Java Engineering Lead

The team is seeking an Engineering Leader to join its Payments Technology team, where you will drive the technical vision and hands-on engineering behind a crucial payment platform in global financial services. This is an end-to-end technical leadership role that encompasses core APIs, microservices architecture, integrations, and the infrastructure supporting a comprehensive suite of payment capabilities for clients worldwide.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and deliver end-to-end technical solutions across the payments platform, from core client-facing APIs to integrations and supporting infrastructure.
• Set and enforce engineering standards across the team, championing clean code, SOLID principles, and disciplined design practices.
• Lead design reviews, proof-of-concept initiatives, and technical experiments to evaluate new approaches for platform evolution.
• Translate complex system requirements into clear software design artifacts guiding consistent, high-quality implementation.
• Guide and mentor engineers on good code and design practices through hands-on collaboration and technical coaching.
• Coordinate technical delivery across internal and cross-functional teams, owning estimation, solution planning, and implementation leadership.
• Embed resilience and high-availability thinking into every layer of the architecture, ensuring platform reliability.
• Manage technical risk transparently, identifying issues early and communicating clearly to protect delivery timelines.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• 15 or more years of hands-on design and development experience, with deep Java expertise and a commitment to clean code and SOLID principles.
• Practical experience building medium to large-scale applications using Spring Boot, Microservices, and Kafka.
• Hands-on experience with MongoDB and a strong grasp of data modeling within distributed systems.
• Proven ability to design resilient, high-availability architectures that perform reliably under high-throughput conditions.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and single-click deployment workflows using tools like Tekton or OpenShift.
• Fluency in test-driven and behavior-driven development practices, including writing unit and integration tests.
• An active practitioner of AI tools and generative AI technologies to drive engineering productivity.
• Clear communicator able to articulate technical decisions and delivery risks to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience authoring functional and technical specification documentation for distributed engineering teams.
• Familiarity with site reliability engineering principles and interest in how they shape product development outcomes.
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• A master's degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification in a relevant technical field.

What we offer:

• Opportunity to lead and innovate in a high-impact technical environment.
• Collaborative and supportive team culture.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.