Senior Technical Lead

Our client seeks a Senior Technical Lead to drive architecture, engineering leadership, and delivery across full stack, cloud, data, and AI-enabled software engineering. The role requires hands-on depth in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, modern web frameworks, AWS or equivalent clouds, and enterprise databases. The leader will balance new development with complex production support, mentor engineers, institute engineering best practices, and champion AI-assisted development to improve quality, velocity, and reliability., * Own end-to-end technical architecture and solution design across cloud, web, SaaS, and enterprise ecosystems.

• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions and ensure adherence to standards and best practices.
• Lead modernization, integrations, and technology upgrades while evaluating frameworks and architectural trade-offs.
• Mentor engineers, conduct design and code reviews, and establish engineering quality through testing and CI/CD.
• Be hands-on for complex implementations, debugging, and proofs of concept.
• Identify and reduce technical debt to improve maintainability, performance, and reliability.
• Demonstrate depth in AWS or equivalent, serverless, containers, and infrastructure automation.
• Deliver Java-based enterprise applications with Angular or React, REST APIs, and microservices.
• Work with Oracle or equivalent RDBMS and modern data platforms including NoSQL and data lakes.
• Lead production incident resolution, root cause analysis, and permanent corrective actions.
• Improve observability, resilience, and support processes while balancing support with strategic initiatives.
• Leverage AI tools for code generation, reviews, debugging, test automation, and documentation.
• Translate business requirements into actionable technical solutions and communicate trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Drive Agile delivery with project partners, manage dependencies and risks, and support release planning.
• Foster collaboration across engineering, architecture, operations, and business teams.

• 12-18 years of progressive software engineering leadership with hands-on full stack delivery.
• Cloud expertise in AWS, Azure, or equivalent, including cloud-native patterns, security, and automation.
• Backend expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices; frontend experience with Angular or React.
• Modern web architectures, REST APIs, integrations, and distributed systems.
• Database expertise with Oracle and SQL; exposure to NoSQL, data lakes, and modern data platforms.
• DevOps practices with Git, CI/CD, containers, and automation.
• AI-enabled engineering using coding assistants, AI-enabled SDLC, and agentic development practices.
• Tools familiarity: Jira, ServiceNow, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and CI/CD platforms.
• Preferred: Media and Entertainment domain exposure across marketing, distribution, metadata, rights, or asset management; experience in GCC environments and large-scale SaaS ecosystems.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management, clear communication, ownership, and delivery governance.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $70.00 to $80.00/hr. w2, Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:

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Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.