Web Application Technical Lead

  • Mountain View, CA
  • Posted 60+ days ago | Updated 4 hours ago

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2

Skills

Web application architecture- high traffic applicatiuons
Back end (PHP
Java/Spring Boot) and Front End frameworks (React)
RESTful APIs GraphQL and microservices.
AWS Kubernetes and CI/CD
MySQL PostgreSQL
Wavefront Splunk Datadog and Grafana
Observability

Job Details

Interpro has been in the IT consulting business since 1993 and our employees work on a range of projects across the country. We have a long-term opportunity for a candidate with deep technical expertise across modern web application architecture, large-scale distributed systems, and cloud-native infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

  •      Lead technical operations, troubleshooting, and enhancements for large-scale, customer-facing web applications.
  •      Act as the technical escalation point during production incidents.
  •      Oversee and mentor the team on end-to-end web application architecture, spanning frontend, backend, database, DevOps, and monitoring.
  •      Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of the application.
  •      Work closely with product, QA, and DevOps teams to align deliverables with business priorities.
  •      Guide adoption and implementation of advanced observability, logging, and monitoring practices.
  •      Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  •      Provide leadership in cross-team and cross-timezone collaborations.

Technical Skills & Experience

  •      Web Application Architecture
  •      Strong understanding of full-stack development for high-traffic applications.
  •      Experience with multiple backend stacks (PHP, Java/Spring Boot, etc.) and modern frontend frameworks React
  •      Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and microservices.

Infrastructure & Cloud

  •      AWS expertise (EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, CloudFront, CloudWatch, IAM).
  •      Kubernetes (K8s) with Pods, Shards,  and scaling strategies.
  •      CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins

Data & Messaging

  •      Strong database experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL) with replication and partitioning.
  •      Messaging/event streaming platform Kafka.
  •      Caching and performance tuning using Redis.
  •      Monitoring, Logging, and Observability
  •      Hands-on experience with Wavefront, Splunk, Datadog, and Grafana.
  •      Designing and managing observability dashboards.
  •      Implementing log aggregation and alerting strategies.

Security & Performance

  •      Web application security best practices.
  •      Performance profiling, load testing, and optimization at scale.

Leadership & Communication

  •      Proven experience leading cross-functional teams in multiple time zones.
  •      Excellent communication skills for client and leadership reporting.
  •      Strong ability to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  •      Experience mentoring teams to work with new tools and modern architectures.

Desirable Experience

  •      Managing applications with millions of daily active users.
  •      Strong background in incident management and post-mortem analysis.

 

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