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Technical Lead – Senior/Staff Software Engineer

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. Lead a team of 7 other engineers .

Posted 10/28/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $135,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in leading software engineering teams, developing scalable applications using TypeScript and Python, and implementing CI/CD pipelines. Proficient in architecting automated testing frameworks and ensuring compliance within a FedRAMP environment.

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Team LeadershipFull-Stack DevelopmentCI/CD Pipeline ManagementTerraform Infrastructure ManagementFedRAMP Compliance Familiarity

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Hard Skills
TypeScriptPythonAutomated TestingCI/CD PipelinesAPI DevelopmentData Generation ToolsReactCloud InfrastructureDebuggingSynthetic Test Data Generation
Soft Skills
MentorshipCommunicationProblem-SolvingCollaborationDiagnostic Skills
Tools & Technologies
PlaywrightTerraformAWS GovCloudDataDogREST APIs
Industry Keywords
FedRAMPPublic TrustCivic TechFederal Government ProjectsAgile Teams

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudMicroservicesPythonReactTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead a team of 7 other engineers
  • Architect, build, and maintain scalable end-to-end automated UI and API test suites using Playwright and TypeScript
  • Design and build automated data-generation tools and synthetic applicant-profile generators using Python and REST APIs
  • Develop front-end tools in React and TypeScript for external vendor teams and government stakeholders
  • Construct, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines supporting quality gates and feature-driven promotion practices
  • Lead rotating sprint triage to debug failures across a complex multi-vendor environment
  • Isolate issues caused by cloud environment changes, vendor code releases, or test configurations
  • Provide code reviews and 1:1 mentorship
  • Establish high code-quality standards and team development patterns
  • Serve as technical liaison to client leads and external vendor teams
  • Support cloud infrastructure updates using Terraform
  • Embed automated security scanning
  • Navigate continuous compliance processes in a FedRAMP/Public Trust environment
  • Some projects may require occasional travel approximately 1–2 times per year

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 3+ years of leading software teams and/or managing personnel
  • 5+ years of professional experience developing full-stack applications and tooling using TypeScript and Python
  • Practical experience writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
  • Experience designing complex systems interacting with external services, databases, and third-party APIs
  • Experience working on cross-functional agile teams
  • Experience estimating complex engineering tasks
  • Experience directly communicating technical updates to client stakeholders
  • Strong diagnostic skills for complex, distributed multi-vendor application failures and microservices
  • Prior experience working on federal government digital service projects or civic tech programs
  • Familiarity with AWS GovCloud environments
  • Familiarity with FedRAMP compliance standards
  • Familiarity with observability tooling such as DataDog
  • Experience implementing synthetic test data generators or complex mock data services for enterprise integrations
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States
  • Ability to meet other requirements for government contracts
  • Work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship now or in the future
  • May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract
  • Must be based in the continental U.S.
  • Recent U.S. residency may be required; contracts typically require living in the United States for at least 3 of the past 5 years

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Healthy work-life balance
  • Encouragement to log off at the end of the day
  • Paid time off when needed
  • Modern cloud development environments and tooling
  • AI-integrated daily workflows
  • Fully remote work
  • Occasional travel, approximately 1–2 times per year