Tech Lead Engineer
$180,000–$200,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Provide technical leadership for complex, high-impact initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with product objectives. Lead system architecture design, own end-to-end execution from design through delivery, and translate high-level designs into scoped tasks and implementation plans. Design cloud-native architectures using microservices and event-driven patterns, enforce engineering standards through code reviews and CI/CD, and mentor engineers to foster ownership and continuous learning. Partner with Product, UX, QA, and Infrastructure teams to deliver functional solutions, communicate technical trade-offs to stakeholders, and troubleshoot complex production issues while contributing high-quality production-ready code.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related STEM field, or equivalent experience
- 12+ years of professional software development experience building complex, scalable business applications
- Expert-level proficiency in the Microsoft stack, including C# / .NET Core and Angular
- Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, including Durable Functions, App Services, Event Hubs, API Management, Azure AD, Key Vault, Blob Storage, AKS, and Service Fabric
- Proven experience designing and operating distributed systems, microservices, and RESTful APIs (including ODATA)
- Deep experience with CI/CD pipelines (YAML), Git, Azure DevOps or GitHub, and modern DevOps practices
- Strong database experience with SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Cosmos DB, including performance tuning and scalability
- Vast experience with automated testing frameworks, TDD, and quality-driven development practices
- Excellent familiarity with a variety of automation concepts – unit, integration, end to end testing, as well as enforcement of testing best practices for full stack applications
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a pragmatic, data-driven approach
- Strong communication and influence skills, with the ability to lead through expertise rather than authority
- A continuous improvement mindset with a demonstrated commitment to engineering excellence and professional growth
- Ability to travel up <10% as business needs require
- Role requires the following physical capacity: Sedentary: primarily desk/computer work
- Must be legally authorized to work in United States; Elite does not provide employment sponsorship for this position
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with ERP, financial, or mission-critical SaaS platforms is a strong plus
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