Engineering Tech Lead

Summary

Join Fearless Digital as an Engineering Technical Leader and lead the technical aspects of development, architecture, operations, security, and testing for a team. You will mentor engineers, review code, grow technical understanding among stakeholders, and set the team's technical direction. This role requires a minimum of 10 years of experience implementing microservices at scale and 5 years of technical management. A BS/MS/MEng in a related field and the ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance are also mandatory. The position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible work environment, with the preference for candidates located in the DMV area for ad-hoc hybrid capabilities, otherwise fully remote.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain Security Clearance required by the project: Public Trust
• BS/MS/MEng in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar technology-related degree
• Minimum of 10 years of demonstrated working experience with implementing Microservices at a large scale
• Minimum of 5 years of technical management and/or lead experience of large enterprise development teams
• Hands on coding experience within the last 2 years
• Demonstrated Full Stack Development experience within several coding languages (Java, Python, .NET, React, JavaScript/Typescript etc.)
• Experience with AWS, Kafka, Atlassian, dashboard creations utilizing JIRA, etc
• Strong leadership and communication experience including stakeholder management and architectural design
• Current or prior experience supporting Health Solutions Government Organizations
• Deeply experienced in at least one engineering domain (software, site reliability, data, testing, etc) with a foundational knowledge in the others
• Understanding of application architecture, system architecture, and enterprise integration patterns
• Experience leading teams of Software Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, Test Engineers and Data Engineers
• Experience with the entire development process from conception to production operations
• Demonstrated effectiveness in creating harmony among all elements of software creation
• Ability to discuss abstract software development concepts like single-responsibility, cohesion, data immutability, and other paradigm appropriate design patterns
• Deep understanding of DevOps principles and experience integrating them into team processes
• Ability to inspire Engineers and build cohesion on a team
• Ability to understand and respond to customer needs and collaborate as part of a cross-functional team
• Proficient in at least one programming language like Node.js, Python, Go, Java 8+, Ruby, Bash
• Proficient with building applications in containerized development environments
• Ability to operate and manage work, strategically reason, and build relationships and influence others

Responsibilities

• Mentor Engineers in building software development, infrastructure, data, and testing skills
• Review other Engineers’ work and code for effectiveness and alignment to team technical standards
• Grow the technical understanding of the stakeholders in and around the team
• Grow community, eminence, and/or strategy of practice area
• Set the team's technical direction
• Take initiative for their own growth through personal leadership
• Set the direction for development, operations, testing, security, and maintenance of software solutions
• Define implementation strategy that creates robust, scalable, well-designed software built for long-term maintainability
• Design technology solutions from a deep understanding and analysis of the business needs
• Lead the team in making decisions about technology and infrastructure
• Navigate regulatory landscape and create solutions and plans that address key risks and controls
• Collaborate with Designers, Product Managers, and Engineers to plan and build new features efficiently that align with the product vision
• Align team members, customers, and external stakeholders on technical information, plans, and roadmaps
• Build strategic relationships with peers, leaders, customers, users, and stakeholders
• Orchestrate all phases of the development lifecycle from task creation to production deployment of new code
• Define and inspire adherence to code and process standards
• Support the Agile process and help customers understand Agile

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with design-thinking and human centered design
• Understanding of Enterprise Integration Patterns
• Experience working with government or large industry clients
• Holds a current AWS Certified Developer Associate, Solutions Architecture Associate, or Solutions Architect Professional or similar certification in another cloud platform
• Holds a current CISSP, Security+, or other information security certification
• Holds a current Certified Scrum Master certification

Benefits

• We cover 100% of your premium for our medical HSA plan + the deductible portion of HSA contributions, 80% of your premium for our HMO or PPO plans, and offer competitive dependent coverage
• We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents and offer medical and dependent care FSA options
• We also offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and legal planning and support insurance
• Tech, education / training, and wellness allowances
• Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions (current match = 4%) and immediate vesting
• Referral bonus: Bring your friends! If someone you refer is hired, you’ll get a bonus of $6–12k!
• Total Pet Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Up 12 weeks of FMLA paid at 100%
• PTO is provided to team members as a lump sum allowance, not an accrual. PTO is prorated based on your start date ( see table below ) on a quarterly basis (with tenure-based increases), 8.75 days of sick leave, 11 federal holidays, their birthday (8 hours), up to 15 days for jury duty, and up to 3 days (24 hours) of bereavement leave per eligible instance
• Life-friendly schedules
• Family-friendly workplace