specialists.

Expect strong focus on Spring, JPA/Hibernate, REST APIs, and batch processing with Spring Batch. You will ensure secure-by-design implementations, optimize performance, and coordinate CI/CD pipelines and releases

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise Java development and technical leadership.
• Strong knowledge of Spring, JPA/Hibernate, SQL, and REST APIs.
• Experience with Git version control and automated testing.
• Ability to design solutions and review code across modules.
• Performance analysis and memory management expertise.
• Experience with Spring Batch and large data transfers.
• Familiarity with secure-by-design practices and OWASP.
• Experience in banking or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and review Java components using Spring Framework, JPA/Hibernate, SQL, REST APIs, Git, and automated testing.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues across application and DB, including root-cause analysis.
• Maintain enterprise Java applications, batch processes, REST APIs, report generation and high-volume data transfers.
• Guide developers through code reviews, pair programming, troubleshooting, documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Ensure secure-by-design Java solutions based on OWASP principles and coordinate remediation of vulnerabilities.
• Take ownership of technical quality, maintainability, performance, data integrity, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Technical leadership

Enterprise Java

Root-cause analysis

Code reviews

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Security best practices

Performance optimization

Unit testing

Architecture design

Tools

Spring Framework

JPA/Hibernate

SQL

REST APIs

Git

Maven

CI/CD pipelines

Spring Batch

JDBC/ORM

Data export patterns

Job description

Nova Hunte Ltd. is seeking a Java Technical Lead in Brussels to drive enterprise Java development for a major financial services client. You will lead technical decisions, review code, and mentor a multi-disciplinary team across developers, testers, architects, and security specialists.

Expect strong focus on Spring, JPA/Hibernate, REST APIs, and batch processing with Spring Batch. You will ensure secure-by-design implementations, optimize performance, and coordinate CI/CD pipelines and releases