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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Leads - **Company:** Next Step Systems - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Applications Architecture, Code Review, Desktop Computing, Machine Learning, Data Streaming, Backend - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c9444d00-7462-425c-a23c-e29c3be76980 ## About the Role Significant experience leading application or product engineering for complex systems. - Artificial Intelligence (AI) experience required. - Strong hands-on background building and shipping backend systems used in production. - Experience delivering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered products, with a deep understanding of model integration trade-offs. - Excellent system design skills across services, APIs, clients, and data flows. - Comfort operating across platforms (backend, mobile, desktop), even if your depth is in one. - Proven ability to make high-impact technical decisions under ambiguity. - A strong bias toward shipping, iteration, and learning from real-world usage. - Move fast without breaking fundamentals. Benefits include medical insurance, Dental, Vision, Savings Plan Options, PTO, etc. Keywords: San Francisco CA Jobs, Technical Lead, Applications, AI, APIs, Artificial Intelligence, Backend, Desktops, Mobile, Product Engineering, Work From Home, Remote, California Recruiters, IT Jobs, California Recruiting ## Description As the Technical Lead, Applications, you directly own the core application architecture that connects AI systems to real-world user experiences. You will be responsible for the design, reliability, and evolution of backend services, APIs, and client integrations across mobile and desktop. This is a hands-on leadership role. You will stay close to the code, make critical architectural decisions, and ensure the system remains fast, reliable, and coherent as it scales. This position is 100% Remote. MUST BE WILLING TO TAKE A 60 MINUTE CODING ASSESSMENT. Technical Lead Responsibilities: - Own the application engineering strategy and execution across backend, mobile, and desktop. - Lead and grow a small, senior applications team, including backend, mobile, and desktop engineers. - Ensure production-grade reliability: observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, and failure handling. - Set the architectural direction for AI-powered product workflows, APIs, and client integrations. - Ensure AI capabilities are integrated into the product with clear abstractions, predictable behavior, and graceful failure modes. - Partner closely with Machine Learning (ML) leadership to translate model capability into shippable product features. - Make high-impact decisions across latency, cost, reliability, security, and user experience. - Establish a strong execution culture through code reviews, design reviews, and hands-on technical leadership. - Ensure production readiness: observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, privacy, and cost controls. - Balance speed and discipline, shipping quickly without compromising long-term system quality., We help companies that are looking to hire Technical Leads for jobs in San Francisco, California and in other cities too. 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