Contract Technical Lead

Quick Facts

• Role: Contract Technical Lead (hands-on player-coach)

• Focus: Enterprise migration and modernization

• Core areas: Java/backend, AWS, APIs, integration, data migration, event-driven systems

Description

This hands-on Contract Technical Lead role drives technical design and implementation for a large-scale enterprise migration and modernization program. You will lead Java/backend development, AWS solution troubleshooting, REST API and service architecture, event-driven integrations, and complex data migration decisions, while mentoring engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and implementation for a complex enterprise migration and modernization program

• Stay hands-on with Java/backend development: make implementation decisions, review code/designs, unblock developers

• Design and troubleshoot AWS solutions (compute, storage, networking, services, deployment)

• Define REST APIs and service architectures (contracts, versioning, integrations, resilience, failure handling)

• Lead complex data migration architecture decisions (relational data, lineage, reconciliation, transformation, system-of-record)

• Design event-driven solutions using messaging, queues, producer/consumer patterns, and asynchronous workflows

• Integrate cloud applications with legacy systems (legacy databases, APIs, messaging platforms, files/SFTP, enterprise adapters)

• Drive CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code using Git/GitHub, Harness, Terraform

• Establish production observability and support practices (Dynatrace, logging, monitoring, retries, error handling, troubleshooting)

• Incorporate enterprise identity and security standards (Entra ID, role-based access controls)

• Translate architecture into actionable technical stories and implementation plans

• Mentor engineers and establish development standards and technical direction

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand operational requirements and challenge assumptions

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in complex enterprise environments

• Recent hands-on experience with Java and backend engineering

• 3–5+ years of AWS architecture/design experience with implementation-level troubleshooting

• Experience serving as a Technical Lead / Lead Java Engineer / Lead Backend Engineer / Application Architect / hands-on Solution Architect

• Strong REST APIs and microservices/service design experience

• Strong enterprise integration experience

• Experience leading/supporting large-scale migrations and modernization of legacy systems

• Strong relational database and data migration knowledge (reconciliation, lineage, transformation, system-of-record)

• Event-driven architecture and messaging experience

• Terraform, CI/CD, Git/GitHub, and modern deployment practices experience

• Production observability and support experience, ideally including Dynatrace

• Enterprise security and identity knowledge including Entra ID

• Ability to balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership and mentoring

Benefits

• Learning and Development: certification and tuition support, on-demand learning, mentorship, development paths

• Modern Health mental well-being platform (1:1 care, group support, self-serve resources)

• Carrot Fertility and inclusive family-forming coverage

• Fringe stipend program for personalized lifestyle benefits

• Employee Resource Groups

• Philanthropic Partnerships and pro-bono opportunities

• 401(k) matching with no vesting period

• Equal pay commitment; hourly rate range: $80/hr–$100/hr

• No work visa sponsorship/transfer: applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.