Expert Full Stack Developer / Team Lead — Java 17+

We need someone who has led a development team but has kept their hands on the keyboard — someone equally comfortable setting technical direction and writing production code.

What this role is about

This is a chance to lead the delivery of large-scale, enterprise applications that are built to grow. You will bring deep full-stack expertise across Java and Angular, and drive a cloud-native approach through microservices, containerisation, and DevOps automation. The role goes beyond building software — you will shape how custom development is done across a large organisation, setting the bar for performance, security, and delivery quality while growing the engineers around you.

What you will actually do

Design and deliver full-stack applications using Java 17+, Spring Boot, Angular, and TypeScript

Build microservices and event-driven workflows on Azure-native infrastructure

Set and uphold engineering standards across performance, security, testing, DevSecOps, and cloud scalability

Bring AI-assisted development practices into the day-to-day delivery workflow

Lead, mentor, and coach developers — lifting both technical capability and Agile maturity across the team

Shape architectural decisions and contribute to the organisation's longer-term engineering direction

Champion CI/CD automation, test-driven development, and observability as everyday practices

What you bring — essential

Expert-level Java 17+ and Spring Boot, with a solid track record in distributed systems

Strong full-stack skills across Angular and modern JavaScript/TypeScript

Practical Azure deployment experience including AKS, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, and Azure SQL

Confident working with Docker, microservices architecture, and core Kubernetes concepts

Experience across both SQL and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and Cosmos DB

Solid understanding of event-driven architecture and messaging patterns including JMS, queues, and topics

Deep knowledge of performance engineering, security practices, and observability

Hands-on experience driving CI/CD and DevSecOps delivery

Proven ability to lead through mentoring, coaching, and guiding architectural decisions

Strategic thinker with strong communication skills and genuine enthusiasm for modern engineering

Nice to have

TDD and BDD experience

Familiarity with SAFe or other scaled Agile frameworks

Contract-first API design using OpenAPI

Knowledge of micro-frontends and module federation

GitOps practices

Interest in AI-driven development tooling