Lead Software Engineer – Java/JEE, AWS – 6 months, hybrid/Manchester, to £750 p/d inside IR35
4it Recruitment · Manchester, North West
Lead Software Engineer – Java/JEE, AWS – 6 months, hybrid/Manchester, to £750 p/d inside IR35 at 4it Recruitment, based in Manchester, North West. This is a permanent role with hybrid working.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Manchester, North West · Hybrid
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 1 week ago
- Closes
- 29 Aug 2026
- Sector
- Software Developer
Reference https://www.4itrecruitment.co.uk/?post_type=job_listing&p=7782
About the role
A Lead Software Engineer is required to act as the technical SME within a cross-functional Agile delivery team working on a large, high-profile project.
You will have extensive senior/lead Java design, analysis, development experience, gained within large, complex enterprise environments with excellent knowledge of Java/J2EE/JEE, Spring Boot, microservices, AWS, API architecture, CI/CD, Gitlab pipelines & automation and Agile.
You will have excellent stakeholder management, communication skills with the ability to coach/mentor junior members of the team.
The role will involve liaising with the business, stakeholders, 3rd parties, acting as the subject matter expert for Java, Spring Boot and microservices, providing technical direction, coaching and support to senior/junior engineers, designing robust, scalable and secure distributed systems, leading API design, integration patterns and best practices, improving CI/CD pipelines and engineering standards using GitLab, working closely with architecture, product and delivery leads, ensuring solutions align with AWS best practices.
The role will involve 2 days per week on site.
As a Lead Software Engineer you will have the following:
- Lead/Senior software engineering experience
- Java/J2EE/JEE
- AWS
- Spring Boot
- Microservices
- API architecture
- CI/CD pipelines
- Gitlab
- Automation
- Agile
- Mentoring skills
- Stakeholder management
- Excellent communication skills
- Large, enterprise environments
6 months initially with extensions.
Due to the high number of responses if you haven’t heard from us in 48 hours your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful on this occasion
Reference: https://www.4itrecruitment.co.uk/?post_type=job_listing&p=7782 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 29 Aug 2026 · Listed via 4it Recruitment
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