Tech Lead - Java

Version1; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly profit share

Career development & mentorship

Flexible/remote working

Private healthcare

Pension

Employee discounts

Life assurance

Job summary

Version1 is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to join our Digital Data & Cloud Practice in the UK. You will lead technical delivery on large-scale transformation and migration projects across public and private sectors.

You will design, implement, and maintain cloud-based apps with a focus on security, CI/CD, and modern architectures while mentoring junior engineers and fostering collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Front-end in Angular and back-end in Java/.NET is expected.
• Experience with microservices and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong TDD with automated unit and integration tests.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain cloud-based software applications.
• Provide technical leadership to coordinate and deliver scalable, secure solutions.
• Work within an agile delivery methodology and shape user stories.
• Create architecture/configuration/release documentation for solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across PMs, BAs, Testing, and Product teams.
• Communicate designs clearly to stakeholders of varying technical ability.

Skills

Angular

Java

C#

DotNet

TDD

REST APIs

CI/CD

DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Jenkins

Ansible

Packer

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead to join our Digital Data & Cloud Practice. Our Digital Practice is expanding rapidly and there will be an opportunity for you to achieve medium and long-term career goals. There will be a fantastic opportunity to work on some challenging and interesting, large scale transformational and migration projects within both public and private sector.

• Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining cloud-based software applications.
• Technical leadership within a team to coordinate and deliver scalable, secure solutions in line with good industry software engineering practices (code quality, CI/CD, security etc).
• Working within a project management/agile delivery methodology
• Experience in technical ownership for a product or software solution, covering design, estimation, shaping and user story/requirement creation
• Documentation of solutions (e.g., architecture, configuration, release, support-handover
• Collaborate and liaise with other Version 1 and customer stakeholders/ end users in the software development lifecycle - PMs, BAs, Testing, Product etc
• Able to communicate technical designs simply and clearly in conversation, documentation, and presentations to stakeholders of various technical abilities.
• Provide effective knowledge transfer to team members and customers.
• Manage, coach and develop junior members of your team and the wider community
• Fostering a positive working environment and facilitating team collaboration and communication.
• Deep understanding of coding best practices and modern architectural patterns, including microservices and message-driven architectures
• Hands-on developing / coding experience using the following technologies: Frontend (Angular)
• Backend (Java, .Net, C#)
• NFR / Non-Functional requirement understanding and experience developing applications with this in mind
• Strong experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach, writing unit and integration tests to ensure high-quality code, and maintaining a robust testing suite for continuous integration and delivery.
• Experience developing REST-based APIs
• Strong experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, Docker)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift for containerisation and orchestration of applications.
• Experience in developing and deploying solutions on Microsoft Azure, with expertise in Azure services such as Azure Functions, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, serverless computing, and scalable application design. Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) preferred.

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people's individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and RedHat
• Reward schemes including Version1's Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call‑Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

Version1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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