Java Technical Lead - Modernisation & Cloud Engineering 📍 Wembley, London (5 days on-site) 💰 Up to £85,000 per annum The Opportunity We're partnering with a well-established, multinational organisation embarking on a major transformation-rebuilding its digital engine from the ground up. They are looking for a Modernisation Engineering Lead who breathes engineering excellence. If you're a 10+ year Java/Spring Boot expert who is tired of bloated, unmaintainable systems and wants the authority to "fix it properly", this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact. You will work directly with the Head of Architecture, turning high-level designs into verifiably stable, scalable, cloud-native solutions-with real ownership, influence, and autonomy. What You'll Own ⚙️ Engineering Sovereignty Define and enforce Java and Node.js engineering standards across the platform Set the benchmark for: Robust exception handling Binary stream processing Structured logging (Application Insights) Security-first development Drive a culture of clean, maintainable, production-grade code ☁️ Cloud-Native Excellence Ensure all systems are built for Azure Container Apps from day one Own best practice implementation across: Stateless architecture Health check endpoints Secure secret management (Azure Key Vault) Containerisation standards and deployment readines...