Technical Lead

Client: e-commerce, retail.

Job Title: Technical Lead

Location: El Segundo, CA 90245 - Hybrid Role

Duration: 12 Months (Extension/Conversion will be based on performance)

Pay Range: ($65-$70) hourly

Responsbilities:

• Lead a team of engineers by shaping technical roadmaps, mentoring individuals, and supporting career development.


• Provide hands-on guidance on architecture, code quality, and DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and application monitoring.


• Design, develop, and maintain scalable web applications using React.js, Node.js, and AWS infrastructure.


• Define and drive platform-level technical strategy across web and mobile stacks (e.g., React, Node.js, GraphQL).


• Interact and collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Management, UX, Architecture, QA, and business stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.


• Implement high-quality, user-centric features in a modern JavaScript ecosystem.


• Promote engineering best practices: performance tuning, code reviews, testing, maintainability, and system scalability.


• Troubleshoot and debug complex production issues and oversee incident response and resolution.


• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to inform team direction and innovation.


• Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.

Must Have:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 1+ years in a tech lead or formal leadership role.


• Proven experience leading teams in large-scale e-commerce, retail, or omnichannel environments (e.g., PLM, OMS, WMS).


• Expertise in React (or Next.js), Node.js, and TypeScript; strong grounding in HTML5, CSS3, and CSS-in-JS libraries (e.g., styled-components).


• Deep understanding of microservices, RESTful APIs, and cloud platforms (preferably AWS).


• Familiarity with tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, Bitbucket, GitHub, and JIRA.


• Proficiency with performance and observability tools like Sentry, New Relic, or JMeter.


• Solid grasp of Computer Science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis.


• Effective communicator with cross-functional collaboration and team leadership capabilities.


• Experience with GraphQL, JAMstack, headless CMS (e.g., ), or ColdFusion is a plus.

Tech Stack:

• Frontend - React / Next.js / TypeScript / HTML / CSS


• Backend - Node.js / Microservices / REST / GraphQL


• Cloud/Infra - AWS + CI/CD (Jenkins, CircleCI) + GitHub/Bitbucket


• Monitoring - Sentry, New Relic, JMeter


• Extras - JAMstack, Headless CMS, ColdFusion

Benefits:

• The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable).