Senior Java Technical Lead

We're seeking aSenior Java Technical Leadto drive the development of transformative software solutions for government clients. With over7 years of experienceleading enterprise Java projects, you'll bring a strategic mindset, strong technical acumen, and a passion for mentoring high-performing teams.

This role is ideal for a hands-on leader who thrives in collaborative environments and is committed to delivering innovative, secure, and scalable digital services that make a real difference.

• Provide the development team with technical leadership and guidance on application design options
• Managing delivery as agreed and aligning team resources as required
• Manage project source code and documentation
• Responsibility for building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications
• Java application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing
• Expert in Java development, with experience using industry-standard frameworks, e.g. Quarkus/Spring Boot
• Microservice and API development (RESTful, experience of REST design and implementation)
• Understanding of API security protocols (OAuth 2.0/0penID Connect)
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, API managers and WebLogic
• Experience with OpenShift Container platform, 3scale API and KeyCloak
• Testing frameworks and TDD (like Cucumber or Junit)
• Databases: Relational (Oracle)
• Coding in adherence to the standards of the application in question
• Maintaining, tuning and repairing applications to keep them performing according to technical and functional specifications; performing preventive maintenance activities; providing user support
• Integration of technical and application components to meet business requirements
• Completing assigned tasks related to phases of development lifecycle of enterprise applications within given scope and timeframe requirements
• Ensure that all deliverables are tested to meet the standards as defined prior to deployment to the Quality Assurance team
• Ensure production releases are compliant with release management standards
• Conducting Developer Code Reviews to ensure adherence to Java coding standards
• Provide continuity in all major application solution decisions
• Progress and manage technical change items/requests
• Advising developers on best practice and optimal approach in software development
• Organisation of skills/knowledge transfer and mentoring to team members
• Creation of unit and integration test plans
• Writing and execution of unit and integration test plans
• Incident resolution

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject

Technical Skills:

• Demonstrated ability in Leading & coordinating a development teams to produce optimised code of new systems and/or the refactoring of older frameworks
• Demonstrated expertise as a subject matter expert, designing application interfaces and software services to maximise reuse based on the business processes and governance rules for sharing
• Demonstrated expertise leading teams in the development of new systems on Red Hat OpenShift
• Demonstrated expertise leading teams in the modernisation of existing applications onto the Red Hat OpenShift platform
• Demonstrated expertise of Java application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing
• Demonstrated use of Spring, JavaScript, Angular2+, Quarkus, HTML, XML, CSS or equivalent
• Developing webservice
• Demonstrated experience in administering a Jenkins instance in order to build windows executables

You will have enterprise project experience with most of these technologies:

• OpenShift and Docker containers
• Active MQ Messaging (Red Hat AMQ Broker/JMS)
• 3Scale
• KeyCloak
• Spring JDBC
• Maven
• Gitlab
• Jenkins
• SonarQube
• ArtiFactory
• Jira
• Confluence
• Encryption
• Integration with external applications (3rd party software)
• XML and JSON
• OpenAPI
• Progressive Web Apps
• Service Workers
• OpenID connect and OAuth protocols
• Mobile-First Development
• Front-end CI pipelines
• Testing Tools - cucumber/Karama/Jasmine/Protractor
• EJB2/EJB3 - for maintenance of support of older applications
• Drools
• Quarkas

Consultancy Skills:

• Strong client-facing skills, with the ability to build trust and communicate effectively
• Ability to lead and mentor, fostering a culture of learning and knowledge sharing
• Collaborative team player
• Self-driven and disciplined

• 7+ years of experience as a Java Technical Lead
• Public sector experience preferred

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.

"We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age".

At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV's and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.