Technical Lead

**U.S. Citizenship is mandatory for this position**

**Relocation assistance is available for qualified out-of-area candidates**

**Open to W2 Full-Time, C2C, or 1099 Contract**

Position Summary:

The Technical Lead provides day-to-day technical leadership for a Sprint Team, owning technical direction and code quality while mentoring developers and ensuring team solutions align with the program’s cloud-native, AI-augmented architecture standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide day-to-day technical leadership and design direction for the Sprint Team.

Own code quality, code reviews, and engineering best practices.

Translate architecture standards into team-level implementation decisions.

Mentor developers and support their technical growth.

Partner with the Scrum Master and Product Owner on delivery and sprint scope.

Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tooling within the team.

Resolve technical impediments and coordinate cross-team integration points.

Minimum Experience:

8+ years of software engineering experience, including experience in a technical leadership role.

Strong hands-on development experience with modern cloud-native stacks.

Experience with AWS services and CI/CD delivery.

Experience mentoring developers.

Strong communication skills.

Mandatory Skills:

Technical leadership.

Modern cloud-native software development.

AWS services.

CI/CD delivery.

Code quality and code review practices.

Developer mentoring.

Non-technical Requirements:

Ability to prioritize and self-start.

Strong communication and presentation skills.

Adaptability and flexibility as priorities shift.

Collaboration and receptiveness to feedback and client requirements.

Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Ability to pass a 7-year background check.

Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Clearance.

Enthusiasm for learning and continuous improvement.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

Familiarity with AI-assisted developer tooling.

Federal IT delivery experience.

AWS certification.

Work Location:

Reston, Virginia

Relocation assistance is available for qualified out-of-area candidates as a hybrid arrangements may be necessary for this position.

Employment Type:

Flexible (Open to W2 Full-Time, C2C, or 1099 Contract)

Full Time