Senior Technical Lead (US, Remote)

Senior Technical Lead

Location: US Remote (But someone comfortable to work in PST time zone)

Experience: 12+ Years

Scope of Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture:

• Act as the technical lead for a scrum team building software deployed on edge devices
• Design and evolve the end-to-end architecture, including:
• Edge-hosted software components
• Integration with backend SaaS services
• Security model spanning device, tenant, and cloud
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and platform standards
• Identify and document technical dependencies for each feature
• Proactively request, negotiate, and follow through on changes to internal dependencies where required

System Integration:

• Lead integration with internal teams responsible for (not exhaustive):
• Tenant management
• Video ingestion services
• Cloud platform and infrastructure (pipelines, deployment, observability)
• Ensure consistent data flows, APIs, authentication, and authorization across edge and cloud systems
• Translate product requirements into technically sound, scalable integration designs

Delivery & Scrum Participation:

• Lead and actively participate in:
• Feature refinement and technical breakdown
• Sprint planning
• Trade-off discussions during delivery
• Provide technical guidance to engineers during implementation
• Maintain a balance between velocity, quality, and architectural sustainability

Documentation & Communication:

• Produce clear technical documentation, including:
• Architecture diagrams and design proposals
• Integration and dependency documentation
• Security and trust boundary descriptions
• Present technical proposals and design decisions to:
• Engineers
• Product and program stakeholders
• Broader technical leadership when required
• Communicate risks, constraints, and trade-offs clearly and early

Required Expertise

• Senior-level engineering experience with technical leadership responsibilities
• Strong background in distributed systems and system integration
• Proven experience with JavaScript / Node.js, including backend services and full-stack applications
• Prior work on systems involving video capture, ingestion, or streaming is strongly preferred incl. video encoding and processing on device.
• Experience operating in environments with multiple internal teams and complex dependencies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have:

• XP with regulated industries.
• Experience developing software that integrates closely with hardware or edge devices