AI‑Native Engineering Lead – Open Banking & Hybrid

Yapily

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 110,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Hybrid working

Private Medical Insurance

Company Pension Scheme

Enhanced Parental Leave

£200 Learning Budget

Cycle To Work

Employee Referral Scheme £1,000

Monthly social budget

Dog friendly office

Job summary

Yapily is seeking an experienced Technical Software Engineering Lead to drive design, development and delivery of core microservices. You will blend hands-on coding with architectural oversight and people leadership to enable an AI-enabled engineering culture and faster developer velocity.

You will own architectural decisions, shape API design, ensure system health and collaborate with Product on capacity planning and strategy while mentoring ICs and guiding teams through complex engineering

Qualifications

Experience leading engineering teams to build scalable microservices.
Strong architectural oversight and hands-on technical excellence.

Responsibilities

Drive architectural decisions and set technical standards for the stack (Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes).
Design and document robust HTTP/REST APIs for microservice communication (OpenAPI/Swagger).
Oversee system health, scalability, resilience, and performance optimization.
Monitor delivery in agile sprints and remove impediments.
Collaborate with Product Manager on capacity planning and roadmap.
Guide solutions and evaluate new technologies to solve complex challenges.
Identify ambiguities in requirements and clarify them with stakeholders.
Lead and develop high-performing teams with KPI-driven improvements.