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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Lead - **Company:** Cgi Inc. - **Location:** Fairfax, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $89,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** HTML, Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithm Design, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Applications Architecture, Confluence, JIRA, User Authentication, Automation of Tests, Bootstrap (Software), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Cloud Computing, Code Review, Collaborative Software, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Relational Databases, Programming Tools, Github, Google Analytics, Design of User Interfaces, Hibernate (Java), Java Persistence API, Spring Framework, JSON, Apache JMeter, PostgreSQL, Load Testing, OAuth, Pair Programming, Public Key Infrastructure, Query Optimization, Power BI, JSON Web Token, Selenium, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), SonarQube, Tableau (Software), TypeScript, Web Applications, Working Model 2D, YAML, Datadog, Transport Layer Security, Cloud Platform System, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Angular Material, Okta, GitHub Copilot, Spring-boot, Software Security, Cypress (Programming Language), Software Application Programming, Gatling, Backend, Git, Spring Data, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, AngularJS, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Bitbucket, Front End Software Development, Functional Programming, Api Design, Restful APIs, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Serverless Computing, Jenkins, Databricks, Microservices - **Published:** July 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9008235/technical-lead ## About the Role Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical discipline . Minimum 7+ years hands on experience in Java development (Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring Data/JPA/Hibernate, REST APIs) . Experience providing guidance and coaching and mentoring more junior full stack developers . Experience building and maintaining frontend applications, including TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Angular (v14+) . Proven experience designing and developing Spring Boot microservices deployed on AWS (ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, RDS) . Experience with PostgreSQL (or similar RDBMS), including schema design, query optimization, and migration tooling (Flyway) . Experience with Apache Kafka or similar event streaming platforms . Experience with AI paired programming tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q) . Experience in CI/CD methodologies and tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, SonarQube) . Experience in API development and application security best practices (OAuth 2.0, TLS, PKI, JWT) . Experience in Test Driven Development (TDD) and paired programming . Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows (GitHub, Bitbucket, pull requests, code reviews) . Demonstrated technical leadership skills with a passion for exploring emerging technologies . Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a culture of continuous improvement . Proactive, detail oriented, and self motivated professional who can hit the ground running . Quick learner with the ability to multi task, work under pressure, manage tight deadlines, and adapt to changing requirements . Exceptional written and verbal communication skills . Ability to build trusted relationships and partner across a complex organization . Willingness to ask questions, challenge the status quo, and seek out answers Desired qualifications/non essential skills required: . AWS serverless and analytics services - Step Functions, Lambda, SES, Glue, Redshift, OpenSearch, Athena, SageMaker, QuickSight, Databricks, Tableau . User authentication and authorization platforms - Okta, SecureAuth, AWS Cognito . UI/UX frameworks beyond Angular - Bootstrap, Angular Material . Log management, alerting, and monitoring - Datadog, Google Analytics . Load testing tools - JMeter, Gatling . Project management and collaboration tools - JIRA, Confluence . Selenium or Cypress for end to end test automation, * DevOps * Full Stack Development * Full Stack Development * Service Design * Systems Architecture ## Description CGI is seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and hands on Technical Lead to join a high performing Agile team in designing and building modern, services based web applications for a large government agency. Our team is using a modern development stack and various open source technologies. You will leverage your technical expertise and ability to define a technical vision to build and modernize system applications for cloud environments, while leading and mentoring more junior developers. Grow your leadership and technical skills with in demand technologies in a fast paced environment as part of an exciting, positive team that moves quickly and delivers quality software alongside a passionate customer. This position is located in Fairfax, VA; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable., As a Technical Lead and hands on full stack developer, you will lead development and collaborate with the project team in an Agile setting, researching best practices, designing and developing application architecture, implementing solutions, managing and mentoring more junior development team members, and testing and deploying solutions to AWS cloud environments. . Contribute to the ongoing architecture and development of modern, cloud native applications built with technologies such as Angular and Java/Spring Boot. . Work closely with users, stakeholders, business analysts, and product managers to understand problem statements, functional and non functional requirements. . Write clean, well organized code following best practices while sharing knowledge with the team to grow collective skills in building applications. . Participate in all phases of an Agile software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, estimation, coding, code reviews, and testing. . Author and review frontend and backend code leveraging AI assisted paired programming tools/techniques. . Deploy and manage applications on AWS using containerized environments and CI/CD pipelines. . Develop and consume RESTful APIs, leveraging experience in API design patterns and microservice communication. . Provide a solid understanding of data structures, problem solving, algorithm design, and data formats (JSON, YAML). . Participate in daily standups, code collaboration sessions, and sprint ceremonies to promote continuous progress. . Engage in client, industry, and end user discussions to provide technical viewpoint on application(s) you lead/support. . 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