Technical Lead Java

Do you want a job with a purpose?

And do you want to make healthcare safer, better and more reliable?

Join our Team!

Join us as our Technical Lead Java at Dedalus, one of the World’s leading healthcare technology companies, in Denmark to do the best work of your career and make a profound impact in providing better care for a healthier planet.

What you’ll achieve

We are looking for a Technical Lead Java to provide hands-on technical leadership for Dedalus Danish market-leading Laboratory Information System (LIS), used across hospitals and laboratories in the Nordic region. 

You own the technical direction of the LABKA II codebase — architecture, code quality, engineering standards, and technical decision-making — while guiding and mentoring engineers through technical challenges.

You work closely with Product Management, QA, and the India engineering hub to plan and deliver a stable, high-quality platform. Depending on organizational needs and the candidate's experience and interest, the role may also include selected Team Lead activities.

The core role combines:

• Technical Leadership & Architecture
• Delivery Planning & Technical Coordination
• Hands-On Development
• Optional Team Lead Activities, where agreed

You will be in charge of:

1) Technical Leadership

• Own technical direction and architecture decisions for the LABKA II platform (Java)
• Set and enforce coding standards, technical best practices, and code review discipline
• Identify technical debt and drive remediation within delivery cycles
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for Product Management, Architecture, and Support

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2) Optional Team Lead Activities

• Where agreed, support selected people-leadership activities such as mentoring, development conversations, and hiring input
• Help foster a collaborative, high-quality engineering culture within the team
• Support onboarding of new engineers to the codebase and domain
• If assigned, assist with day-to-day work allocation and team coordination

3) Delivery & Coordination

• Drive sprint and release planning in coordination with Product Management and QA
• Report on technical progress, risks, and quality to stakeholders

4) Hands-On Contribution

• Contribute hands-on to complex development tasks and production troubleshooting
• Participate in code reviews and pair on challenging technical problems
• Stay close enough to the codebase to make credible architecture and prioritization calls

Take the next step towards your dream career

At Dedalus Life flows through our software. Every day we do something special by helping caregivers and health professionals deliver better care to their served communities. Take the next step in your career that will make a profound impact. Here’s what you’ll need to succeed:

Essential Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on Java development experience and relational database design (laboratory/clinical data)
• Proven experience providing technical leadership, making architecture decisions, and mentoring engineers
• Comfortable combining hands-on technical contribution with technical planning and coordination
• Interest in or experience with selected Team Lead activities is an advantage but not a requirement
• Experience with Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) or healthcare software is a strong plus
• Experience coordinating delivery across distributed/multi-site teams
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git)Healthcare/laboratory domain standards and interoperability (e.g., HL7)
• Fluent in Danish and English

We are Dedalus, come join us

Dedalus is committed to providing an engaging, rewarding work experience that reflects the passion our employees bring to our mission of helping clinicians and nurses deliver better care to their served communities.

Our company fosters a culture where employees are encouraged to learn and innovate, and to enable and enhance clinical co-operation and processes while making a meaningful difference for millions of people around the world. Each person is the end point and the starting point of the Group’s activities and the ultimate beneficiary. For this reason, we are so proud of doing our very special jobs each day.

Our company is enriched by a diverse population of 7,600 people, including around 1,000 people in France, in more than 40 countries that work together to innovate and drive better healthcare options for millions of patients around the world. We are the people of Dedalus.

Application closing date: 30th of November 2026

Our Diversity & Inclusion Commitment sets out Dedalus’ approach to ensuring respect, inclusion and success for all our colleagues and the wider communities we operate in. It is imperative for us to share our commitment and dedication to ensure an inclusive and diverse workplace. We recognise that we have improvements to make, and, on this journey, we must remain authentic and realistic but also ambitious.

Our diversity & inclusion commitment – Dedalus Global

Life Flows Through Our Software

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