Java Team Lead

Job Description

Java Team Lead Location: West Midlands (Hybrid working) Type: Permanent

About the Role TXP is growing its Java capability significantly, and we’re looking for an experienced Java Team Lead to help shape, scale, and lead our Java engineering community.

This is a senior leadership role, focused on the management, development, and technical oversight of our Java teams across the UK, offshore delivery centres, and trusted partners. As the team grows, this role is critical in maintaining engineering standards, developing people, supporting recruitment, and ensuring we continue to deliver high-quality outcomes for our clients.

You’ll bring a strong developer background, but this is not a hands-on delivery role. Instead, it’s an opportunity for someone ready to step back from day-to-day coding and focus on leadership, quality, and scale, while still remaining technically credible.

What You’ll Be Doing

Lead and manage the Java engineering capability across TXP, maintaining high standards of delivery and quality

Provide technical leadership and assurance, ensuring modern engineering practices and standards are consistently applied

Act as the escalation point for the Java team across delivery, technical, and people matters

Support the development and performance management of engineers, including mentoring senior developers

Drive recruitment and onboarding of new Java team members as the capability scales

Oversee and challenge solution designs, code quality, and engineering approaches (without being hands-on in delivery)

Support pre-sales and bid activities, working closely with technical and commercial stakeholders

Work with delivery leaders and partners to ensure teams are set up for success

Shape, promote, and enforce engineering standards across the full development lifecycle

What We’re Looking For You’ll be a technically strong leader who understands modern Java development deeply, even if you’re no longer coding every day.

Essential experience

Strong background in Java development (Java 1.6 / 1.8 or later)

Experience leading or managing Java engineers in a delivery environment

Excellent understanding of REST APIs, Spring, Oracle PL/SQL, and microservices architecture

Experience with modern build and deployment tooling (e.g. Maven, Docker, Kubernetes)

Good working knowledge of Agile / Scrum delivery approaches

Experience reviewing, challenging, and assuring code and technical design

Confidence engaging in technical discussions with senior engineers and architects

Strong people leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills

Desirable experience

Front-end exposure (React or other JavaScript frameworks)

CI/CD, unit testing (JUnit, Mockito), and TDD practices

Cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS

Pre-sales, bid support, or solution shaping experience

Experience working with offshore or partner teams

Why Join TXP?

A genuinely senior leadership role with real influence as the Java capability scales

Opportunity to step away from daily delivery while staying close to technology

Work alongside experienced technical leaders shaping TXP’s future engineering direction

Hybrid working, supportive culture, and strong focus on professional growth

Be part of a consultancy that values quality, pragmatism, and people

Benefits: • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). • An additional day of paid leave for your birthday (or Christmas eve). • Salary sacrifice, matched employer contributed pension (4%). • Life assurance (3x). • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). • Private medical insurance through our partner Aviva. • Cycle to work scheme. • Corporate eye-care vouchers. • Access to an independent financial advisor. • 2 x social value days per year to give back to local communities.

Grow with us

Work on exciting new projects. If you want to avoid getting stuck with the mundane, you’re in the right place. We work in many sectors with fantastic clients, so you’ll always be working on something exciting and challenging.

Career growth – we’ve got you! We recognise that you might have a career path planned out and you might need some support to help you move forward. We’re here to support you and make the most out of your time with us, through challenging work, opportunities to grow and learning and development opportunities.

Be part of the TXP growth journey. We are a high growth, fast paced environment. We currently have 200+ employees and work with clients across the UK. Joining TXP means you’ll be part of that.

Ready to Shape the Future? If you’re a Java leader who enjoys building teams, setting standards, and enabling others to do their best work, we’d love to hear from you.