Java Lead

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world. 

Your Role

As a Java Lead with Capgemini, you will provide technical leadership for the design and delivery of secure, scalable digital services and integrations. You will guide engineering teams, define solution patterns, ensure code quality, and collaborate with architects, analysts, QA specialists, and DevOps colleagues in an international delivery environment.

In this role you will:

• Lead the technical design and implementation of Java-based applications, services, and integrations.
• Translate functional and non-functional requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Define and promote coding standards, reusable patterns, secure-development practices, and engineering guidelines.
• Design and review REST APIs, JSON-based integrations, data flows, and interfaces with external systems.
• Guide developers through technical decisions, code reviews, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Cloud, DevOps, QA, Security, UX, and Business Analysis teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, release planning, production-readiness reviews, and defect resolution.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, maintainability, accessibility, security, and operational requirements.
• Provide technical estimates, identify dependencies and risks, and communicate them to delivery stakeholders.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, architecture decisions, and implementation guidance

Your Profile

• Senior professional experience in Java software engineering, including technical leadership responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of modern Java, Spring or Spring Boot, object-oriented design, and enterprise application patterns.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing REST APIs and JSON-based integrations.
• Experience with relational databases, data access patterns, and application performance optimization.
• Practical knowledge of Git, automated testing, code-quality controls, and CI/CD practices.
• Experience leading code reviews, mentoring engineers, and resolving complex technical issues.
• Understanding of secure software development and common web-application security risks.
• Ability to work with architects and business stakeholders and convert requirements into technical designs.
• Strong analytical, delivery, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Clear professional English and the ability to work autonomously in an international environment

Nice to have

• Experience with Drupal integrations, public-sector portals, or European institutional projects.
• Cloud-native development experience using containers, Kubernetes, or managed cloud services.
• Knowledge of event-driven architecture, messaging platforms, or API management.
• Exposure to accessibility, web analytics, semantic technologies, or SPARQL endpoints.

What you will love about working here

• Software Engineer Community : Join a global community of 100,000+ software engineering professionals and expand your network through client and executive interactions.
• Diverse & Impactful Projects : Develop your expertise across a wide range of missions, technologies, and sectors, with meaningful autonomy and room for initiative.
• Continuous Learning : Access comprehensive training platforms and recognized certifications.
• Flexibility & Balance : Benefit from hybrid working policies that allow you to manage your time and work location effectively.

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
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