Tech Java Lead Edinburgh

ECOM Recruitment; Easter Howgate; Hybrid; GBP 93,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital consultancy in Edinburgh seeks a Tech Lead to provide technical leadership and hands-on development for critical projects. With a salary of up to £110,000, you will guide teams in using modern Java technologies within a hybrid working model. Benefits include comprehensive medical insurance, generous holiday allowances, and enhanced parental leave.

Benefits

35 days holiday

Comprehensive private medical insurance

Pension matched up to 5%

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a technical and team leader managing a team of 6+.
• Experience with hands-on coding and delivering complex projects.
• Ability to foster a collaborative and learning-oriented team culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discussions and design software solutions aligned with business goals.
• Contribute to coding and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Mentor and develop team members while managing project workload.

Skills

Scrum/Kanban methodologies

Building client relationships

Java

Automation

Modern cloud infrastructure

Tools

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

RESTful APIs

Job description

Overview

Tech Lead - Java (Digital Consultancy) - Edinburgh - Hybrid - up to £110K

We're partnering with a rapidly growing UK digital consultancy with 500+ employees and offices across the UK. They combine technical excellence with a supportive culture that genuinely puts people first, delivering innovative solutions across finance, E-commerce, gaming, and more. This role is for a tech lead ready to guide teams, shape system architecture, and deliver complex, mission-critical solutions for household-name clients.

What You'll Be Doing

• Technical Leadership: Confidently discuss technical designs with clients, aligning solutions with business goals. Lead the design, implementation, and documentation of software solutions while ensuring coding standards and codebase health.
• Hands-On Development: Contribute to coding on projects as needed, troubleshoot complex issues, and evaluate emerging technologies for relevance to current and future projects.
• Team Leadership & Development: Foster a collaborative, psychologically safe team culture. Provide mentorship, coaching, and performance management, while promoting continuous learning and improvement.

About You

• Experienced in Scrum/Kanban methodologies.
• Proven track record as a technical and team leader, balancing hands-on technical skills with leadership in delivery, project, and stakeholder management.
• Strong ability to build client relationships, understand challenges, and provide effective technical and project solutions.
• Experience managing a team of 6+ direct reports, while effectively handling personal project workload.
• Experience with Java, Automation, Mobile (native and/or cross-platform), and modern cloud infrastructure.

Tech Stack

Backend: Java, RESTful APIs, ORM

Cloud & Deployment: AWS, CI/CD pipelines

Other: Third-party API integrations

What\'s on Offer

• Salary up to £110,000
• Hybrid working model - Edinburgh office
• 35 days holiday in total (including flexible bank holidays)
• Comprehensive private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave
• Pension matched up to 5%

Interested? Apply now by submitting your CV or get in touch with us directly to discuss the role in more detail. We\'d love to hear from you!

InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.