Enterprise Application Technical Lead

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

About bp/team

bp technology is the central organization for all software and platform development. We build all the technology that powers bp’s businesses, from upstream energy production to downstream energy delivery to our customers. We have a variety of teams depending on your areas of interest, including infrastructure and backend services through to customer-facing web and native applications. We encourage our teams to adapt quickly by using native AWS and Azure services, including serverless, and enable them to pick the best technology for a given problem. This is meant to empower our software and platform engineers while allowing them to learn and develop themselves.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Enterprise Application Technical Lead with minimum 10 years of shown experience and at least 3 years in a technical lead capacity. The candidate should have broader development experience in programming languages (e.g. Java/.NET/Spring Boot), Integrations, AWS, and AI engineering to design, build, integrate, and support enterprise-grade digital business solutions.
The role requires deep expertise in custom application engineering, distributed systems, REST APIs, event-driven integration, enterprise messaging, data architecture, data security and production operations. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, with an expectation to personally contribute to solution design, development, integration engineering, code reviews, production support, and technical delivery.

Job Responsibilities
* Lead the technical design, development, implementation, and operational support of complex enterprise applications, including Java/.NET framework services, Spring Boot microservices, MVC-based web components, REST APIs, event-driven integrations, and cloud databases

* Translate business requirements into enterprise solution designs, producing HLD/LLD artefacts, sequence diagrams, data-flow diagrams, and API contracts

* See opportunities and build digital solutions demonstrating AI/ML, LLMs, RAG, Prompt engineering, and Agentic workflows

* Compose and implement REST APIs and event-driven integrations using ActiveMQ (or a similar messaging platform) between enterprise applications and downstream/upstream systems

* Deploy and manage applications using Kubernetes, and cloud-native workloads on AWS, using services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and IAM.

* Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all enterprise applications, adhering to protocols and organizational guidelines

* Ensure data protection controls, encryption at rest & transit, data masking, PII/sensitive-data handling aligned to relevant compliance standards

* Collaborate with business customers, and external vendors to gather and analyse requirements, and translate them into technical requirements and solution design

* Mentor and guide junior and mid-level developers on technical challenges and troubleshooting issues

* Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences
* Apply commercial skill to understand business needs and deliver solutions that provide tangible value and align with strategic objectives
* Contribute to the overall data strategy and governance initiatives within the organization

Job Qualifications & Technical skills
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
* Broader development experience in one or more programming languages (e.g. Java, .NET, Python, C/C++)
* Proven experience leading the design and development of cloud-hosted enterprise-grade solutions
* Solid understanding of enterprise integration, API-led connectivity, and event-driven architecture
* Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, and observability tooling e.g. Prometheus, Grafana
* Hands-on experience with Claude Code or similar, AI-assisted software engineering practices, and AI-powered development workflows
* Development experience with AI/ML applications would be preferred
* Proven experience in agile scrum delivery
* Proven track record to contribute effectively in group problem-solving environments.
* Experience in establishing and maintaining data strategy and governance frameworks.

About bp

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Additional Information

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Even though the job is advertised as full time, please contact the hiring manager or the recruiter as flexible working arrangements may be considered.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, API and platform design, Cloud Platforms, Collaboration, Communication, Configuration management and release, Continuous deployment and release, Creating a high performing team, Database Design, Digital Project Management, Documentation and knowledge sharing, Emerging technology monitoring, Facilitation, Information Security, Mentoring, Metrics definition and instrumentation, NoSql data modelling, Problem Solving, Relational Data Modeling, Risk Management, Scripting, Secure development, Service operations and resiliency, Software Design and Development {+ 7 more}

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Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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About Us

We’re an international energy company with global scale, ambitious plans and a team of brilliant people delivering energy to the world, today and tomorrow.