Java Technical Lead - UK

This is a remote position. Technical Lead ​ About the role We are hiring a Technical Lead to own the technical direction of enterprise Java application development on a major banking programme. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll lead a team of engineers, set standards, and steward a substantial existing Java estate running on enterprise application servers — while helping modernise it towards a cloud-ready, microservices architecture. You'll be the technical anchor across design, build, integration and release, and the bridge between architecture, delivery teams and business stakeholders. What you'll do - Lead the design and delivery of enterprise Java applications end-to-end. - Provide hands-on technical leadership on IBM WebSphere / WebSphere Liberty (or comparable Java application server) estates — deployment, configuration, tuning, upgrades and troubleshooting. - Set coding standards, run design and code reviews, and mentor a team of engineers. - Drive modernisation: decomposing monolithic/app-server workloads towards Spring Boot microservices, containers and CI/CD. - Own non-functional quality — performance, resilience, security, scalability and observability. - Plan and coordinate technical delivery across SIT, UAT and production releases; manage technical risk and dependencies. - Partner with enterprise architects, BAs, infrastructure and vendor teams. Requirements Essential skills ​ - 12+ yearsin enterprise Java application development, with a strong track record leading teams and delivery. - Deep, hands-on expertise with IBM WebSphere and/or WebSphere Liberty (or a comparable Java application server platform — JBoss/WildFly, WebLogic). - Strong core Java and Spring / Spring Boot; enterprise integration patterns (JMS/MQ, REST, SOAP). - Solid grounding in application architecture, performance tuning and production support at scale. - CI/CD, containers (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift) and modern engineering practice. - Proven ability to lead modernisation of legacy Java workloads. Originally posted on Himalayas