Product Engineering Team Lead

Nicoll Curtin; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package including pension,

Job summary

Nicoll Curtin in London is seeking a Product Engineering Team Lead for a hybrid role (3 days per week) focused on major financial services clients. You will balance technical leadership with people management, designing scalable solutions and guiding delivery with credibility.

The role requires deep Java, React and Spring Boot skills, broad cloud and microservices knowledge, and a pragmatic, get-it-done mindset to lead with impact in enterprise settings.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on Java, React and Spring Boot expertise.
• Experience leading delivery teams and developing people.
• Strong stakeholder management and enterprise delivery skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow delivery teams with day-to-day people management and career development.
• Own technical solution design and defend it to client stakeholders.
• Manage client expectations and know when to push back—tactfully but firmly.
• Navigate enterprise governance and processes without losing delivery momentum.
• Be the go-to person for key stakeholders.

Skills

Java

React

Spring Boot

Leadership

Tools

GCP

Azure

AWS

Microservices

Job description

Product Engineering Team Lead

London, UK | Hybrid (3 days/week) | Permanent, Full-Time

We're hiring a Product Engineering Team Lead to join a fast-growing part of our business, working with major financial services clients — reporting into an engineering leader who's genuinely on a mission to transform and scale this practice.

This is a role split evenly between technical leadership and people leadership. You'll need real depth in Java, React and Spring Boot — confident enough to design a solution and defend it credibly to a sharp, technical client stakeholder — alongside strong team management experience and the personality to match: someone who builds trust fast, coaches well, and leads with credibility rather than just authority.

You'll be:

• Leading and growing one or more delivery teams, with genuine day-to-day people management and career development 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-level governance and process pragmatically, without losing delivery momentum
• Acting as the "go-to" person for your key stakeholders

What we're looking for:

• Deep, hands-on Java, React and Spring Boot expertise (non-negotiable)
• Broader technical range across the wider 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, genuinely invested in developing people

This is a rare opportunity to help shape and grow this part of the business alongside a leader who's genuinely invested in transformation.

Top global employer offering a competitive package including pension, healthcare, life assurance, and extensive training.

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