Technical Lead

We are hiring a Technical Lead for a contract position based in Plano, Texas. This is a 6+ month engagement focused on full-stack TypeScript development, backend architecture, and cloud infrastructure leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of APIs and services using TypeScript and Node.js
• Architect and maintain backend systems on AWS infrastructure
• Contribute to frontend development using React for UI enhancements and integration work
• Manage and optimize cloud services including Lambda, ECS, and S3
• Design and implement database solutions using DynamoDB
• Establish and enforce authentication and authorization patterns across systems
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship on the engineering team

Qualifications

• Required

• Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript across the software stack

• Deep experience building APIs and services using TypeScript and Node.js

• Working experience with React for UI enhancements and integration

• Hands-on experience with AWS services including Lambda, ECS, and S3

• Practical experience with DynamoDB

• Solid understanding of authentication and authorization patterns including JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) and OAuth

• Preferred

• Support-level proficiency with Java and/or Angular

• Experience with GraphQL as a consumer and potentially as a producer of a sub-graph

• Experience with cross-language migrations (e.g., Java to TypeScript/Node.js or vice versa)

• Experience with additional NoSQL or SQL databases

• Experience with Kong, Lambda Authorizers, and/or Glue

• Experience with Security and Monitoring tools

• Experience with GitHub Actions