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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading high-stakes software consulting engagements, with a strong focus on production-quality coding in multiple programming languages and the integration of AI/ML-powered features. Proven ability to mentor teams, manage project roadmaps, and maintain client relationships while balancing technical and user needs.
Highest-signal resume keywords
High-Stakes Consulting EngagementsProduction-Quality CodingAI/ML IntegrationAutomated TestingMentoring and Knowledge Sharing
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Hard Skills
JavaC#/.NETPythonTypeScriptJavaScriptReactGoRubySQLAutomated Testing
Soft Skills
Empathetic CommunicationMentoringTeam CollaborationTrust BuildingFeedback Facilitation
Tools & Technologies
GitMacOS/LinuxCI/CDDatabricksDevSecOpsDevOpsMLOpsInfrastructure as CodeLangChainLlamaIndex
Industry Keywords
Software ConsultingAI/ML-Powered FeaturesScalabilitySecurityReliabilityPerformance MonitoringPlatform EngineeringData EngineeringProduction Agentic SystemsRAG Pipelines
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesJavaJavaScriptLinuxMacOSPythonReactRubyScalaSQLTypeScriptGo.NET
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead high-stakes software consulting engagements from discovery through production
- Serve as lead technologist across client projects and lead teams on complex engagements
- Make immediate contributions and rapidly build trust with clients
- Balance technology choices while delivering high-quality work within deadlines
- Lead architecture and software design discussions
- Collaborate on systems spanning the full ML lifecycle, from data ingestion and preprocessing through model deployment, integration, and performance monitoring
- Generate technical and non-technical solutions with team members and clients
- Lead or initiate feedback conversations through retrospectives
- Document outcomes and drive action items forward
- Maintain a healthy, prioritized, and estimated team backlog
- Manage high-level project roadmaps for large engagements
- Maintain relationships with client technical leaders
- Conduct regular client syncs, provide status updates, identify and evaluate risks, and present solutions
- Identify, mitigate, and resolve blockers to team progress
- Mentor colleagues, lead or design internal/client workshops, represent 8th Light in the tech community, and support hiring processes
- Contribute to team health and 8th Light's culture by modeling company values
Requirements
What you’ll need- Typically 7+ years of experience with long-term repeated success across a variety of projects
- Successfully led high-stakes consulting engagements from discovery to production
- Production-quality coding experience with Java, C#/.NET, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Go, Ruby, Scala, R, and SQL
- Experience leveraging AI-assistive development tools for scaffolding, refactoring, debugging, test generation, and documentation
- Experience building or integrating AI/ML-powered features into products or systems
- Experience with automated testing
- Experience debugging and refactoring pre-existing code
- Experience with Git, MacOS/Linux, and CI/CD
- Experience addressing scalability, security, reliability, and performance concerns
- Experience with platform engineering, data engineering, Databricks, production agentic systems, RAG pipelines, vector search, LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AutoGen, n8n, DevSecOps, DevOps, MLOps, or Infrastructure as Code is strongly preferred
- Ability to make recommendations and set direction amid ambiguity
- Ability to mentor colleagues and share knowledge
- Ability to communicate empathetically with stakeholders and colleagues
- Ability to balance technical considerations with product and user needs
Benefits
Comp & perks- Wellness package
- Unlimited access to thousands of books, courses, and expert-led training on the O'Reilly learning platform
- Annual financial stipend and time allotment for learning & development
- Coworking support for our global team
- 12 weeks of new parent leave available for eligible employees
- Additional benefits listed in the company's full Benefits list