Company Description
Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.
We’re an award‑winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do.
Highlights of our culture and achievements:
* UK & Ireland’s premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
* 3600+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
* 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
* Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
* Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW
We’re a core‑values driven company; we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Java Technical Lead to join our UK Digital Data & Cloud Practice. Our Digital Practice is expanding rapidly and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to achieve medium and long‑term career goals. You will be working for one of our high‑profile trading clients within the financial services domain, providing both hands‑on technical leadership and day‑to‑day guidance to a Java‑based development team supporting a high‑volume message processing environment.
The current team is heavily Java‑focused, but the client’s ecosystem relies extensively on Kafka, Kubernetes/OpenShift, caching solutions, REST APIs and high‑throughput distributed systems. The Lead must bring the breadth and depth required to help the team operate independently without continuous escalation to the CITI manager.
The role requires someone with deep, practical experience in scaling systems that process millions of messages per day, strong problem‑solving capability, and the ability to drive the team technically.
Responsibilities
* Lead and support the team across complex backend components, ensuring high‑quality delivery.
* Guide developers on best practices across Java, system design, messaging, caching, and distributed processing.
* Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to sequencing, recovery, message failures, and large‑volume processing.
* Provide hands‑on oversight for releases, deployments, and production stability.
* Drive sound engineering practices such as CI/CD, code quality, and operational readiness.
* Ensure the team adheres to performance, security, and resilience standards, particularly around large‑scale message handling.
Team & Stakeholder Management
* Act as the technical bridge between the Version 1 technical team and the client.
* Provide full ownership of tasks assigned to the whole team.
* Maintain clear awareness of team activities, workload distribution, and developer challenges.
* Communicate status, risks, and expectations effectively to both Version 1 and client stakeholders.
Qualifications
* Experience working on trading or financial platforms that process millions of messages per day, with strong awareness of related non‑functional requirements such as latency, resiliency, throughput optimisation, failover handling, and backpressure management.
* Experienced in designing and developing cloud‑native applications with a microservices architecture running on Docker/OpenShift/Kubernetes.
* Experienced in application development using Java, SQL (SQL Server, Oracle etc.) and messaging platforms such as Kafka, MQ etc.
* Experienced in Spring framework, Spring Boot technologies.
* Experienced in Java REST API development and application security best practices (OAuth, JWT etc.).
* Experienced in Gradle, Maven, Git/Bitbucket.
* Experienced in caching services such as Redis.
* Experience with GitHub Copilot and other coding assistants.
* Experience working in an Agile/Scrum work environment.
Additional Information
At Version 1, we provide a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
* Hybrid work schedule with business travel.
* Tech Scheme to keep team members up‑to‑date with the latest technology.
* Private medical and life insurance coverage, free eye tests and glasses contributions.
* Incentivised certifications and accreditations—including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
* Profit‑share scheme dividing a portion of the company’s profits each quarter among employees.
* Pathways Career Development Quarterly programme to support professional growth.
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Information Technology
* IT Services and IT Consulting
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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