Lead Software EngineerI''m hiring! Lead Software Engineer | Java | AWS | AI | System Architecture | Kafka | 2 days a week in London| £100,000 + BenefitsLove leading engineers, but not ready to hang up your coding gloves?I''m partnering with a brilliant FinTech business doing something a little different and building a product that actually let''s people experience what it''s actually like to work in Trading, Banking and Quantitative Finance.They''re growing, evolving their platform, and looking for a Lead Software Engineer who still really likes being a software engineer.What will you actually do?Write Java/Spring Boot code most weeksLead, support and unblock a small engineering teamMake architecture decisions alongside a hands-on CTO and Principal EngineerGet stuck into distributed systems, event-driven services, APIs and AWSMake CI/CD, testing and releases better (and ideally less exciting)Work across Docker, React/TypeScript and Real Time technologyExperiment seriously with AI coding agents - they''re already part of how this team builds softwareNecessary experience with:Java/Spring BootAWSKafkaSystem Design andamp; Microservice ArchitectureAI tooling experienceDesirable:ReactGDPR Knowledge | Experience working in the finance sectorThis would be a great role for anyone who knows Java inside and out, had led engineers formally or unofficially and likes solving technical problems. This is a brilliant role for someone who has opinions about good software architecture and can ..... full job details .....