Java Technical Lead

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

Job summary

A leading FinTech company in Hatchford seeks an Engineering Manager to lead and mentor a small team while ensuring engineering delivery and operational excellence. The ideal candidate has strong Java development skills, experience in engineering management, and a solid understanding of cloud platforms and DevOps practices. This role offers a competitive salary of up to £90,000 and requires in-office presence four days a week.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Java development.
• Experience in engineering management or technical leadership.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools.
• Excellent communication skills for leadership and client-facing situations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team.
• Oversee agile delivery and release planning.
• Ensure platform stability through monitoring and incident management.
• Implement robust security and compliance practices.
• Support client onboarding and resolve platform-related issues.

Skills

Java development (Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, REST)

Engineering management or technical leadership

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

DevOps practices (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes)

Strong incident management skills

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Splunk

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.

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).

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

Interview process

1. Initial interview with Head of Engineering
2. Technical and practical test
3. CTO / Chairman of Tech Committee meeting
4. Final stage with CEO

The salary for this position is up to £90,000.

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