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Lead Software Engineer / Team Lead (Java Spring Boot)
Manchester / WFH
to £78k
Are you a hands-on technical leader with strong Java skills?
You could be working on complex and interesting systems using the latest technology within a diverse, supportive environment whilst enjoying a range of perks and continual learning opportunities at a global games software house.
What's in it for you:
- Salary to £78k
- Work anywhere for one month per year
- Personalised training budget
- Pension
- Healthcare including dental and optical
- Various wellness experiences, gym subsidy, cycle to work scheme, volunteer days and much more
- Diverse, supportive environment with great career progression opportunities
Your role:
As a Lead Software Engineer you will play a key role in guiding and inspiring a small, high-performing development team, working on real-time in sports betting applications.
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This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on leader who enjoys balancing technical delivery with team development and collaboration, with approximately a 80/20 split between hands-on architecture and coding and people management (coaching, mentoring).
Collaborating closely with the Product Owner, you'll oversee the full delivery lifecycle, ensuring that the product backlog is delivered efficiently and to a high standard. You'll promote engineering excellence, encouraging best practices and contributing to continuous improvement across both team and wider organisation. A central part of this role will be creating a developer friendly environment that allows individuals to focus, innovate and perform at their best.
Location / WFH:
You'll join the team in Central Manchester three days a week with flexibility to work from home twice a week.
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About you:
- You have strong backend software engineering skills and experience
- You have strong Java and Spring Boot development experience
- You have technical / team leadership, mentoring and coaching experience, you're an advocate of software engineering best practices
- You have experience with Test Driven Development TDD
- You have a strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals such as OOP, multithreading, Design Patterns, Data Structures
- You're comfortable with agentic AI coding
- You're collaborative and pragmatic with great communication and stakeholder management skills
Nice to have (not essential): Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS
Apply now to find out more about this Lead Software Engineer / Team Lead (Java Spring Boot) opportunity.
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