Java Technical Lead

Senior Technical Engineer / Technical Lead – Java

Brussels, Belgium – Hybrid

Industry: Insurance / Financial Services

Start: ASAP

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Technical Engineer / Technical Lead – Java to join a large enterprise environment within the insurance industry.

You will act as a technical reference for Java-based applications, supporting development teams throughout the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The position combines hands-on Java expertise with technical leadership, production support, security, deployment and collaboration with multiple technical and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the technical reference for Java applications and development teams.
• Support the complete SDLC, from requirements and technical design through deployment, maintenance and continuous improvement.
• Develop, maintain and troubleshoot enterprise applications using Java 8/11/17+.
• Provide production support, root-cause analysis, troubleshooting and performance optimization.
• Work with Git-based development workflows, including branching, pull/merge requests and code reviews.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, build automation, deployments, release management, rollback strategies and environment management.
• Participate in incident, problem, change and release management.
• Apply secure development practices including OWASP Top 10 and secure coding principles.
• Support authentication/authorization, vulnerability remediation and security patching.
• Work with SAST, DAST and Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and collaborate on penetration-testing findings.
• Collaborate closely with Developers, Product Owners, QA, Infrastructure, DevOps and Security teams.
• Maintain technical documentation and promote engineering best practices and knowledge sharing.

Technical Requirements

Must-have:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in a similar technical environment.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Java (8/11/17+).
• Strong knowledge of Git and collaborative development workflows.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience with CI/CD technologies such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Experience with application deployment and release management.
• Strong application troubleshooting and production support experience.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and secure coding.
• Understanding of authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Experience with SAST/DAST, SCA and vulnerability management.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, Maven/Gradle and application servers.
• Understanding of cloud and/or on-premise deployment environments.

Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Able to work autonomously and take technical ownership.
• Leadership mindset with the ability to guide and support development teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Solution-oriented and comfortable operating in complex enterprise environments.

Languages

• English: Good professional level
• Dutch OR French: Good professional level