Java Technical Lead

Job : Java Engineer Lead

Location : North Dublin

Type : Permanent

Salary : 80,000 - 90,000

Type : Hybrid (1-2 days in the office)

We are looking for a talented Java Engineer / Architect for a hands on a hands-on architecture and delivery role based with a leading aviation business.

With this role you will lead a project but have no line management. This will change in the near future, so leadership experience is important.

The role will support the engineering manager in leading a team of Developers and you will manage them in the future (give or take a year).

• You will play a pivotal role in the businesses digital transformation and operations tech landscape, likely contributing to :
• Owning critical backend systems like broker services and check-in kiosks (these directly impact airline operations and customer experience)
• Customer-facing systems like check-in kiosks ensuring uptime, speed, and reliability for passenger check-ins
• Integration layers (i.e. broker services) enabling communication between legacy systems, modern apps, and third-party vendors
• Potential involvement in modernising monoliths to microservices or introducing automation into deployment / release workflows
• Improving observability, system health metrics, and proactive alerting critical for operational systems in the airline industry

Setting and enforcing engineering standards, especially around :

For the interview, you will need some example of owning, operating and improving systems in production using the above tech stack.