Engineering Lead: Java/Spring on AWS Cloud Platform

Ocho People Ltd.; Craigavon; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flagship project

Hybrid work after six months

Strong mentorship and growth

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Ocho People Ltd. is seeking an Engineering Lead in Craigavon to guide a team of Java/Spring engineers on business-critical applications while launching a cloud-based client portal on AWS. This hands-on leadership role combines technical direction with people management to keep delivery on track.

You will run daily stand-ups, coach engineers, set standards, and collaborate with product and business teams to deliver the right solutions in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in Java and Spring or Spring Boot.
• Experience leading engineers as a tech lead or in early people management, including running stand-ups and mentoring.
• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to explain your thinking clearly, including at a whiteboard.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Java and Spring engineers
• Run daily stand-ups and keep the team's priorities and delivery on track
• Provide hands-on technical direction, including design discussions and code reviews
• Set and maintain engineering standards for quality, testing and CI/CD
• Keep existing business applications reliable and moving forward while the new platform is built
• Hold regular one-to-ones and support career development, including onboarding new starters
• Explain technical decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Contribute to cloud-native thinking on AWS and infrastructure as code
• Work closely with product and business teams to understand needs and deliver the right solutions

Skills

Java

Spring

Leadership

Communication

Angular

AWS

Oracle PL/SQL

Tools

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Ocho People Ltd. is seeking an Engineering Lead in Craigavon to guide a team of Java/Spring engineers on business-critical applications while launching a cloud-based client portal on AWS. This hands-on leadership role combines technical direction with people management to keep delivery on track.

You will run daily stand-ups, coach engineers, set standards, and collaborate with product and business teams to deliver the right solutions in a fast-paced, regulated environment.