Tech Lead-

Job Description

Job Description

Tech Lead-
Hybrid - Malvern, PA

ASSESSMENT REQUIRED
Job Description
Senior Tech lead at least 8 and 2 years as tech lead already. Ideal is 10 years Senior Tech Lead and 5 years as tech lead.
Core Responsibilities
· Drive technical design for team initiatives. Translate product direction and architectural guidance into clear technical approaches that engineers can execute with confidence.
· Stay deeply hands on. Contribute to design and implementation, review code and technical changes, and lead by example through strong engineering practices.
· Guide day to day technical decision making. Help engineers navigate tradeoffs, resolve complex technical problems, and choose solutions that balance quality, performance, and long term maintainability.
· Uphold high engineering standards. Reinforce expectations around reliability, scalability, security, testing, and operational readiness across the team's work.
· Mentor engineers through technical growth. Provide practical coaching, feedback, and technical guidance that helps teammates strengthen skills and judgment.
· Leverage cloud first and AI assisted engineering practices. Use modern cloud platforms and AI enabled tools to reduce friction, improve code quality, and accelerate delivery.
· Identify and address technical risks and impediments. Surface concerns early, simplify constraints where possible, and partner with architects or subject matter experts when deeper alignment is needed.
· Collaborate closely with the Delivery Manager and Product partners. Align on technical direction, sequencing, and dependencies to support effective delivery.
· Foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement. Encourage experimentation, reflection, and thoughtful evolution of technical approaches and team practices.
· Contribute beyond immediate team. Participate in cross team initiatives, planning discussions, and special projects that strengthen engineering practices across the organization.
REQUIREMENTS
· 8 years of software development experience, including 2 year in a Technical Lead
· Strong experience designing and delivering production grade software in both legacy Java-based and cloud based environments
· Demonstrated technical leadership through hands on contribution, mentoring, and technical guidance
· A quality first mindset, with experience building reliable, scalable, and observable systems
· Comfort using AI assisted engineering tools to improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery flow
· Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering managers, product partners, and cross functional stakeholders
· Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling, with preference for GitHub-based workflows
· Strong backend development skills using Java, Springboot, ECS, Docker, Typescript, NodeJS in Agile environment with Jira and confluence knowledge
· Experience with frontend development technologies (Angular/React, JavaScript/Typescript, CSS, Jest)
· Proficiency in Python.
· Proficiency in DevOps concepts, tools and continuous delivery pipelines, specifically Git, Github, Splunk
· Proficiency in AWS technologies: CloudFront, S3, ECS, IAM, KMS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SNS, SQL, Cloudformation, API Gateway
· Proficiency in authentication and authorization, eg, auth0, oidc, Active Directory
· Proficiency in Relational database, SQL, Cache eg. Redis and data modeling
· Proficiency in Shell scripting, bash, linux/unix environment, powershell in Windows environment
· Claude Code
Optional skillset:
Honeycomb, Grafana, AWS Glue, Athena, Event Bridge, Step functions, AEM