At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead an agile team in developing innovative Kotlin/Java solutions and APIs.
- Company: Dynamic tech company based in Sheffield with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a vibrant team with excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by leading projects and shaping the future of technology.
- Qualifications: Strong Kotlin or Java experience, leadership skills, and a passion for coding.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
Location: Sheffield (3 days a week onsite is mandatory)
Contract Job Description:
- Technologies we use in the role (Required): Kotlin, Java, Microservices, REST APIs, SQL/Databases, HTML/JavaScript, Asynchronous messaging / event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar)
Proactive person who will own the end to end including resolution of blockers and prioritisation of work. Experience working with standard developer collaboration Tools: Github, Jira, Confluence.
About the project:
- Provide day-to-day technical leadership for an agile engineering team, supporting the overall Tech lead to deliver outcomes at pace and with quality.
- Lead technical input into backlog refinement: break epics/features into well-defined user stories, clarify acceptance criteria, identify dependencies, and ensure work is delivery ready.
- Support sprint planning by shaping technical approaches, identifying spikes, and helping the team size work appropriately.
- Design, develop and implement primarily back-end features (Kotlin/Java APIs and services), with a small element of UI work using a simple UI framework.
- Build and evolve APIs and microservices, applying consistent engineering patterns (error handling, logging, resilience, security-by-design).
- Contribute to and support architectural and design decisions with the Tech Lead, documenting key decisions and trade-offs where needed.
- Be capable of designing, building and delivering an in-house solution end to end from shaping the initial idea and requirements, through development, testing and ongoing support.
- Coach and uplift the team in development best practice: clean code, test driven development, secure coding, and maintainable design.
- Drive effective peer reviews and engineering standards, ensuring code quality, readability and attention to detail.
- Work in an agile CI/CD environment to deliver rapid iterations at a sustainable velocity, promoting automation and quality gates.
- Collaborate with developers, testers and the wider organisation to build, run and improve products.
- Proactively engage with customers/users to resolve issues, respond to feature requests, and reduce recurring operational pain.
Skills & experience we require:
- Strong Kotlin experience, or significant Java experience with a willingness to learn Kotlin.
- Experience leading or acting as a senior engineer within an agile delivery team (squad-level technical leadership).
- Proven ability to refine and decompose work (features into implementable stories), manage dependencies, and remove technical blockers.
- Strong experience in microservices and API development, and asynchronous messaging technologies such as Kafka or similar event-driven platforms.
- Experience in at least two or three of the following: API development, SQL/databases, HTML/JavaScript.
- Strong technical and analytical troubleshooting skills, including production support mindset.
- Experience with standard developer collaboration tools: GitHub/Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence.
- Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate technical decisions clearly.
- Good interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to working across roles (engineering, testing, product, control owners).
Lead java kotlin Developer in London employer: Purview Consultancy Services Ltd
Purview is an exceptional employer that champions diversity and innovation, offering a vibrant work culture in Sheffield where creativity thrives. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide ample opportunities for professional development and collaboration within a global network of over 1,200 professionals. Join us to be part of meaningful digital transformation while enjoying the benefits of a supportive environment that values your expertise and contributions.
Contact Details:
Purview Consultancy Services Ltd Recruitment Team
