Technology Lead

Role Purpose

The Dev/Tech (Principal) Lead owns the end‑to‑endtechnical architecture and engineering standards for business‑criticaldigital platforms. This role is a hands‑on technical leadership position,not a people‑only lead, responsible for ensuring solutions are secure,scalable, cloud‑native, and aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Technical & Architectural Leadership

• Own and define end‑to‑end solution architecture.
  
• Drive architecture and design decisions aligned with business outcomes.
  
• Define and enforce reusable design patterns and frameworks.
  
• Design API‑first, microservices‑based architectures in cloud environments.
  
• Apply Domain‑Driven Design (DDD) principles.
  
• Ensure security by design, scalability, and resilience.
  

Engineering Excellence

• Lead and review feature‑level technical designs.
  
• Drive adoption of modern engineering frameworks and practices.
  
• Lead complex internal and external system integrations.
  
• Remain hands‑on where needed across backend, frontend, cloud, and CI/CD.
  

Cloud, DevOps & Automation

• Architect and optimize multi‑cloud solutions (AWS & Azure).
  
• Define and govern CI/CD standards and reusable pipelines in GitLab.
  
• Mentor teams on IaC best practices using Terraform.
  
• Establish release management governance.
  

Observability, Performance & Cost

• Establish observability frameworks (logging, monitoring, alerting).
  
• Monitor performance, reliability, and availability using cloud‑native monitoring services.
  
• Drive cost optimization, capacity monitoring, and performance tuning.
  
• Automate operational and service management tasks.
  

Quality, Testing & FrontendLeadership

• Define testing strategies across unit, integration, and E2E testing.
  
• Ensure testing is embedded in CI/CD.
  
• Oversee advanced frontend practices including React optimization and Module Federation.
  
• Enforce accessibility and quality standards.
  

Data & Platform Design

• Define data strategies:
  
• Relational vs NoSQL selection.
  
• Normalized and denormalized schema design.
  
• Sharding and partitioning for NoSQL where applicable.
  
• Ensure HA/DR, scalability, and resilience.
  

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead / Principal Engineer in cloud‑native platforms.
  
• Deep expertise in:
  
• .NET
  
• ReactJS
  
• AWS & Azure
  
• Terraform
  
• Microservices & API‑first architecture
  
• Strong DevOps mindset with hands‑on CI/CD experience.
  
• Ability to mentor Senior and Junior engineers at a technical level.
  
• Strong understanding of service management, automation, and operations.
  

Key Expectations

• Must perform Dev Lead or Tech Lead duties, not just coordination.
  
• Must be capable of delivering architecture and designs without client FTE dependency.
  
• Accountable for solution quality, performance, cost, and operational readiness.
  
• Acts as the technical authority for the delivery.