Contract Technical Lead

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

📋 Description

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

• Stay actively involved in Java/backend development, making implementation choices, conducting code and design reviews, and offering developer assistance.

• Architect and troubleshoot AWS solutions across various domains including computing, storage, networking, services, and deployment.

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

• Lead decisions on data migration and architecture related to relational data, lineage, reconciliation, transformation, and authoritative data sources.

• Design event-driven solutions utilizing 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 using Git/GitHub, Harness, Terraform, and associated technologies.

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

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

• Transform architecture into actionable technical stories and implementation strategies.

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

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to grasp operational requirements and question technical or implementation assumptions.

⛳️ Requirements

• More than 10 years of software engineering experience, preferably in complex enterprise environments.

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

• 3-5+ years of AWS architecture/design experience, with the capability to troubleshoot at the implementation level.

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

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

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

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

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

• Proficient with Terraform, CI/CD, Git/GitHub, and modern deployment methodologies.

• Experience in production observability and support, preferably including Dynatrace.

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

• Ability to balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership, mentoring, story breakdown, and communication with stakeholders.

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

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

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

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

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

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for Learning & Development, including certification and tuition support, digital on-demand learning courses, mentorship, and skill development paths.

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

• Carrot Fertility inclusive coverage for fertility and family-forming needs, which encompasses adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatments, pregnancy, and employer-sponsored funds.

• Company-sponsored stipend program for personalized lifestyle benefits, covering student loan repayment, travel, fitness, Netflix, Spotify, and GrubHub.

• Participation in Employee Resource Groups.

• Engagement in philanthropic partnerships and pro-bono project opportunities.

• 401(k) matching with no vesting period.

• Customizable career progression and a comprehensive benefits package.