Lead Engineer | Java & TypeScript £85k 10–20% bonus pension | Bristol or Edinburgh (hybrid) Join a purpose-driven tech company making a real-world difference, changing over 800,000 people’s lives across the UK, and contributing around £4.3billion a year to the UK GDP. We are looking for a Lead Java Engineer, who will be mostly hands on working on customer-facing solutions to improve the user experience. You will also mentor junior team members and helping guide the team’s practices. As a Lead Engineer, you’ll help shape a new product team building systems that connect with dealers, service providers, and fleet managers. You’ll stay hands-on with Java, React, Microservice and TypeScript while guiding architecture, mentoring engineers, and shipping impactful features. Tech stack: Java (Spring Boot), React, TypeScript, AWS, PostgreSQL. Team setup: 6 engineers QA, Product Owner, Analyst. Work mix: 70% backend, fullstack mindset welcome, and tiny bit of design, architecting and mentoring involved. You’ll fit if you: Lead by doing mentoring while staying technical Love tackling real problems and own the solution Value growth over perfection and proactive, transparent and ambitious Why join: £75k–£85k base 10–20% bonus Collaborative offices (Bristol/Edinburgh), hybrid 3 days in Award-winning company with social impact at its core Like the sound of it? Reach out to Rebeka Mulk at Opus Recruitment (rebeka.mulk@opusrs.com) or connect on LinkedIn for an informal chat - Rebeka Mulk @ Opus recruitment. Please note, they are not able to sponsor. Due to a high volume of applications, please make sure you are making your CV really stand out and are a close match to this role.