Contract Technical Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado.

📋 Description

• Oversee the technical design and execution of a sophisticated enterprise migration and modernization initiative.

• Stay actively involved in Java and backend development tasks.

• Make key implementation choices and evaluate code and design proposals.

• Remove obstacles for developers and offer daily engineering support.

• Create and troubleshoot AWS solutions across various domains such as compute, storage, networking, services, and deployment.

• Define REST APIs and service architectures, encompassing contracts, versioning, integrations, resilience, and failure management.

• Direct data migration and architectural decisions concerning relational data, lineage, reconciliation, transformation, and authoritative data sources.

• Develop event-driven solutions employing messaging, queues, producer/consumer patterns, and asynchronous workflows.

• Connect cloud applications with legacy databases, APIs, messaging platforms, files/SFTP, and enterprise adapters.

• Propel CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code methodologies utilizing Git/GitHub, Harness, Terraform, and associated technologies.

• Establish observability and support practices suitable for production environments, including Dynatrace, logging, monitoring, retries, error management, and troubleshooting.

• Integrate enterprise identity and security standards, including Entra ID and role-based access controls.

• Convert architecture into actionable technical stories and execution plans.

• Mentor engineers, set development standards, and offer technical direction throughout the delivery process.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to comprehend operational requirements and appropriately challenge technical or implementation assumptions.

⛳️ Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, preferably in complex enterprise settings.

• Recent, practical experience with Java and backend engineering.

• 3-5+ years of experience with AWS architecture/design and troubleshooting at the implementation level.

• Experience in roles such as Technical Lead, Lead Java Engineer, Lead Backend Engineer, Application Architect, or hands-on Solution Architect.

• Significant experience with REST APIs, microservices/service design, and enterprise integration patterns.

• Experience leading or assisting with large-scale migrations, application modernization, or legacy transformation initiatives.

• In-depth knowledge of relational databases, data migration, reconciliation, lineage, and system-of-record decisions.

• Familiarity with event-driven architecture, messaging systems, and asynchronous processes.

• Experience with Terraform, CI/CD, Git/GitHub, and contemporary deployment practices.

• Experience with production observability and support, ideally involving Dynatrace.

• Working knowledge of enterprise security and identity, particularly Entra ID.

• Capability to balance hands-on engineering responsibilities with technical leadership, mentoring, story decomposition, and stakeholder communication.

• At this moment, CapTech is unable to transfer or sponsor a work visa for this position.

• Applicants must be authorized to work directly for any employer in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship.

• Preferred: experience in modernizing or migrating complex legacy enterprise systems to AWS.

• Preferred: background in intricate system integrations, high-volume data, or mission-critical applications.

• Preferred: experience in industries such as airline, rail, transportation, or similarly complex operational sectors.

• Preferred: experience in supporting crew, employee records, training, certification, or other operational data.

🏝️ Benefits

• Certification and tuition assistance.

• Access to digital on-demand learning courses.

• Opportunities for mentorship and skill development pathways.

• Modern Health platform for mental health and well-being, featuring 1:1 care, group support sessions, and self-serve resources.

• Carrot Fertility coverage for adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatments, pregnancy, and more.

• Employer-sponsored funds to assist with fertility and family-forming care expenses.

• Company-paid stipend for personalized lifestyle benefits.

• Employee Resource Groups available.

• Philanthropic partnerships and opportunities for pro-bono projects.

• 401(k) matching with no vesting period.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Customizable career progression and pathways.