Contract Technical Lead

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

📋 Description

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

• Engage in hands-on Java/backend development activities.

• Make implementation choices and assess code and designs.

• Diagnose issues and assist developers in overcoming obstacles.

• Architect and troubleshoot AWS solutions encompassing compute, storage, networking, services, and deployment.

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

• Direct complex data migration and architectural decisions related to relational data, lineage, reconciliation, transformation, and authoritative data sources.

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

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

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

• Establish observability and support practices that are production-ready, including Dynatrace, logging, monitoring, retries, error management, and troubleshooting.

• Incorporate enterprise identity and security standards, such as Entra ID and role-based access controls.

• Convert architectural concepts into actionable technical stories and implementation strategies.

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

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

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Recent hands-on experience in Java and backend engineering.

• 3–5+ years of experience in AWS architecture/design with the ability to troubleshoot at an implementation level.

• Background as a Technical Lead, Lead Java Engineer, Lead Backend Engineer, Application Architect, or hands-on Solution Architect.

• Strong expertise in REST APIs, microservices/service design, and enterprise integration patterns.

• Experience leading or supporting large-scale migrations, application modernization, or legacy transformation projects.

• Solid understanding of relational databases, data migration, reconciliation, lineage, and system-of-record determinations.

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

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

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

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

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

• Currently, CapTech is unable to transfer or sponsor a work visa.

• Must be authorized to work directly for any employer in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Support for certification and tuition.

• Access to digital on-demand learning courses.

• Mentorship and pathways for skill development.

• Modern Health mental health and well-being platform offering 1:1 care, group support sessions, and self-service resources for employees and their families.

• Coverage through Carrot Fertility for adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatments, pregnancy, and other family-forming options.

• Employer-funded resources to contribute toward fertility and family-forming care expenses.

• Company-paid stipend for personalized lifestyle benefits, including student loan repayment, travel, fitness, Netflix, Spotify, and GrubHub.

• Employee Resource Groups.

• Opportunities for philanthropic partnerships and pro-bono projects.

• 401(k) matching without a vesting period.

• Commitment to Equal Pay.