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Technical Team Lead – Java

5 minutes ago 2026/08/24
Full time · Management
100-499 Employees · Accounting

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Job description

eMagine's client, a fast-growing global fintech based in Dubai, is seeking a Technical Team Lead – Java to lead a backend engineering team and drive delivery across high-performance, low-latency systems. This role combines hands-on backend development with end-to-end team leadership, technical governance, and delivery ownership.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of Java backend developers; own day-to-day execution and delivery outcomes
  • Break down work into clear tasks, assign responsibilities, track progress, and remove blockers
  • Provide technical direction across backend services, integrations, and microservices architecture
  • Conduct code reviews and enforce engineering standards, documentation, and best practices
  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java (Java 17+), including REST APIs and event-driven services
  • Drive performance, stability, and reliability (JVM/concurrency tuning, production readiness, incident RCA)
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, QA, DevOps/Cloud, Mobile, and business stakeholders

Required Skills & Experience

  • 7+ years backend engineering experience with strong hands-on Java
  • Java 17+ experience and modern backend development practices
  • 2+ years experience leading a technical team (7+ members) with delivery accountability
  • Strong microservices and distributed systems experience
  • REST API design and backend integration experience
  • Event-driven systems and asynchronous processing experience
  • Cloud exposure (AWS/GCP/Azure) and CI/CD collaboration with DevOps
  • Strong stakeholder communication and ability to lead with minimal supervision


Skills

Preferred

  • Fintech/Trading/Forex/CFD domain experience
  • FIX Protocol / market data exposure
  • Kotlin, Vaadin, observability tooling (Grafana/Prometheus/ELK)
  • Docker/Kubernetes/Terraform


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Residence location
All GCC Countries
Career level
Management
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