Engineering Lead (Java)

Engineering Team Lead - Java Spring Boot AWS Kubernetes

£100,000-120,000 base salary

Extensive Benefits and 10% bonus

Java21, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS

Central London, hybrid with 2 days a week onsite

InsurTech AI-Powered B2B/B2C SaaS

Engineering Team Lead - We have been engaged by a leading Insurtech company to find a Technical Team Lead to oversee a squad of 6 working on their flagship product. Backed by a well-established global parent company, they operate with the agility of a scale-up while enjoying the stability of a larger organisation. Their technology powers underwriting and protection marketplaces, helping insurers and advisors streamline processes and deliver better outcomes for customers.

They are undergoing a multi-year transformation, modernising their architecture and shifting towards a product-focused, SaaS model.

The role of Tech Lead is a combination of hands-on technical expertise (30%) and people leadership (70%). You will report into the Director of Engineering being part of the technical leadership team for business vertical.

The tech stack consists of Java21, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm and various AWS services.

Requirements

• Experience leading an engineering team/squad (minimum of 3 direct reports)
• Experience mentoring engineers while fostering a culture of ownership
• Providing technical leadership and guiding system design decisions
• Working with product and your teams product manager to ensure the most important things hit the roadmap.
• Driving a DevOps culture, ensuring smooth CI/CD processes and improving deployment efficiency.
• We're looking for a strong communicator who can explain technical concepts to different audiences and stakeholders.
• Ability to drive system design decisions, balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability.

Engineering Team Lead - Java Spring Boot AWS Kubernetes

Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.