Engineering Team Lead (Java/Cloud Platform)

About Raidiam

Raidiam is the global organisation at the forefront of data sharing technologies that are changing the world. We believe in empowering everyone to share their data safely, securely and simply; in a trusted and consented way; creating the potential to be seamlessly connected to the products and services they need.

Since our inception, Raidiam has been the enabling force behind the world’s most significant data sharing developments, including Open Finance and Open Insurance in Brazil. We continue to be called upon by governments, regulators and businesses to provide advice and technical support to achieve their data sharing ambitions.

We work from the centre – creating ecosystems with solid foundations to establish and nurture trust, the key to any successful data sharing. This makes us unique as the only provider in the market to operate from the core.

Objective of the role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Assure team, combining hands on engineering, architectural leadership, and line management responsibilities.

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to and influence architectural decisions across backend and cloud systems

• Provide senior technical oversight in production environments

• Act as a line manager for engineers, supporting their career development, performance, and technical growth

• Remain hands-on with coding and system design

This is a senior-level role for someone who can balance technical depth, operational awareness, and people leadership, helping shape both the platform’s technical direction and the growth of the team.

Key responsibilities:

• Contribute to and influence architecture and design decisions across backend and platform systems

• Design and implement backend services using modern Java (17+)

• Provide senior technical oversight across operational and production environments

• Collaborate closely with product, platform, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure technical alignment

• Review and improve system architecture, performance, scalability, and reliability

• Support infrastructure evolution, including containerised and cloud-native environments

• Participate in and guide technical discussions, code reviews, and design reviews

• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues where required

• Help establish and uphold engineering standards, development processes, and release practices

• Act as a line manager for engineers, including: Conducting regular 1:1 meetings, Providing performance feedback and growth guidance, Supporting career development and mentorship

Essential skills and experience:

• Strong experience building and maintaining backend systems in Java (17+)

• Solid experience working within AWS environments, including ECS, EKS, and Lambda

• Strong object-oriented programming (OOP) knowledge and design principles

• Strong understanding of API concepts and distributed systems

• Experience working with containerised environments (e.g., Docker)

• Practical knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration concepts

• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code principles and tooling, such as Terraform

• Experience contributing to architectural decisions in production systems

• Strong problem-solving skills in complex technical environments

• Experience mentoring or line managing engineers

• Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills

Nice to have:

• Experience with Go in backend systems

• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0 concepts and secure token-based systems

• Understanding of TLS and secure communication principles

• Experience working in security-sensitive or regulated environments

What we think you should know about us

We operate and embrace full remote working and equip you for that.

We are proud of the vibrant, exciting and fast-paced environment working at the forefront of developments in consented data sharing that we have created. Teams come together once per quarter in local hubs to connect and spend quality time together.

We take our team’s development very seriously and provide all individuals with a training budget, allocated study time, a full LMS training suite, support to study for industry standard qualifications and internal knowledge sharing.

We fully believe in and live by our values, encouraging this by recognising and rewarding team members who actively demonstrate them.

What you can expect from us

• A competitive pay as a contractor of £220 to £250 per day (dependent on experience)

• Permanent WFH policy

• An opportunity to work alongside and learn from highly experienced industry professionals

• A vibrant, exciting, and fast-paced environment fully supported by modern technology

• Support for professional development and further studies for industry-standard qualifications