Portal Engineering Lead

DescriptionWe are looking for a Portal Engineering Lead to guide the architecture, development, and delivery of enterprise portal solutions in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. This position combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, partnering closely with product, architecture, quality, security, and operations teams to build reliable, secure, and accessible digital experiences. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise across modern backend and frontend technologies, champions engineering best practices, and drives continuous improvement from planning through production support.Responsibilities:• Guide the technical design and hands-on development of portal applications using C#, modern .NET platforms, APIs, integrations, and contemporary Angular or React user interfaces.• Convert business and product goals into clear technical plans, actionable work items, delivery estimates, and risk mitigation strategies for the engineering team.• Apply AI-enabled development tools to accelerate prototyping, coding, refactoring, and test creation while ensuring solutions remain secure, accurate, and maintainable.• Establish engineering standards for source control, peer review, documentation, and completion criteria to improve code quality and long-term supportability.• Work closely with quality engineering partners to define test coverage, expand automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, and confirm accessibility expectations are met.• Oversee deployment of portal enhancements in Azure through GitHub-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring stable releases and strong delivery discipline.• Partner with cloud and operations teams to strengthen monitoring, telemetry, alerting, and service objectives, and lead root-cause analysis and resolution for production incidents.• Ensure authentication, authorization, and data protection practices align with security and compliance expectations, while maintaining operational runbooks and deployment documentation.• Lead and mentor distributed developers, support agile planning activities, and collaborate with product, architecture, and external partners on solution direction and delivery quality.Requirements• At least 7 years of software development experience, including technical leadership for complex enterprise web applications.• Strong command of C# and modern .NET development, including web services, APIs, integration patterns, dependency injection, security controls, and relational data access.• Proven experience building frontend applications with JavaScript or TypeScript using Angular and/or React in responsive, component-driven architectures.• Demonstrated ability to create accessible user experiences that align with WCAG 2.2 Level AA expectations.• Practical experience using AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development speed while applying sound technical validation and judgment.• Hands-on knowledge of Azure-hosted application delivery, GitHub source control, and CI/CD pipeline practices.• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, mentor developers, and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.• Familiarity with enterprise infrastructure and identity technologies such as Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Server, Citrix, and Microsoft Exchange.Job typePerm