Lead Engineer

Gazelle Global Consulting Limited; Greater London, City of Edinburgh; Ibrido; GBP 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Gazelle Global Consulting Limited seeks a Lead Engineer - Java Backend to drive backend delivery on a major UK banking programme. Hybrid work with 2 days in the office across Edinburgh/London.

You will own technical delivery, shape engineering solutions, and coordinate with distributed teams to build secure, scalable services. Lead the end-to-end lifecycle from design through testing, integration and release, ensuring quality, security and performance.

Competenze

• Hands-on Java 8+ with Spring/Spring Boot.
• Experience designing REST APIs and microservices.
• Kafka and event-driven integration experience.
• GCP cloud deployment and Docker/Kubernetes exposure.
• CI/CD with Jenkins, Git and SonarQube.
• Agile delivery using Scrum; Jira/Confluence.

Mansioni

• Lead the Java backend delivery lifecycle from design to release.
• Collaborate with architecture, product, DevOps and offshore teams.
• Ensure quality, security, performance and reliability standards.

Conoscenze

Java development

Spring & Spring Boot

REST API design

Kafka

GCP cloud deployment

Docker & Kubernetes

BDD/TDD

CI/CD

API security

Agile/Scrum

Strumenti

Jenkins

Git

SonarQube

Jira

Confluence

Helm

Descrizione del lavoro

Lead Engineer - Java Backend

Location: Edinburgh (preferred) / London
Contract: 12 months
Working Pattern: Hybrid - 2 days in the office

I'm looking for a Lead Engineer to drive Java backend delivery on a major UK banking programme. This is an opportunity to take technical ownership, shape engineering solutions and work across distributed teams to deliver secure, scalable services in a demanding financial services environment.

You'll lead the delivery lifecycle from technical design and implementation through testing, integration and release, ensuring applications meet agreed standards for quality, security, performance and reliability. You'll also collaborate with architecture, product, DevOps and offshore engineering teams to resolve technical challenges and keep delivery on track.

Key Skills:

• Strong hands-on Java 8+, Spring and Spring Boot development
• REST API design and microservices architecture
• Kafka and event-driven integration patterns
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-based deployment
• Docker, Helm and Kubernetes
• BDD/TDD, JUnit and automated unit testing
• CI/CD, Jenkins, Git and SonarQube
• API gateways, API security and service integration
• Agile delivery using Scrum, Jira and Confluence

Experience leading engineering delivery across banking or financial services teams would be beneficial, particularly within distributed systems and production environments.

Excellent Day Rate Available.