Java Technical Lead

Java Technical Lead

Full-Time 80000 - 98000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Sanderson

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead the design and development of AI-powered workflow products while mentoring engineers.
  • Company: Join a forward-thinking tech company focused on innovation and collaboration.
  • Benefits: Enjoy a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Other info: Dynamic role with 80% hands-on engineering and 20% strategic leadership.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact in AI technology and shape the future of workflow solutions.
  • Qualifications: Strong full-stack experience with architecture and technical leadership skills required.

The predicted salary is between 80000 - 98000 £ per year.

  • Working Model
  • Hybrid (2 days in-office)

This is a highly hands-on technical leadership role focused on building and scaling AI-powered workflow products.

The Technical Lead will work closely with engineering leadership and product architects to design, build and enhance a suite of agentic products used internally and potentially commercialised externally.

This is not a management role—it is a senior hands‑on engineering leadership position.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical design and architecture across multiple products
  • Build and enhance AI‑enabled workflow applications
  • Own complex technical solutions end‑to‑end
  • Work directly with Product Architects on solution design
  • Drive architecture, scalability and security decisions
  • Build rapid prototypes and POCs for business stakeholders
  • Mentor engineers across UK, India and Poland
  • Support engineering standards and best practices
  • Help shape future technical roadmap
  • Technical Stack
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Angular
  • Microservices
  • Camunda / Workflow platforms
  • First 3–6 Months
  • Learn the existing architecture and platform framework
  • Understand technical decisions already made
  • Get hands‑on with current product build
  • Deliver applications from product backlog
  • Become capable of independently driving technical delivery
  • Support fast‑turnaround POCs for leadership and market opportunities
  • Required Experience
  • Strong full‑stack capability
  • Architecture and solution design experience
  • Microservices and distributed systems
  • Cloud‑native architecture
  • Workflow / BPM experience
  • Technical leadership experience
  • Insurance / Insur Tech
  • AI / Agentic systems
  • 80% hands‑on engineering 20% architecture / technical leadership
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Sanderson

Contact Details:

Sanderson Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Java Technical Lead

Java
Spring Boot
Angular
Microservices
Camunda
Workflow platforms
Architecture and solution design