Technical Lead (Java) - Ireland based

Role Type and Location

• Remote role - Working & based full time in Ireland (only) 

Eligibility to work 

• Unfortunately we cannot offer Irish work  permits or Visa sponsorship 

Come Build Tech That Transforms Global Healthcare

Looking for an Engineering role where your work has a real impact? 

• At Deciphex, we’re on a mission to democratize access to high-quality pathology by building a global network of AI-powered pathologists. 
• Our technology helps reduce wait times, enhance drug safety, and accelerate drug development—directly improving patient outcomes worldwide.

Here, you’ll:

• Work on cutting-edge products with a real-world impact.
• Innovate, bring ideas to the table, and push boundaries in backend development.
• Collaborate with an experienced Agile team that values quality, passion, and Engineering craftsmanship.
• Work with the latest technologies.
• Grow your career - we recognize and reward great work and promote from within. 

Join us and help shape the future of digital pathology. 

Responsibilities: 

Technical Leadership

• Own and guide the architecture of a hugely successful flagship product.
• Drive the technical evolution of the platform, including decomposition into microservices and adoption of modern cloud-native patterns.
  
• Lead technical discovery, design, and review processes, ensuring robust, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, evaluating and introducing new tools or frameworks where they add value.
• Define and enforce engineering standards, coding guidelines, and best practices across the team.
  

Hands-On Engineering

• Actively contribute code on complex features, architectural improvements, PoCs, and performance-critical components.
• Develop on-premise components and cloud microservices integrating with modern cloud platforms.
• Use containerization and cloud technologies to build, deploy and execute services in the cloud.
• Support monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting to ensure high reliability and quality.
  

People & Team Leadership

• Lead by example, setting a high bar for code quality, secure development, and delivery excellence.
• Mentor, coach, and support the growth of engineers on the team.
• Contribute to team performance management, including providing structured feedback, supporting performance reviews, and helping individuals build clear development and improvement plans.
• Help define personal development plans, participate in performance discussions, and guide engineers through their career progression.
• Foster a collaborative, innovative, high-performing engineering culture.
• Participate in hiring activities to maintain and elevate the technical bar.
  

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Work closely with Product, QA, DevOps, Security, and Clinical teams to align technical implementation with business and regulatory requirements.
• Drive architectural discussions and communicate complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate on improvements to shared services, tools, and infrastructure.
  

Compliance

• Complete all mandatory company-wide compliance training and job-specific training required for the role, including QMS, ISMS, GxP, DocuSign, SDLC as applicable.

About You (Skills and Experience): 

Technical Expertise

• Bachelor’s or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on Java development
• MUST have experience with technical leadership.
• MUST have formally led (people management ) Java Developers 
• Deep expertise in Java, with strong understanding of modern Java features, concurrency, and performance tuning.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience with Spring Framework / Spring Boot.
• Strong experience with microservices & web services 
• Strong experience RESTful APIs, message queue and distributed systems. 
• Experience with:
  
  • CI/CD solutions and build tools (we use GitLab)
  • Cloud deployments (we use AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Skaffold, Terraform)
  • Databases (we use MongoDB & Atlas among others)
  • Testing Framework (Spock)
  • Other programming languages (Python, JavaScript)
    
• Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Solid experience in Agile development methodologies.
  

People Leadership Skills (assessed at interview(s) 

• You are passionate about engineering excellence and architectural quality.
• You take ownership and lead through influence, clarity, and technical expertise.
• You have formally led, mentored and inspired a  Java team, driving continuous improvement and innovation.
• You communicate clearly and effectively, able to distill complexity for different audiences.
• You thrive in a fast-paced, remote environment and are comfortable balancing deep technical work with people  leadership responsibilities.

Soft skills (assessed at interview)

• You’ll value consistent delivery at pace
• You'll focus on quality, care for code, and a real drive to learn and innovate
• You’ll be someone who can work independently but also thrives as part of a high-performing team

What are the benefits of working with Deciphex? 

🩺 Healthcare benefits, giving you peace of mind to focus on what you do best

🌴 Annual leave with service increments - Means more time to recharge and enjoy life outside work

💡 Pension contributions, helping you build a secure future

🚀 Work with a world-class, high-performing team in a hyper-growth startup. You’ll earn fast, make an impact, and shape the future

📈 Regular feedback and clear career growth opportunities. You keep developing and moving forward

🌍 A collaborative, supportive, multicultural team. Here you'll feel valued and inspired every day

About Us

Diagnexia, a subsidiary of Deciphex: Accelerating Certainty and Pioneering Pathology Services. 

Diagnexia, a leading provider of pathology services, operates as a subsidiary of the parent company, Deciphex. Established in Dublin in 2017, Deciphex has rapidly expanded to become a global team of over 230 professionals, offering innovative software solutions to address the pathology gap in both research and clinical areas. With a mission to accelerate the drug development process and provide timely, accurate diagnoses for cancer patients, Deciphex has established a strong presence through its offices in Dublin, Exeter, Oxford and Chicago.

As part of the Deciphex family, Diagnexia leverages its expertise to provide cutting-edge diagnostic solutions to healthcare organizations worldwide. Our cloud-based platform enables hospitals to easily and rapidly send cases for a consultation to our team of expert subspecialists. We are dedicated to improving patient outcomes and helping healthcare organisations stay at the forefront of the industry. 

We are software developers, clinical specialists, AI engineers, operations professionals and so much more, all working as one team to support our customers and patients.  Our team culture is built on trust. We give our team the space they need to deliver results and the environment to ensure they can enjoy doing it.

We are looking for highly motivated  individuals who are excited to take on challenges and value making a difference in their day-to-day work. This is a unique opportunity to make a difference in the emerging Digital Pathology field.

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Diagnexia  is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to the principle of equality. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race,  religious beliefs, political views, gender identity, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, family or marital status (including pregnancy), disability, membership of the travelling community or any other classification protected by applicable law.