Technical Lead – Senior/Staff Software Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Manage a team comprising 7 engineers.

• Design, construct, and uphold scalable automated UI and API test suites utilizing Playwright and TypeScript.

• Create automated data-generation tools and synthetic applicant-profile generators with Python and REST APIs.

• Develop front-end tools in React and TypeScript for external vendor teams and government stakeholders.

• Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines that support quality gates and feature-driven promotion practices.

• Lead rotating sprint triage to diagnose failures across a complex multi-vendor landscape.

• Identify issues stemming from changes in the cloud environment, vendor code releases, or test configurations.

• Provide code reviews and offer one-on-one mentorship.

• Set and uphold high standards for code quality and team development practices.

• Act as a technical liaison to client leads and external vendor teams.

• Assist with updates to cloud infrastructure using Terraform.

• Integrate automated security scanning.

• Navigate continuous compliance protocols in a FedRAMP/Public Trust environment.

• Some projects may necessitate occasional travel, approximately 1–2 times per year.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 3 years of experience in leading software teams and/or personnel management.

• More than 5 years of professional experience in developing full-stack applications and tools using TypeScript and Python.

• Practical experience in writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools, particularly Terraform.

• Expertise in designing complex systems that interact with external services, databases, and third-party APIs.

• Experience working within cross-functional agile teams.

• Proficiency in estimating complex engineering tasks.

• Capability to communicate technical updates directly to client stakeholders.

• Strong diagnostic abilities for intricate, distributed multi-vendor application failures and microservices.

• Prior experience in federal government digital service projects or civic tech initiatives.

• Knowledge of AWS GovCloud environments.

• Understanding of FedRAMP compliance standards.

• Familiarity with observability tools like DataDog.

• Experience in implementing synthetic test data generators or complex mock data services for enterprise integrations.

• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

• Ability to fulfill other prerequisites for government contracts.

• Work authorization that does not necessitate visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• May be subject to a government background check or security clearance based on the contract.

• Must reside in the continental U.S.

• Recent U.S. residency may be a requirement; contracts typically require living in the United States for at least 3 out of the last 5 years.

🏝️ Benefits

• Support for a healthy work-life balance.

• Encouragement to disconnect at the end of the workday.

• Paid time off when necessary.

• Access to modern cloud development environments and tools.

• Integration of AI into daily workflows.

• Fully remote work opportunities.

• Occasional travel, approximately 1–2 times per year.