Tech Lead, Benefits Engineering

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

📋 Description

• Deliver hands-on technical leadership for the design, development, and advancement of contemporary software solutions that enhance the employee benefits experience.

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers while establishing robust engineering practices.

• Oversee architecture, technical design, planning, and execution of intricate software solutions within distributed systems and cloud environments.

• Convert business and customer requirements into scalable, maintainable, and secure technical solutions.

• Direct teams in the design and creation of cloud-native, distributed, and event-driven applications and services.

• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Engineering, and other stakeholders to define technical strategies, manage dependencies, identify risks, and propel initiatives forward.

• Offer technical insights into estimation, planning, sequencing, and delivery strategies.

• Evaluate designs, code, and technical methodologies for quality, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.

• Remain actively involved in software development and contribute code where it adds the most technical value.

• Revamp legacy applications and platforms toward domain-oriented, cloud-native architectures.

• Assist teams in navigating technology and organizational transformations from traditional development practices to Agile and iterative delivery methodologies.

• Define clear domain boundaries and minimize unnecessary coupling between systems and services.

• Advocate for automated testing, CI/CD, observability, proactive monitoring, and operational excellence.

• Guide engineers through complex technical challenges and promote continuous learning and engineering excellence.

• Leverage data, experimentation, and engineering metrics to assess solutions and drive enhancements.

• Stay updated on Generative AI and Agentic AI, identifying responsible applications for engineering and customer solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Over 10 years of professional software engineering experience, demonstrating a proven record of technical leadership.

• Established experience in leading the technical design and delivery of complex software systems.

• Proficient in C# and .NET / ASP.NET.

• Strong background in building and consuming RESTful APIs and designing API-driven architectures.

• Solid proficiency in React and/or Angular.

• Experience in designing and developing distributed, event-driven systems, including Kafka or similar event-streaming technologies.

• Familiarity with developing and managing cloud-native applications and services in AWS and/or Azure.

• Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL database technologies.

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD practices.

• Proven experience in transitioning teams or organizations from waterfall to Agile development methodologies.

• Strong grasp of software architecture, design patterns, scalability, reliability, security, and performance.

• Familiarity with automated testing, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies.

• Strong understanding of software security principles and OWASP guidelines.

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.

• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills with the capacity to influence technical decisions across teams without formal authority.

• Proven ability to mentor engineers and provide technical direction while remaining an individual contributor.

• A history of delivering complex technical initiatives and making informed trade-offs among scope, quality, risk, and delivery.

• Must-have technologies: C# / .NET / ASP.NET; AWS and/or Azure; RESTful API design and development; Kafka / event-driven architecture; React and/or Angular; Docker; Kubernetes; relational databases; NoSQL databases; cloud-native application and service development; Git and CI/CD; automated testing and modern engineering practices.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Retirement savings plan.

• Paid time off.

• Health savings account.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Life insurance.

• Disability insurance.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Eligibility for quarterly or annual bonuses for non-sales roles.