Lead Java Developer in London

Location: Greater London
Salary: £75,000 per year
Recruiter: Yolk Recruitment
Job Hours: Full-time

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Lead Java Developer | National Security Consultancy | £75,000 - £96,000 + 10% Bonus | London | High Level Security Clearance Required | 2 Stage Interview Process

Yolk Recruitment are working with a leading National Security Consultancy looking for a Java focused Lead Software Engineer to join the London team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading an Agile software engineering team comprising of 5 engineers working on a diverse range of mission critical projects for UK national security focused clients. They require Strong experience in Java programming, building AWS hosted applications, CI / CD pipeline management (Jenkins) & containerisation (Docker / Kubernetes). They require candidates to hold active high level security clearance.

They are based in London & operate hybrid working with 2/3 days per week on-site & the option to work a compressed 9 day fortnight.

What you will be doing:

  • Assume responsibility for team deliverables, collaborating with the Scrum Master to chart a course that fulfills customer needs.
  • Producing clean, scalable code in Java.
  • Engage across the entire software development lifecycle, from gathering requirements to designing, implementing, testing, and deploying.
  • Foster effective collaboration with diverse teams including product, front-end development, and quality assurance.
  • Provide mentorship and guidance to junior developers, fostering the collective growth of the team.

The experience you will bring to the team:

  • Significant experience in Java programming (exposure to other languages such as Python would be a bonus).
  • Experience leading Agile / Scrum focused development teams.
  • Familiarity with CICD, containerisation, deployment technologies & cloud platforms (Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS).
  • Proven experience in designing, developing & deploying scalable backend systems.

What you will receive in return:

  • Salary up to £96,000 + £5,000 bonus
  • Up to 10% annual bonus
  • Private medical insurance
  • Flexible / hybrid working
  • Opportunity to work a compressed 9 day fortnight


About Yolk Recruitment


We are Yolk.

An award-winning multi-sector specialist recruitment brand, partnering with businesses nationally from our headquarters in Cardiff.

Through our partnership approach to talent acquisition, we help our UK-wide client base of SMEs to global brands find the permanent, contract, and temporary staff they need.

Whether it be 1 hire, 10 hires or 100 hires, we have a suite of services to suit. Our cross-divisional offering ensures we can embed within your business and offer you recruitment solutions across multiple fields of expertise.

We’re reshaping recruitment, and, because of the strong connections we maintain with some of the most exciting employers around, candidates can access amazing opportunities and clients can find the perfect fit.

Yolk’s founders set out to shake up recruitment by building an agency that would be known for its integrity, its people-focus, and its value-added delivery model. We think we’re there. Employers and candidates get the best recruitment experience. They’re understood. They're guided. They’re ahead of the rest.

And we’re developing all the time, building relationships, making the right matches, finding that missing piece. And it’s the way we do that – and do it intuitively – that defines us.

Bright, bold, better.

That’s Yolk.

Call: 029 2022 0078
Email: info@yolkrecruitment.com
Find out more: www.yolkrecruitment.com

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