Tech Lead (Java)

Join our team as a Technical Lead!

Yes, you can! That's our attitude towards our work, ambitions, ideas, and relationships. We at Luminor believe that anyone has the potential to achieve big things and encourage everyone to achieve them, professionally and personally. 

Whoever you are and whatever your role is, with Luminor, you will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a local banking champion.

We are looking for a skilled Technical Lead to join our Document Management & Workflow Systems area under IT division. You will be responsible for leading the development of innovative solutions to provide capabilities for the full document lifecycle: Document Generation, Capturing, Archiving and Signing. You will be a part of a pan-Baltic team and interact with various stakeholders, including other IT teams and suppliers, to implement and maintain solutions in an agile environment. Tech Lead can also spearhead Communities of Practice in areas such as Software Engineering, QA & Test Automation, DevOps, and Cloud, ensuring best practices, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Provide technical leadership in designing, developing, and implementing banking and fintech solutions.

• Ensure architectural best practices and technology standards are followed to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing financial products.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to align technology solutions with strategic goals.

• Lead code reviews, technical discussions, and mentoring sessions for engineering teams.

• Drive innovation by exploring emerging technologies such as AI/ML, and cloud-native architectures in financial services.

• Establish and lead Communities of Practice such as Software Engineering, QA & Test Automation, DevOps, and Cloud, ensuring continuous learning and best practice adoption.

• Develop and maintain frameworks, guidelines, and accelerators for engineering excellence.

• Promote automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native adoption to improve software development lifecycle efficiency.

• Engage with internal and external technology communities, sharing knowledge and insights.

• Optimize deployment pipelines for faster time-to-market and operational excellence.

• Embed quality practices into the software development lifecycle (shift-left testing approach).

Our Tech Stack:

Back-end: Java 21+, Spring Boot 3+

Integration & Messaging: Apache Kafka, MS Graph API

Cloud: AWS (EKS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB)

Platform & DevOps: Kubernetes, Istio service mesh, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, GitLab CI/CD

What Makes You a Great Fit:

• Solid technical background in banking and fintech solutions, with understanding and hands-on experience in software development, architecture, etc.

• Proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript or similar.

• Expertise in microservices architecture, API development, and event-driven systems.

• Strong leadership skills, with a history of leading teams to success.

• Experience in building document management services using SharePoint Online and/or AWS services is a huge plus.

• Understanding of the implications of the key regulations impacting finance sector.

• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and analytical skills.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Fluent English is required in spoken and written communication due to working on Pan-Baltic level.

Why You Will Love Working Here:

• Flexibility. Flexible working hours, Hybrid work, and the possibility to work from anywhere in the EU, Iceland, Switzerland, and the UK (in total 90 days per year)

• International teams. Teams that go outside Pan-Baltic borders, where people value challenging work together with good humor and having fun

• Culture. You’ll be joining a team where things move fast, ideas flow freely, and change is part of the everyday. It’s a dynamic environment that keeps you learning, growing, and never bored

• More vacation. Additional weeks of vacation are available to all employees who have been in the company for 1 year or more

• Volunteer time off. We care about giving back to society, therefore, you will get additional days off for volunteering purposes

• Paid leave. We are proud of our employees who are participating in military training. Therefore, Luminor offers 30 fully paid calendar days for military training every year

• Health benefits.  A competitive benefits package in addition to your salary that includes health insurance after the first 3 months pass in all three Baltic states, as well as Health days in case of your absence due to sickness without a doctor's note needed

• Wellbeing. Access to tools and resources that help you feel good and be productive at work and in life

• Professional growth. Internal and external training programs, LinkedIn learning, workshops, conferences, online training, etc

• Special Offer for Luminor products & services. Enjoy special offers & pricing for products and services provided by Luminor

• Gross salary. 5300-7300 EUR/month, which is to be determined depending on your level of experience and competencies

The application deadline is the 18th of October.  We are looking for a candidate primarily already located within the Baltics.

Please apply with your CV in English and  PDF format!