Lead Java Engineer in Telford

Capgemini are recruiting highly skilled Lead Engineers to join their dynamic team, delivering solutions for a major public sector client. This is an opportunity to work on meaningful projects that impact millions of people, in an environment that values innovation and collaboration.

Our mature Agile environment provides a supportive space to collaborate with specialists from other disciplines. You will be part of a culture that encourages continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence.

Our Lead Engineer role goes beyond delivery - shaping technical strategy, mentoring engineers, and driving innovation across projects. You will influence best practices within our engineering community and play a key role in defining how we build and deliver modern digital services.

Hybrid working: Your working location will vary depending on your role, personal needs, and business requirements. This will typically include a mix of company offices, client sites, and remote work from home. If your location is Telford or Worthing (Worthing office relocation to Brighton & Hove in the second half of 2026) you will be expected to work from the office between 40% and 70% of the time. For all other locations you need to be prepared to come into the Telford or Worthing office once to twice a month (Lead engineers more frequently). As we align closely with customer requirements—which may change over time—you will need to remain flexible. Please note that fully remote working (100% from home) is not permitted.

Works in the area of Software Engineering, which encompasses the development, maintenance and optimization of software solutions/applications.

• Applies scientific methods to analyse and solve software engineering problems.
• Responsible for the development and application of software engineering practice and knowledge, in research, design, development and maintenance.
• Requires the exercise of original thought and judgement and the ability to supervise the technical and administrative work of other software engineers.
• Builds skills and expertise of his/her software engineering discipline to reach standard software engineer skills expectations for the applicable role, as defined in Professional Communities.
• Collaborates and acts as team player with other software engineers and stakeholders.

Your role

• Technical Leadership: Lead and oversee engineering projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to project timelines.
• Innovation: Drive innovation by developing and implementing cutting-edge engineering solutions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of engineering solutions.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Performance Management: Actively support the development of our Engineers in their technical careers.

Our Culture

We are looking for people who are learning focused, challenge the status quo and are constantly looking to shape their working environment to make it an exciting, fun and interesting place to work. Keeping things fresh is something we encourage in our working practices, but the culture of continuous improvement is equally as important in our technical approach to building and delivering modern digital services.

Your knowledge and experience will be used to change the way we build solutions including utilising new tools and technologies to solve new problems or improve existing services. Working on our services means you will be part of a team, but you will also be a part of communities of interest. This means you will always have people on hand to share and discuss ideas and get help when needed. The engineering organisation is engineering led, supporting each other through coaching and mentoring, so if you want to change something it is within your power to do so.

Your skills and experience

Required Competencies

• Strong technical competence in: Java, Spring Boot, Open-source integration frameworks, TDD, Unit testing and automated integration testing.
• Experience of building RESTful APIs in Spring Boot.
• Experience of building loosely coupled synchronous and asynchronous microservices.
• Good working knowledge of Spring JPA, AOP, Transactions, SQL and NoSQL databases, containers and container management platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes is desirable.
• Experience of Cloud based infrastructure is desirable, along with an understanding of application security principles, continuous integration and continuous delivery.
• As a well-rounded Agile Software Engineer, we encourage adaptability plus general skills in problem solving, business analysis, quality assurance, application design and architecture to complement your Java development specialism.

Additional competencies for Lead Engineer:

• Advanced Technical Skills: Proficiency in preferably one or more of Java, Scala, .Net, Containerisation/Kubernetes, Cloud, and other modern engineering software and tools, with a deep understanding of engineering principles and best practice.
• Flexibility and adaptability are expected to acquire new skills to match industry demands and customer expectations.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information clearly and effectively. High levels of emotional intelligence to connect with and develop our engineering talent pool.
• Project Management: Proven experience in managing and leading engineering projects from conception to completion. Strong business skills to drive value for our clients while maintaining sustainable profitability.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in a team environment, with strong interpersonal skills.
• Influence: To assess and apply change across our organisation, shaping and maintaining a healthy culture. Define and promote best practice across our technical community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer. Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who declare they have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please opt in during the application process.

Make it real - what does it mean for you?

You would be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce as a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained Mental Health Champions across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

You will be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You will be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you will join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It is why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it is how you will gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you will build the skills you want. You will use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.