Lead Java Developer

Company: KennedyPearce Consulting
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Location: London
Job Description:

I’m working with a high-growth, global technology business that is looking to hire a Technical Lead into its product engineering organisation.

You’ll lead a cross-functional engineering squad, set technical direction, mentor engineers and work closely with Product and Data to build scalable, secure and reliable products used by customers globally.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Providing technical leadership while remaining hands-on with development
  • Setting technical direction and making key architectural decisions
  • Mentoring and developing engineers within the squad
  • Working closely with Product to turn ideas into scalable solutions
  • Partnering with Data to build measurable, insight-driven products
  • Owning performance, scalability, reliability and security
  • Helping drive platform modernisation and engineering best practice
  • Improving delivery, deployment and engineering quality
  • Supporting technical interviews and the growth of the engineering team

What they’re looking for:

  • Strong commercial experience with Java & Spring Framework – essential
  • Senior/Lead-level software engineering experience
  • Experience mentoring and developing engineers
  • React and TypeScript experience would be highly desirable
  • Experience working within a modern SaaS, MarTech or data-driven environment
  • Cloud-native experience across AWS or GCP, with Docker/Kubernetes
  • Strong understanding of software design, testing and CI/CD
  • Comfortable influencing technical decisions across teams
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

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Posted: October 11th, 2026