Technical Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Jersey, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the technical success of an engagement, ensuring architectural consistency and reuse across services, data, and AI components.

• Drive technical decisions and document them as Architectural Decision Records (ADRs), including choices regarding database engines, service versus library boundaries, and integration patterns.

• Lead architecture review boards and address cross-team design dependencies.

• Establish engineering standards such as trunk-based development, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Bicep, CI gates, SLSA L2 provenance, OpenAPI 3.x and AsyncAPI 2.x contracts, and idempotent integration practices.

• Conduct code and design reviews; enforce quality gates and SOC 2 control mappings related to logical access, monitoring, change management, and audit trails.

• Plan and manage delivery cadence, including the sequencing of builds and release windows for engagements with production blackout periods.

• Collaborate with client product owners to convert domain knowledge into technical designs.

• Mentor engineers in Azure architecture, event sourcing, durable orchestration, and human-in-the-loop design patterns.

• Execute agile delivery in 2-week sprints, incorporating monthly stakeholder demonstrations, hypercare planning, and post-go-live support.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Over 8 years of professional engineering experience, with a minimum of 3 years in a technical lead or staff engineer role on multi-team projects.

• Expert-level knowledge in Azure architecture, including Azure OpenAI / AI Foundry, Document Intelligence, AI Search, Container Apps or AKS, API Management, ADLS Gen2, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Entra ID.

• Proficient in leading complex software delivery initiatives, including architectural design, ADR-driven decisions, event sourcing, Domain-Driven Design (DDD) bounded contexts, and SOC 2 control mapping.

• Strong proficiency in .NET (C#) and Python, with the ability to establish patterns across both languages within the same project.

• Practical experience with Medallion data architecture, RAG patterns, prompt versioning and guardrails, and human-in-the-loop workflow design.

• Experience leading CI/CD processes using Azure DevOps, IaC (Terraform/Bicep), and trunk-based development with quality gates.

• Demonstrated experience in financial services, professional services, or other regulated industries with stringent audit and compliance demands.

• Strong skills in code review, mentorship, and technical communication; capable of leading architecture discussions with engineering teams and client executives.

• Experience with durable orchestration (Azure Durable Functions or similar) is advantageous.

• Familiarity with integrating enterprise SaaS solutions (e.g., financial, ERP, document management systems) is a plus.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities; strong communication, collaboration, customer-oriented approach, innovative mindset, and adaptability in ambiguous situations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Professional development

• Flexible working hours