Lead Java Software Developer

Luxoft Poland; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft Poland is looking for an experienced Java Lead to drive the design and development of a centralized sales and trading platform. The role blends hands-on coding with technical leadership within a hybrid work setup (1–2 days on site in Kraków).

You will design scalable Java services, guide architecture decisions, and ensure quality through reviews, testing, and documentation. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of Java experience, 5+ years of leadership, and strong knowledge of databases and

Qualifications

• Proven experience of minimum 8 years with Java development and strong core Java development skills.
• Prior experience of minimum 5 years as team lead/technical lead.
• Experience with clarification of technical requirements.
• Experience with assigning tasks within the team.
• Proven experience with data bases.
• Service integration (REST, grpc, MQ, Kafka).
• Proven knowledge of computer science concepts including concurrency, algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Github Copilot.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based applications and services.
• Task allocation and work prioritization among team
• Application architecture planning and design
• Responsibility for business and technical aspects of application development
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development and test environments.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices in software development and testing.
• Document technical designs, test plans, and procedures.
• Proactively ask the right questions to clarify requirements
• Capable of designing solutions before moving into the implementation phase
• Provide technical support to less senior team members

Skills

Java development

Team lead experience

Data bases

Service integration

Distributed systems

Concurrency

Github Copilot

Job description

Hybrid -> 1/2 days from office per week

Project Description

Our client in banking and capital markets industry is building a centralized platform for its sales and trading business vertical.

A critical challenge is the client experience, where clients face off with three separate businesses, rather than a one-stop-shop. This experience is mirrored on the back-end with three separate workflows and infrastructures across products.

We are a team that engage in development of a centralized, in-house driven sales and trading platform, engaging with IT and control functions in support of rollout across all trading business.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based applications and services.
• Task allocation and work prioritization among team
• Application architecture planning and design
• Responsibility for business and technical aspects of application development
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development and test environments.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices in software development and testing.
• Document technical designs, test plans, and procedures.
• Proactively ask the right questions to clarify requirements
• Capable of designing solutions before moving into the implementation phase
• Provide technical support to less senior team members

Mandatory Skills Description

• Proven experience of minimum 8 years with Java development and strong core Java development skills
• Prior experience of minimum 5 years as team lead/technical lead
• Experience with clarification of technical requirements
• Experience with assigning tasks within the team
• Proven experience with data bases
• Service integration (REST, grpc, MQ, Kafka)
• Proven knowledge of computer science concepts including concurrency, algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Github Copilot

Nice-to-Have Skills Description

• Knowledge of fixed income and trading domains of investment banking business
• Memory management
• Multithreaded and high performance development
• Concurrent programming and zero lock execution