Hybrid London: Product Engineering Lead (Java/React)

Nicoll Curtin; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare

Life assurance

Extensive training

Job summary

Nicoll Curtin is seeking a Product Engineering Team Lead in London to drive delivery teams and own architectural design for client-facing solutions. You will engage with senior stakeholders, balance governance with delivery momentum, and mentor engineers in a fast-growing fintech-focused practice.

The role blends technical leadership with people leadership, requiring hands-on Java, React and Spring Boot expertise, plus broad cloud knowledge.

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on Java, React and Spring Boot expertise (non-negotiable).
• Broader technical range across the stack, cloud (GCP/Azure/AWS) and microservices.
• Proven engineering leadership and team management experience.
• Strong stakeholder management and tactful pushback skills.
• A pragmatic, get-it-done mindset suited to enterprise process.
• The right personality—approachable, credible, calm under pressure, invested in developing people.

Responsibilities

• Leading and growing one or more delivery teams with people management responsibility.
• Owning technical solution design and defending it to client stakeholders.
• Managing client expectations, including knowing when and how to push back—tactfully but firmly.
• Navigating enterprise governance and process pragmatically without losing delivery momentum.
• Acting as the go-to person for your key stakeholders.

Skills

Java

React

Spring Boot

Cloud

Microservices

Engineering leadership

Team management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Nicoll Curtin is seeking a Product Engineering Team Lead in London to drive delivery teams and own architectural design for client-facing solutions. You will engage with senior stakeholders, balance governance with delivery momentum, and mentor engineers in a fast-growing fintech-focused practice.

The role blends technical leadership with people leadership, requiring hands-on Java, React and Spring Boot expertise, plus broad cloud knowledge.