Technical Team Lead

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce is looking for a Technical Team Lead for a client in the Leawood, KS area.

Summary:
This position will lead a team of highly technical software engineers building cutting edge software products. You must be able to work with product teams and understand what is needed for a component, and how that fits in the client's architectural direction. Then synthesize that into an implementation that meets those requirements and drive the team through that implementation. In this position, we are looking for very strong technical and communication skills, both of which are critical to success in this role.

Responsibilities:
* Serves as the technical expert to the team as it pertains to designing, developing, and maintaining software components and products
* Participates in all phases of the software development life cycle including collaboration with technical teams
* Serves as a mentor to associates performing software development, including coaching, guiding, and supporting performance
* Mentors the team to ensure they follow coding design principles
* Manages and provides ongoing status updates for respective team(s)
* Follows department procedures to manage product changes and provides direction where needed
* Enforces all coding best practices in development across the team
* Creates and maintains documentation of design approaches

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience
* 5+ years of experience in software development, design, and database operations
* Previous experience building cloud-based SaaS applications
* Experience in building modern micro-service applications and a relevant technology stack
* Strong technical skills, including architectural patterns and how/when to implement
* Experience with Agile Software development techniques including Scrum and Kanban
* Strong knowledge of formal Algorithmic analysis and design
* Experience with cloud-native environments, ideally Azure, but AWS or Google Cloud Platform will be considered as well

Preferred Requirements:
* Proficiency in developing production-grade, client-facing applications using React or an equivalent modern component based front end framework, with an emphasis on performance optimization, state management patterns, and modular architecture
* Experience working within high volume, high throughput data processing environments, including exposure to distributed data platforms; Hands on familiarity with DataBricks and its associated data engineering workflows is considered advantageous
* Demonstrated capability in architecting, implementing, and optimizing highly scalable, customer-facing APIs, including expertise in service decomposition, API versioning strategies, and performance tuning across microservice ecosystems
* Strong aptitude for rapidly acquiring and integrating new technologies, frameworks, and architectural patterns into production systems as organizational and platform needs evolve

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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