Technical Lead

Capgemini; Bogotá; Hybrid; COP 180,000,000 - 260,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering LATAM is seeking a Technical Lead based in LATAM to support a high-traffic live hiring platform. You will own production support, incident management, system reliability, and lead engineering efforts across multiple initiatives.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of software development with backend Java/Spring Boot and Python/Django, plus React frontend. Strong leadership, mentoring, and communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend development with Java, Spring Boot, Python, and Django.
• Frontend experience with React.
• Experience with Kafka, GraphQL, SQL and/or MongoDB.
• Build and deployment experience with cloud/data tooling.
• Strong production support and troubleshooting abilities.
• Proven technical leadership and mentoring capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues impacting live events.
• Partner with Client Support and GTM teams to triage tickets.
• Ensure timely incident resolution and SLA adherence.
• Monitor production environments and respond to alerts, outages, and performance degradation.
• Support architecture changes and system integrations.
• Lead engineering efforts and guide team members.
• Drive investigations using data and system metrics.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Python

Django

React

Kafka

GraphQL

SQL

MongoDB

Dagster

Data Lakes

Amazon Athena

Production troubleshooting

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Job description

# Technical LeadBogotaApply for this job* Permanent* Experienced Professionals* Software Engineering* ID 562629-en\\_USAt Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.## Job Description### Technical Lead (#136105)We are seeking a **Technical Lead** based in LATAM to support **Hiring Events**, a live, high-traffic production platform. This role is heavily focused on production support, incident management, system reliability, technical leadership, and maintaining business-critical event operations. The ideal candidate will be comfortable troubleshooting complex production issues, working directly with client-facing teams, and leading engineering efforts across multiple concurrent initiatives.### Key Responsibilities* Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues impacting live hiring events.* Partner closely with Client Support and GTM teams to triage and address support tickets.* Ensure timely resolution of incidents and SLA adherence.* Monitor production environments and respond to alerts, outages, and performance degradation.* Support architecture changes and system integrations.* Maintain and update business event logic as upstream systems evolve.* Drive technical investigations using data and system metrics.* Lead engineering efforts and provide guidance to other team members.### Required Technical Skills* 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.* Strong backend development experience with: + Java + Spring Boot + Python + Django* Frontend development experience with: + React* Experience with: + Kafka + GraphQL + SQL and/or MongoDB* Build and deployment experience.* Experience with at least one of: + Dagster + Data Lakes + Amazon Athena* Strong production support and troubleshooting experience.* Ability to use data to diagnose and resolve system issues.* Experience working independently and owning deliverables end-to-end.### Leadership Requirements* Proven technical leadership experience.* Experience onboarding, mentoring, and guiding engineers.* Experience coordinating and overseeing technical work.* Strong ownership mentality.* Ability to independently merge and deploy code.* Strong communication skills.* Ability to manage ambiguity and shifting priorities.* Strong prioritization and strategic thinking capabilities.### Nice to Have* Product Management experience.* Experience partnering with GTM teams.* Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as: + Claude + Cursor + Windsurf #LI-FO1 #LI-Remote## Job Description - Grade SpecificRequires a solid understanding of software development principles and strong leadership skills. Individuals in this role are expected to lead a team of developers, overseeing their work, and ensuring the teams performance. They are responsible for coordinating the teams tasks, providing guidance, and ensuring the quality of the teams output.Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.