Hybrid Real-Time Stream Processing Tech Lead

Wise; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking a technical lead to join the Stream Processing team in London. In this role, you will coach and mentor a high-performing team, contribute hands-on as a software engineer, and collaborate across departments. The ideal candidate has a strong development background in Java, a solid understanding of cloud services, and familiarity with stream processing frameworks. Competitive salary of £100,000-£125,000 plus benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Wise Benefits

Qualifications

• Solid background in development in Java ecosystems and high coding standards.
• Experience with cloud services and platform engineering skills.
• Familiar with stream processing frameworks and stateful pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Coaching, mentoring, and growing a high-performing team.
• Hands-on involvement as a software engineer and systems operator.
• Collaborating with leads, engineers, and product managers.

Skills

Development in Java ecosystems

Cloud services (AWS, GCP)

Security and privacy advocacy

Stream processing frameworks (Kafka Streams, Flink)

Configuration management (Ansible, Packer)

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Container orchestration (Kubernetes)

Job description

A global technology company is seeking a technical lead to join the Stream Processing team in London. In this role, you will coach and mentor a high-performing team, contribute hands-on as a software engineer, and collaborate across departments. The ideal candidate has a strong development background in Java, a solid understanding of cloud services, and familiarity with stream processing frameworks. Competitive salary of £100,000-£125,000 plus benefits.