About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead – Full Stack Java Engineer to join a Credit Risk team. In this role, you will take ownership of business-critical applications, leading the design, development, support, and continuous improvement of enterprise solutions.
You will combine technical leadership with hands-on development, ensuring applications remain secure, resilient, and highly available while supporting business operations. As a technical lead, you will mentor developers, drive best practices, and collaborate with stakeholders across technology and business teams.
Key Responsibilities
Application Ownership & Support
- Act as the technical owner for Credit Risk applications and services.
- Ensure applications remain stable, secure, resilient, and available.
- Provide Level 3 production support for incidents, problems, and service requests.
- Investigate and resolve complex technical issues within agreed SLAs.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, operations, and business teams to minimize service disruption.
Development & BAU Enhancements
- Design, develop, test, and implement new features, enhancements, and defect fixes.
- Deliver regulatory, compliance, and business-driven changes.
- Maintain and improve existing applications while reducing technical debt.
- Ensure all developments follow change management and release processes.
- Participate in production deployments and post-release validation.
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to developers and support engineers.
- Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
- Promote high-quality software design, testing, security, and maintainability.
- Drive knowledge sharing and maintain technical documentation.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and priorities.
- Provide technical expertise during incident management and problem resolution.
- Collaborate with third-party vendors where required.
- Support audit, risk, and compliance initiatives related to managed applications.
Required Skills & Experience
- 7+ years of software development experience within enterprise environments.
- 5+ years of experience performing Technical Lead responsibilities.
- 5+ years of hands-on Java development experience.
- Strong backend development experience using Java 21.
- Frontend development experience with Angular.
- Experience with:
- Apache Maven
- Node.js
- Relational databases
- Strong experience designing and developing:
- RESTful APIs
- Microservices
- Enterprise-scale applications
- Proven experience writing unit tests and implementing automated testing practices.
- Solid understanding of object-oriented design principles and API best practices.
- Experience working with Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Strong knowledge of software security, maintainability, and development best practices.
- Experience designing enterprise software solutions and system architecture.
- English level C1 or above.
Nice to Have
- Experience supporting Credit Risk, Lending, or other Financial Services applications.
- Knowledge of Credit Risk integrations and data processing workflows.
- Permanent, full-time contract with career development opportunities.
- Chance to work in a challenging, multicultural environment with international projects.
- Exposure to large-scale financial IT systems and cross-country operations.
- Training opportunities to develop new skills in finance, technology, and data management.
If you are passionate about development & tech, we want to meet you!
Talan Spain’s commitment to non-discrimination based on gender, race, ideology, or any other reason, in accordance with the company’s "Equality Plan" and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).
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Why Talan?
For the 4th consecutive year, Talan Spain has been recognized as a Great Place to Work! 🎉 This year, we’re also celebrating our 2nd certification in Poland, a significant milestone since opening our office there.
Talan is an international advisory group specializing in innovation and transformation through technology, with 5,000 employees and an annual turnover of 600M€.
We offer our customers a continuum of services to support them at each key stage of their organization's transformation, with four main activities:
- CONSULTING in Management and Innovation: Supporting business, managerial, cultural, and technological transformations.
- DATA & TECHNOLOGY: Implementing major transformation projects.
- CLOUD & APPLICATION SERVICES: Building or integrating software solutions.
- SERVICE CENTERS of EXCELLENCE: Providing technology, innovation, agility, sustainability of skills, and cost optimization.
accelerates its clients' transformation through innovation and technology. By understanding their challenges and supporting them with technology, innovation, and data, we enable them to be more efficient and resilient.
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