Lead Full Stack Kotlin Developer

In this Lead Full Stack Kotlin Developer role, you will act as a technical SME and lead delivery within cross‑functional squads to build secure, scalable, user‑centred software. You’ll shape architecture, pipelines, and best practices while mentoring engineers and collaborating with stakeholders. The position sits at the intersection of strategy, design and technology, delivering bespoke digital services for public and private sector clients. You will drive technical leadership and hands‑on delivery to create meaningful impact.

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• 25 Days Holiday
• Perkbox discounts
• Life assurance
• Volunteer days
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme

• Act as technical SME to deliver user‑centred software based on business requirements
• Collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to design and deliver solutions to complex problems
• Prioritize and manage the delivery team's workload
• Design and manage software development and deployment pipelines, resolve bottlenecks
• Communicate prototypes, solutions, and progress clearly to stakeholders
• Lead recruitment and onboarding of engineers and mentor their professional development

• Extensive experience in Kotlin and full development lifecycle for user‑centred digital solutions
• Proven track record leading a delivery team to produce high‑quality, scalable solutions
• Expertise with Kotlin + Spring Boot, Spring Framework (MVC, Security, REST) and Kotlin idioms
• Experience in microservices design and RESTful APIs with Kotlin patterns
• Public cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and DevOps practices including containers
• Infrastructure as Code tools (CloudFormation or Terraform)
• CI/CD tools (Jenkins or Azure DevOps)
• Front‑end tech experience (Angular, React, TypeScript)

• Collaborative
• Mentoring and coaching
• Strong communication
• Kotlin
• Spring Boot
• Microservices