Lead Application Development and Modernization Engineer

Summary

Join Liatrio, a collaborative consulting firm focused on accelerating software delivery and innovating processes. We're seeking a hands-on technical leader passionate about application development, modernization, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps. You'll provide technical delivery leadership, mentor junior team members, and contribute to internal Liatrio growth. Extensive experience in full-stack development, multiple programming languages, and cloud technologies is required. The role involves a mix of remote work and client site visits within the U.S. Liatrio offers a competitive salary, full benefits including unlimited PTO, and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• Be authorized to work in the United States or Canada without the need for sponsorship
• Have availability to travel; travel typically ranges from 10-50%, depending on client need

Responsibilities

• Provide technical delivery leadership within a project or workstream under the guidance of an account leader or architect
• Be accountable for technical excellence for the assigned project or workstream
• Uplift engineers, both client's and Liatrio teammates
• Architect a technical solution, articulate the solution to clients, and lead a small team of engineers to implement the solution
• Serve as a technical point of contact, providing architectural guidance and the Liatrio point of view to the client
• Ensure account leader or architect is up to date on any concerns or changes to work, as well as reaching out for guidance or feedback on strategy and approach
• Adapt quickly to change and shift focus as required to meet customer needs
• Organize work for team members, breaking down tasks regularly and pairing with other engineers
• Mentor junior team members, including 1:1 meetings, providing feedback, guiding technical growth
• Provide feedback to account leader or architect on overall team performance and areas for growth
• Seek and provide fast feedback both personally and for others
• Generate ideas and be willing to fail fast and demonstrate with POC’s
• Drive knowledge sharing in and out of client engagements
• Participate in business development

Preferred Qualifications

• Willingness and hunger to learn
• Devotion to open communication and transparency
• Value collaboration and willingness to share responsibilities across internal and client work
• Effectively communicate in difficult conversations
• Desire to solve complex problems - interpersonal, technical, and business
• Ability to acknowledge shortcomings and provide solutions
• Empathy towards others
• Appreciate mentoring and helping others grow
• Navigate ambiguity and frequent change
• Have significant experience with many of the tools and technologies we frequently use with our clients
• Be an expert in one or more areas
• Have owned full stack development of completely new applications, as well as modernization of existing legacy applications
• Be fluent in multiple programming languages, including FP and OOP, and databases
• Have extensive experience creating frontend web applications, backend API services, cloud-hosted applications, and full stack standalone solutions
• Have expertise navigating enterprise environments, distributed systems, and large/multi-cloud environments
• Be comfortable with end-to-end software delivery, able to review code and emphasizing with developers and engineers across the SDLC
• Be comfortable with cloud-native architecture, source control management systems and branching strategies, and automation
• Have first-hand experience building or deep knowledge from being embedded within Operations teams responsible for: containerization, infrastructure as code, platform engineering, data center architecture, systems architecture, observability, and DevOps practices
• Advocate for patterns, practices, and best practices like Agile, TDD, BDD, and DDD

Benefits

• Full benefits including unlimited PTO
• Funded HSA option
• 401k match
• Monthly LiveWell stipend
• Quarterly company bonus
• Annual base salary: $140,000-$180,000, depending on experience