Technical AI Lead (Java)

Salary: £104,000 - 117,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong hands-on Java engineering experience
• Tech Lead experience, including coaching and mentoring engineers
• Experience with complex brownfield or legacy products
• Experience helping engineering teams adopt AI within their development practices
• Exposure to Spec Driven Development or similar approaches
• Comfortable getting into the code and solving complex technical problems

Responsibilities

• Join a large-scale product modernisation programme
• Work hands-on across a complex brownfield Java platform
• Solve complex technical problems
• Help stabilise and modernise the product
• Coach and mentor the wider engineering team as they transition towards AI-assisted development

Technologies

• AI
• Support
• Java

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We are hiring for a Senior Java Engineer / Tech Lead on a contract basis to support a large-scale product modernisation programme. This is an initial 6-month contract at £400 per day, outside IR35, and the role is fully remote. We are moving quickly with initial conversations taking place tomorrow through Friday 18th September.

last updated 38 week of 2026