Overview
On Site
USD 75.00 - 80.00 per hour
Full Time
Skills
Technical Direction
Operational Excellence
Mentorship
Roadmaps
Microservices
Orchestration
Cloud Computing
Debugging
Performance Analysis
Continuous Improvement
Vulnerability Management
Incident Management
DevSecOps
Golang
Amazon Web Services
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Remote Desktop Services
Amazon RDS
Terraform
Kubernetes
Service Management
Grafana
Virtual Private Cloud
Load Balancing
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
DNS
Encryption
API
Vulnerability Scanning
Regulatory Compliance
Workflow
Jenkins
GitHub
Leadership
Software Development
IT Management
Retail
Point Of Sale
IoT
Apache Kafka
Real-time
Messaging
Optimization
C#
.NET
Insurance
Taxes
Life Insurance
Collaboration
Partnership
Business Transformation
Law
Job Details
Top Skills Details
golang,kubernetes,aws services
Description
Project/Team Overview
We are building a next-generation retail edge platform that connects thousands of stores with cloud services - powering low-latency order orchestration, data synchronization, and in-store applications across a distributed ecosystem. As a Lead Engineer, you will serve as a key technical leader responsible for architecting, implementing, and guiding the evolution of our platform infrastructure and services across cloud (AWS) and edge compute environments. You'll work hands-on with engineers while setting the technical direction, promoting secure and scalable design practices, and ensuring operational excellence across all components - from microservices to edge clusters. This role combines deep technical expertise, system-level thinking, and mentorship to help scale a high-performing engineering organization and deliver business-critical outcomes.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Architecture
Architect, design, and implement scalable, secure, and compliant platform services across AWS and distributed edge environments.
Define technical roadmaps and system boundaries, ensuring reliability, resilience, and cost-efficiency across thousands of store nodes.
Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for executive, business, and cross-functional audiences.
Lead architectural reviews, enforce best practices, and champion standards for security, observability, and maintainability.
Partner with product and platform teams to ensure technical alignment with business and operational goals.
Hands-On Engineering
Design and develop backend services, infrastructure tooling, and automation frameworks primarily in Go (Golang).
Build and evolve cloud-native microservices on AWS using ECS/EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, and CloudFormation/Terraform.
Implement Kubernetes-based orchestration and deployment pipelines optimized for edge and cloud environments.
Establish robust observability and tracing frameworks (OTEL, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) for proactive detection and insights.
Conduct code reviews, debugging, and performance analysis, driving continuous improvement in code quality and stability.
Security, Compliance & Reliability
Ensure adherence to secure coding practices, encryption standards, and IAM principles.
Collaborate with security teams to implement vulnerability management, incident response, and compliance controls.
Apply DevSecOps and GitOps principles to automate and govern deployments.
Skills
golang, kubernetes, aws services
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Required Skills & Experience
Expert level proficiency in Golang for backend and infrastructure tooling
Deep experience with AWS services - EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, IAM, RDS, CloudFormation/Terraform, Secrets Manager, and Security Hub.
Strong hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes, including cluster lifecycle, deployments, and service management.
Proficient with logging, metrics, and tracing using Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.
Understanding of VPC design, load balancing, DNS, API gateways, and service meshes (e.g., Istio or Linkerd).
Working knowledge of IAM, encryption, secure API design, vulnerability scanning, and compliance frameworks.
Experience with GitOps pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated build/deploy workflows (e.g., ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
Leadership & Collaboration: 7-10 years of professional software development and infrastructure experience, with 2-3 years in technical leadership or lead engineer capacity.
Preferred/Nice to Have Skills & Experience
Experience building or operating edge compute or retail store platforms (POS, kiosks, or IoT).
Familiarity with NATS, Kafka, or Ditto for real-time messaging and synchronization.
Exposure to multi-region architectures, cost optimization, and distributed data design.
Experience with SpectroCloud, ArgoCD, or K3s-based edge deployments.
C# experience will be a plus (legacy code is written in .NET)
Experience Level
Lead Level
We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected
classification. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits
and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. This temporary role may be eligible for the following:
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Seattle, WA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $75.00 - $80.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Seattle,WA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Dec 9, 2025.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services
We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
golang,kubernetes,aws services
Description
Project/Team Overview
We are building a next-generation retail edge platform that connects thousands of stores with cloud services - powering low-latency order orchestration, data synchronization, and in-store applications across a distributed ecosystem. As a Lead Engineer, you will serve as a key technical leader responsible for architecting, implementing, and guiding the evolution of our platform infrastructure and services across cloud (AWS) and edge compute environments. You'll work hands-on with engineers while setting the technical direction, promoting secure and scalable design practices, and ensuring operational excellence across all components - from microservices to edge clusters. This role combines deep technical expertise, system-level thinking, and mentorship to help scale a high-performing engineering organization and deliver business-critical outcomes.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Architecture
Architect, design, and implement scalable, secure, and compliant platform services across AWS and distributed edge environments.
Define technical roadmaps and system boundaries, ensuring reliability, resilience, and cost-efficiency across thousands of store nodes.
Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for executive, business, and cross-functional audiences.
Lead architectural reviews, enforce best practices, and champion standards for security, observability, and maintainability.
Partner with product and platform teams to ensure technical alignment with business and operational goals.
Hands-On Engineering
Design and develop backend services, infrastructure tooling, and automation frameworks primarily in Go (Golang).
Build and evolve cloud-native microservices on AWS using ECS/EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, and CloudFormation/Terraform.
Implement Kubernetes-based orchestration and deployment pipelines optimized for edge and cloud environments.
Establish robust observability and tracing frameworks (OTEL, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) for proactive detection and insights.
Conduct code reviews, debugging, and performance analysis, driving continuous improvement in code quality and stability.
Security, Compliance & Reliability
Ensure adherence to secure coding practices, encryption standards, and IAM principles.
Collaborate with security teams to implement vulnerability management, incident response, and compliance controls.
Apply DevSecOps and GitOps principles to automate and govern deployments.
Skills
golang, kubernetes, aws services
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Required Skills & Experience
Expert level proficiency in Golang for backend and infrastructure tooling
Deep experience with AWS services - EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, IAM, RDS, CloudFormation/Terraform, Secrets Manager, and Security Hub.
Strong hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes, including cluster lifecycle, deployments, and service management.
Proficient with logging, metrics, and tracing using Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.
Understanding of VPC design, load balancing, DNS, API gateways, and service meshes (e.g., Istio or Linkerd).
Working knowledge of IAM, encryption, secure API design, vulnerability scanning, and compliance frameworks.
Experience with GitOps pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated build/deploy workflows (e.g., ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
Leadership & Collaboration: 7-10 years of professional software development and infrastructure experience, with 2-3 years in technical leadership or lead engineer capacity.
Preferred/Nice to Have Skills & Experience
Experience building or operating edge compute or retail store platforms (POS, kiosks, or IoT).
Familiarity with NATS, Kafka, or Ditto for real-time messaging and synchronization.
Exposure to multi-region architectures, cost optimization, and distributed data design.
Experience with SpectroCloud, ArgoCD, or K3s-based edge deployments.
C# experience will be a plus (legacy code is written in .NET)
Experience Level
Lead Level
We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected
classification. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits
and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. This temporary role may be eligible for the following:
- Medical, dental & vision
- 401(k)/Roth
- Insurance (Basic/Supplemental Life & AD&D)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health and Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HAS & DCFSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave)
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Seattle, WA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $75.00 - $80.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Seattle,WA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Dec 9, 2025.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services
We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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