Senior Technical Lead

Quick Facts

• Hybrid: 4 days onsite in Culver City, CA
• Role: Senior Technical Lead
• Pay rate (W2): $70.00–$80.00/hr

Description

This Senior Technical Lead role drives architecture, engineering leadership, and delivery across full stack, cloud, data, and AI-enabled software engineering. You’ll design scalable, secure systems, lead modernization and integrations, mentor engineers, and improve observability, resilience, and support processes while balancing development with complex production support.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical architecture and solution design across cloud, web, SaaS, and enterprise ecosystems.
• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions aligned to standards and best practices.
• Lead modernization, integrations, and technology upgrades, evaluating architectural trade-offs.
• Mentor engineers; perform design and code reviews; establish 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 cloud (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: manage dependencies and risks and support release planning.
• Foster collaboration across engineering, architecture, operations, and business teams.

Requirements

• 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.
• Familiarity with Jira, ServiceNow, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and CI/CD platforms.
• Preferred: Media & Entertainment domain exposure and experience in GCC environments and large-scale SaaS ecosystems.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits (W2)
• 401(k) with company matching
• Life insurance