Software Development Lead

Job Description

Senior Tech lead at least 8+ and 2+ years as tech lead already. Ideal is 10+ years Senior Tech Lead and 5+ years as tech lead.

Core Responsibilities

Drive technical design for team initiatives. Translate product direction and architectural guidance into clear technical approaches that engineers can execute with confidence.

Stay deeply handson. Contribute to design and implementation, review code and technical changes, and lead by example through strong engineering practices.

Guide daytoday technical decisionmaking. Help engineers navigate tradeoffs, resolve complex technical problems, and choose solutions that balance quality, performance, and longterm maintainability.

Uphold high engineering standards. Reinforce expectations around reliability, scalability, security, testing, and operational readiness across the team s work.

Mentor engineers through technical growth. Provide practical coaching, feedback, and technical guidance that helps teammates strengthen skills and judgment.

Leverage cloudfirst and AIassisted engineering practices. Use modern cloud platforms and AIenabled tools to reduce friction, improve code quality, and accelerate delivery.

Identify and address technical risks and impediments. Surface concerns early, simplify constraints where possible, and partner with architects or subjectmatter experts when deeper alignment is needed.

Collaborate closely with the Delivery Manager and Product partners. Align on technical direction, sequencing, and dependencies to support effective delivery.

Foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement. Encourage experimentation, reflection, and thoughtful evolution of technical approaches and team practices.

Contribute beyond immediate team. Participate in crossteam initiatives, planning discussions, and special projects that strengthen engineering practices across the organization.

REQUIREMENTS

8+ years of software development experience, including 2+ year in a Technical Lead

Strong experience designing and delivering productiongrade software in both legacy Java-based and cloudbased environments

Demonstrated technical leadership through handson contribution, mentoring, and technical guidance

A qualityfirst mindset, with experience building reliable, scalable, and observable systems

Comfort using AIassisted engineering tools to improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery flow

Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering managers, product partners, and crossfunctional stakeholders

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling, with preference for GitHub-based workflows

Strong backend development skills using Java, Springboot, ECS, Docker, Typescript, NodeJS in Agile environment with Jira and confluence knowledge

Experience with frontend development technologies (Angular/React, JavaScript/Typescript, CSS, Jest)

Proficiency in Python.

Proficiency in DevOps concepts, tools and continuous delivery pipelines, specifically Git, Github, Splunk

Proficiency in AWS technologies: CloudFront, S3, ECS, IAM, KMS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SNS, SQL, Cloudformation, API Gateway

Proficiency in authentication and authorization, eg, auth0, oidc, Active Directory

Proficiency in Relational database, SQL, Cache eg. Redis and data modeling

Proficiency in Shell scripting, bash, linux/unix environment, powershell in Windows environment

Claude Code

Optional skillset:

Honeycomb, Grafana, AWS Glue, Athena, Event Bridge, Step functions, AEM