Java Technical Lead

Avanti Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech company is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a small team and ensure delivery excellence. Responsibilities include hands-on coding, mentoring engineers, and overseeing platform stability. The ideal candidate has a strong background in Java development, engineering management, and cloud platforms. This position offers a salary of up to £90,000 with office attendance required 4 days a week in Surrey.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Java development required.
• Experience in engineering management or technical leadership.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team.
• Oversee agile delivery, backlog management, and release planning.
• Ensure platform stability through monitoring and incident management.

Skills

Java development

Engineering management

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

DevOps practices (CI/CD)

Incident management

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Spring

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

Job description

Overview

Avanti Recruitment is currently working with a leading, award-winning FinTech who are seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to take responsibility for engineering leadership and delivery. The business provides cutting-edge financial technology solutions to global financial institutions and has been recognised for excellence and innovation across the sector.

The Role

You will be responsible for leading and mentoring the engineering team, ensuring delivery excellence, operational resilience, and platform growth. This role combines technical leadership with people management and requires someone confident in engineering delivery, incident management, platform operations, and client support.

This role will require you in office 4 days per week and located in Surrey. The company is a small team of around 3 Developers, 1 Tester + 8 people (front office).

Key Responsibilities

• Hands-on coding / documentation (70-80% of the time)
• Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team
• Oversee agile delivery, backlog management, and release planning
• Ensure platform stability through monitoring, incident management, and post-mortems
• Implement robust security and compliance practices
• Manage vendor relationships and operational budgets
• Support client onboarding and resolve platform-related issues

Experience

• Strong background in Java development (Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, REST)
• Experience in engineering management or technical leadership
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and DevOps practices (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code)
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk)
• Strong incident management skills and operational mindset
• Excellent communication skills for both internal leadership and client-facing situations

The salary on this position is up to 90,000.

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