Java Practice Lead

Type: Permanent

About the Role

TXP is growing its Java capability significantly, and we’re looking for an experienced Java Practice Lead to help shape, scale, and lead our Java engineering community. This is a senior leadership role, focused on the management, development, and technical oversight of our Java teams across the UK, offshore delivery centres, and trusted partners. As the team grows, this role is critical in maintaining engineering standards, developing people, supporting recruitment, and ensuring we continue to deliver high‑quality outcomes for our clients. You’ll bring a strong developer background, but this is not a hands‑on delivery role. Instead, it’s an opportunity for someone ready to step back from day‑to‑day coding and focus on leadership, quality, and scale, while still remaining technically credible.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and manage the Java engineering capability across TXP, maintaining high standards of delivery and quality.
• Provide technical leadership and assurance, ensuring modern engineering practices and standards are consistently applied.
• Act as the escalation point for the Java team across delivery, technical, and people matters.
• Support the development and performance management of engineers, including mentoring senior developers.
• Drive recruitment and onboarding of new Java team members as the capability scales.
• Oversee and challenge solution designs, code quality, and engineering approaches (without being hands‑on in delivery).
• Support pre‑sales and bid activities, working closely with technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Work with delivery leaders and partners to ensure teams are set up for success.
• Shape, promote, and enforce engineering standards across the full development lifecycle.

What We’re Looking For

• You’ll be a technically strong leader who understands modern Java development deeply, even if you’re no longer coding every day.
• Strong background in Java development (Java 1.6 / 1.8 or later).
• Experience leading or managing Java engineers in a delivery environment.
• Excellent understanding of REST APIs, Spring, Oracle PL/SQL, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with modern build and deployment tooling (e.g. Maven, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Good working knowledge of Agile / Scrum delivery approaches.
• Experience reviewing, challenging, and assuring code and technical design.
• Confidence engaging in technical discussions with senior engineers and architects.
• Strong people leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills.
• CI/CD, unit testing (JUnit, Mockito), and TDD practices.
• Cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS.
• Pre‑sales, bid support, or solution shaping experience.
• Experience working with offshore or partner teams.

Why Join TXP?

• A genuinely senior leadership role with real influence as the Java capability scales.
• Opportunity to step away from daily delivery while staying close to technology.
• Work alongside experienced technical leaders shaping TXP’s future engineering direction.
• Hybrid working, supportive culture, and strong focus on professional growth.
• Be part of a consultancy that values quality, pragmatism, and people.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• An additional day of paid leave for your birthday (or Christmas eve).
• Salary sacrifice, matched employer contributed pension (4%).
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Private medical insurance through our partner Aviva.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Access to an independent financial advisor.
• 2 x social value days per year to give back to local communities.

Grow with us: Work on exciting new projects. If you want to avoid getting stuck with the mundane, you’re in the right place. We work in many sectors with fantastic clients, so you’ll always be working on something exciting and challenging. We recognise that you might have a career path planned out and you might need some support to help you move forward. We’re here to support you and make the most out of your time with us, through challenging work, opportunities to grow and learning and development opportunities. Be part of the TXP growth journey. We are a high growth, fast paced environment. We currently have 200+ employees and work with clients across the UK. Joining TXP means you’ll be part of that.

Ready to Shape the Future? If you’re a Java leader who enjoys building teams, setting standards, and enabling others to do their best work, we’d love to hear from you.